Melanotan & Tanning Injections: Safe or Risky? Melanotan What It Is and Its Relation to Skin Cancer 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 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 Tanning peptides like melanotan are trending online, but theyre not approved, not regulated, and illegal to advertise in Australia. When products havent been properly tested, theres no way to know