Melanotan medAge Aesthetics & Wellness 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 Disorders of Melanin Pigmentation Springer Nature Link Melanotan II (Tan Jabs): Why They're Not Worth The Risk Hannah Tittensor and her boyfriend Ben Dunlop have been injecting themselves with an illegal tanning drug called Melanotan for three years. On top of that, they use sunbeds regularly and slather themselves