Tanning injections - yes or no?

[morrih04]

Hi
I work for a BBC programme for teenagers broadcast on Saturdays on BBC2. We're making a programme on young people and tanning - looking at sunbeds and fake tan - and we're currently looking for a teenager who uses, or has used tanning injections. We're keen to find out why people prefer them to other methods and what the appeal is for them. If you or someone you know sounds suitable and would be interested in taking part in the programme, please email [email protected]. Thanks.

 

[Melanotan]

Teenagers: a resounding NO! Teens should absolutely not be using either melanotan-1 (afamelanotide) or melanotan II.

On rare occasions under 18s have visited the Melanotan.org forums (despite specific site prohibitions against it) and it has been explained to them that relative to a young person's physiology there is zero scientific research into how the peptides will affect their system (while there has been fairly extensive research with adults and more mature physiology).

http://melanotan.org/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1219434534
http://melanotan.org/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1210789296
http://melanotan.org/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1273273776/2#2

Folks may want to refer to your earlier work relative to this topic:

BBC - Newsbeat - Health - Warning over tanning injections

-Scott Stevenson
Melanotan.org - afamelanotide Founder & Admin

 

[Melanotan]

These are the two videos that so far have resulted from this inquiry:

BBC - BBC Two Programmes - Revealed, Loving the Tan?
BBC - BBC Two Programmes - Revealed, Revealed... Tan myth busting (web bonus)

They're available for watching by folks visiting the BBC site via UK IP addresses.

-Scott Stevenson