Comments on: Melanotan Suntan in a Syringe

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:25:05 +0000

@Chris Why does anyone *need* a tan?

By: Chris White

Chris White — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:59:46 +0000

Melanotan peptides are often used by those who cannot tan. Your preference for outdoor exposure is a luxury many would love to experience…naturally. Those lacking in msh levels and/or affinity are the ones who value the peptide as uv radiation is particularly harmful to them. Enjoyed your article and comments

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 07:20:52 +0000

@Toni/Shadid/Cherie – obviously a spammer, but you do make an interesting point, albeit in a rather peculiar version of English.

By: Toni Marrano

Toni Marrano — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:02:53 +0000

I am ardent about this issue as I have combated various degrees of “AK” for quite some time and wish I had to do it all over again. I am greatful to anyone who broadcasts reputable information so the importance of taking good care of your skin, and never taking healthy skin for granted, is consistently front and center.

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 07:51:20 +0000

Yes, he had acral lentiginous melanoma, to be precise, which became metastatic.

By: Courtney Lloyd

Courtney Lloyd — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 03:40:51 +0000

Bob Marley died of Melanoma right ?-;,

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 06:44:02 +0000

Afamelanotide is a synthetic analogue of ?-MSH that has been shown to induce skin pigmentation through melanogenesis and thereby subsequently reduce sun (UV) damage to UV exposed skin in preliminary studies and clinical trials.

It is currently being clinically trialled in the form of a “grain of rice” sized bioabsorbable subcutaneous implant as a potential therapeutic photoprotection inducing agent for a series of light related skin indications.

Melanotan II is a non-approved synthetic analogue of ?-MSH that has been shown to have melanogenesis (tanning) and aphrodisiac effects in preliminary studies and clinical trials.

By: lee

lee — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:46:34 +0000

honest, some of the people who think that the actual injection of the peptide gives you the tan really need to research a little more before making any coments, and to the person who says that its artificial, i really think you should study a subject before you open your mouth, it’s your own body’s melanin that gives you a tan, whatever colour you go is your body’s melanin that determains what shade you go , this peptide is a synthetic hormone m.s.h, that stimulates your body’s production of melanin nothing artificial about that. okay. you dont tan, why? because you dont produce enough melanin, or to get to the root of that, because the piturity gland does not release enough of the hormone m.s.h, if it did then your production levels of melanin would be high, therefore you would tan, so the injection of the synthetic hormone, binds to meloncytes and stimulates prodution of your body’s melanin. some people need it spelling out.

By: Iesha Harvilla

Iesha Harvilla — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:41:06 +0000

I love to tan over the week-ends and I continually use tanning cream to help my skin get a darker tan. Sometimes I neglect to put on eye protection….is this actually all that awful?

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:02:54 +0000

@J That sounds like nonsense to me. It’s not a matter of whether any one of us has tried it and come to an opinion about it’s safety. For pity’s sake, people are permanently up in arms about trivial amounts of chemicals designed to kill crop pests or prevent food from giving us botulism or some other horrendous disease and yet there are people choosing to be injected with untested substances so that their skin can be darkened without the “risks” of sun exposure. Get a life, why don’t you?