Melanotan II (Tan Jabs): Why They're Not Worth The Risk Why Are People Injecting Themselves with Peptides? The New Yorker Melanotan is not a tan. It's an unregulated peptide with real risk. As a dermatologist, here's the reality: It has been linked to new and changing moles including cases of Sharing my personal experience with Melanotan tanning injections (now nasals) how vanity led me down the path of using it, thinking Id done all my research. Now, years later, Im dealing with the Before & After pics of man who injected himself with Melanotan II for 5 months. [x post from r cringepics] : r WTF