Melanotan Tanning Peptides: Safe Use, Side Effects & How It Works Scientifically Melanotan & Tanning Injections: Safe or Risky? 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 Man warns against 'dangerous' tanning injections after turning so dark he 'looked like Madge from Benidorm' and now has the freckled skin of a 60 year old A Current Affair: Tanning 'Barbie drug' a danger to users, experts say 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