I have recently just started a course on these tanning injections. Now i am confused, I have some people telling me to do them every other day and some people saying to do them once a week. I am combining this with twice a week on the sunbeds. I'm really looking forward to the results. I just wanted to speak to somebody else who is doing them, to see when i will start seeing a difference. Eager i know, I only jabbed myself yesterday. Please get in touch.....

I don't have any experience in these. I'm sure somebody will be along shortly who can help

In the meantime if you're able to, have a look through this recent thread about tanning injections

Tanning Injections?

Surely this is something you should not be doing for yourself if at all especially if you don't know how often is safe. Be careful hon! A tan is not meant to be permanent and surely it's not worth risking your health over, have you tried spray tanning?

just heard about the tanning injections and am thinking about getting them but im taking a herble tablet at the moment called st johns wort and im wondering if by takin them it could effect me in some way?

Is it really worth it just to have a tan?! What does this do make you tanned all the time?

Are you injecting yourself?

Strewth!
Have you been trained in how to administer an injection safely? There are all manner of risks associated with this - air embolism, infection, broken needle....

mmmm the only needle you should be messing with is the one on a spraytan gun

I can't describe how shocked I am at reading this thread...I can't believe this kind of thing is widely available. Our local tanning salon had a guy in at the weekend who has used these injections...apparently he got it through one of his friends who is in the army. I don't know how much truth is in his claims but apparently, the soldiers who go out into Afghanistan use them so they 'blend' in with the locals when they have their heads covered with the shemagh

Apparently there are side effects with these injections and I dont think they are legal in uk

They are not as yet and until such time as they are ,if ever they are , it is not advisable to use these deviced.

Would you buy something that you injected yourself with if it was not aproved by the relevent authorities

Grikey..when will people start to think about their long term health for short term vanity sakes

Im getting the tan injection this week and i cant wait!!! ive been told 5 days on 2 days off. 2mls or summet like that??? depending on body weight. one thing im worried about thou is the fact im not getting any instructions just going by what some one said most probly like yourself? i can tell u this thou the guy who im getting it off has gone black!!! he looks like hes been the carribean all year! oh yeah and ive gota go and get my own needles!!! how embrassing is that guna b, aving to ask at the chemist 4 needles! might send my fella thou. il let u know how i get on and if i turn orange i dont give a fxxk! as long as im not blue like this! lol

Omg I cannot believe u are going to inject yourselves u really need to rethink this I am an ex Nurse and the problems u can have with self injections is bad if you don't know what you are doing your either brave or xxxx. I wouldn't do it for all the tea in china get a spray tan a lot safer.

To anyone considering (or even taking) one of the melanotan peptides, you really should SLOW DOWN and inform yourself to quite a high degree (ie: there are videos on YouTube). It is true that the peptides will produce melanin in the skin (thereby allowing a person who ordinarily wouldn't tan to do so) but using them is something that should NOT BE TAKEN LIGHTLY. The peptides have been clinically shown to be extremely effective for tanning but know that if one actively tans while using one of the peptides, once they stop it can be up to 2 or 3 months before a melanotan peptide tan will completely fade (one clinical trial of Melanotan one reported an 11 week period of fading) . Also the peptides are not "miracle drugs" they won't take skin that is in poor form and suddenly turn it into bronzed gold, anyone considering going this route should take a hard look at the condition of their skin prior to doing so. Look around for FAQs about this and fully understand how it works. Also it is very advisable prior to starting injections to see a dermatologist and have a general skin examination (in some areas of the world there are free/low cost skin cancer screening programs where during an exam you can concurrently inquire about the general state of your skin and about tanning in general as well as the peptides if one is so inclined, so ask your local health care practitioner). And a last point, if your skin is prone to have moles then you'll want to look into the aspect of how the peptides will affect moles. Moles WILL darken and at first set up a contrast next to untanned normal skin which can have a disagreeable appearance. As time goes by and the surrounding skin darkens this contrast will fade, but that takes a bit of patience.

-Scott
Melanotan.org admin

I just read on one of these replies about st. johns. Wart. Well its a natural herb, the Germans use it a lot. It is used for an anti depressant. One of the side effects is that you can get an "allergic reaction to the sun", so I cannot see what purpose this supplement would serve as a tanning aid!

If someone taking injections for cosmetic reasons without taking notice of medical dangers associated with this kind of practice then that would seem to me to be niave and possibly asking for trouble. It is a very flippant attitude to take.

Well after looking on u-tube might get some for hubby and inject him while he is asleep lol and get some for my diet lol
(Only Kidding)