Social media influencers are continuing to promote the illegal tanning ingredient melanotan-2, which experts warn is dangerous and could lead to long-term health impacts. A shocking BBC News ...

TikTok and Instagram influencers have been peddling the “Barbie drug” to help you tan. But melanotan-II, as it’s called officially, is a solution that’s too good to be true. Just like ...

Melanotan-2 can increase the production of melanin ... research chemists at Imperial College London to analyse 10 tanning kits. They would expect to find about 10 ingredients in a licensed ...

Karl Dinis, from Cardiff, has been injecting himself with Melanotan 2 for 10 years and says he loves the tan it gives him. The "Love Island generation" are risking their health by going to extreme ...