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 Using a Nasal Tanning Spray Scarred Me for Life This Morning October 2017 VOL. 14, ED 3. by PeningtonInstitute Issuu Melanotan is not a tan. It's an unregulated peptide with real risk. As a dermatologist, here's the reality: It has been linked to new and changing moles including cases of Say NO to tanning injections and nasal sprays. They are illegal in the UK and have serious, harmful side effects 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