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 II Safety: Tanning Injection LIVV Natural Eruptive naevi and darkening of preexisting naevi 24 h after a single mono dose injection of melanotan II Semantic Scholar Dangerous' tanning products promoted by influencers Warning issued over increased use of 'Barbie drug' I accidentally undid years of skin work and didnt realize it until it was too late., At the beginning of November, I started taking melanotan 2 and honestly?, I loved it., My tan deepened