Doctors have warned people not to use so called 'Barbie Doll' tanning injections bought over the internet Irish Mirror MD breaking down Melanotan II Part 2 of my peptide series. The research, the risks, the reality. Long term safety data? Nonexistent. It doesn't take much to fall down the Barbie Drug rabbit hole. In self tanner subreddits and on TikTok Shop, the tanning injectionaka Melanotan IIis marketed as a self tanner alternative that works by Melanotan is trending again. As a dermatologist, I strongly need to tell you , Its an unapproved injectable peptide, and were seeing:, nausea and flushing, darkening of existing moles, TikTok influencers slammed for promoting melanotan as a nasal tanning product The Canberra Times Canberra, ACT Rise in use of 'dangerous' tanning injection Channel 4 News