No, you don't need the 'Barbie drug' to tan, whatever TikTok says. Here's why melanotan II is so risky 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 What It Is and Its Relation to Skin Cancer Imagine just wanting to be jacked and tan and you end up like this? Melanotan II is a peptide that increases the melanin in your skin and can give men a boner that Melanosis THE ROCKAWAY TIMES Risks of Melanotan: TGA to issue fresh warning against 'Barbie drug' The Australian