Melanotan II nasal spray: a possible risk factor for oral mucosal malignant melanoma? ScienceDirect No, you don't need the 'Barbie drug' to tan, whatever TikTok says. Here's why melanotan II is so risky It doesn't take much to fall down the Barbie Drug rabbit hole. In self tanner subreddits and on TikTok Shop, the tanning injectionaka Melanotan IIis marketed as a self tanner alternative that works by Figure 1 from Changes of melanocytic lesions inducedby Melanotan injections and sun bed use ina teenage patient with FAMMM syndrome Semantic Scholar That quick tan injection is NOT worth the risk., Melanotan peptide injections stimulate pigment cells, and its use has been linked to rapid changes in moles, including the potentially fatal skin