PDF) Increasing illegal use of Melanotan: The Barbie drug hype Background 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 PDF] Pseudoleucoderma after injections of afamelanotide in a patient with atopic dermatitis. Semantic Scholar Tanning from the inside out = Highly Dangerous and Illegal!, Many products advertised on social media platforms promising a tan from the inside out or a tan without sun such as injectable