Melanotan II (Tan Jabs): Why They're Not Worth The Risk Don't risk using tanning products containing melanotan Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) Hannah Tittensor and her boyfriend Ben Dunlop have been injecting themselves with an illegal tanning drug called Melanotan for three years. On top of that, they use sunbeds regularly and slather themselves Melanotan II Safety: Tanning Injection LIVV Natural 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