No, you don't need the 'Barbie drug' to tan, whatever TikTok says. Here's why melanotan II is so risky Barbie Drug, el peligroso medicamento para broncearse que arrasa en TikTok Rise in use of 'dangerous' tanning injection Channel 4 News Melanotan What It Is and Its Relation to Skin Cancer 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 longer lasting than