What are the recent findings on the safety and efficacy of melanotan for therapeutic and cosmetic use? HSE and Pavee Point highlight dangers of sunbeds and Melanotan Pavee Point No, you don't need the 'Barbie drug' to tan, whatever TikTok says. Here's why melanotan II is so risky Man warns against 'dangerous' tanning injections after turning so dark he 'looked like Madge from Benidorm' and now has the freckled skin of a 60 year old Melanotanassociated melanoma Paurobally 2011 British Journal of Dermatology Wiley Online Library