PDF) Increasing illegal use of Melanotan: The Barbie drug hype Background Sharing my personal experience with Melanotan tanning injections (now nasals) how vanity led me down the path of using it, thinking Id done all my research. Now, years later, Im dealing with the Melanotan is BACK! After recent regulatory changes, compounding pharmacies are once again able to produce Melanotan peptide! If you've been missing the benefits of this popular peptide, now's your chance Your body already makes a hormone that tells your skin to tan. Melanotan 2 is a synthetic peptide engineered to mimic that hormone but in a version that's more potent and longer lasting than Melanotan Tanning Injections The Low Down Lynton Lasers Hannah Tittensor and her boyfriend Ben Dunlop have been injecting themselves with an illegal tanning drug called Melanotan for three years. On top of that, they use sunbeds regularly and slather themselves