What Is Melanotan 2?

Melanotan 2 tanning injection is based on a hormone that stimulates your body's own melanin production, creating a deep and natural tan without exposure to tanning beds or the sun's harmful rays. Melanotan 2 is mixed with bacteriostatic water and then injected into the skin where it increases your melanin levels, leading to a normal and "safe" tan. Technical Melanotan peptides are man made (synthetic) forms of a naturally occurring hormone called alpha melanocyte stimulating hormone (a-MSH). This hormone stimulates cells called melanocytes. Melanocytes lie in the deeper layers of the outer layer of the skin (epidermis).

Melanocytes make the pigment 'melanin' when the skin is exposed to sunlight. The melanin then moves into surrounding skin cells to help protect them against the sun's rays. Melanin makes fair skinned people tan in the sun. Melanocytes are more active in darker skinned people and make more melanin. So dark skinned people have more protection against skin cancer than fair skinned people.

 Melanotan 2 tanning injections have been shown in the clinical setting to also increase pigmentation without exposure to UV, a feature that is also confirmed anecdotally by users that report tanning in areas of the body that would seldom see the light of day! However, the process of tanning is greatly expedited by UV exposure.  Most will notice the greatest tanning effect on the face, arms, abdominal region. Interestingly, the genitals have one of the highest concentrations of melanocytes enabling these particular areas to respond very well to the peptide in conjunction with UV exposure.