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Young Guys Are Taking Melanotan II for the Perfect ‘Sunless Tan’—and Finding Other Results (www.menshealth.com)

submitted 6 days ago by faizalr@piefed.social to c/health@lemmy.world

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People are injecting a peptide called melanotan II to make their skin darker without having to tan. The history and safety risks behind the drug draws concern.

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[–] Abyssian@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Emotionally painful, for sure. I can't count the number of times I had to look down sadly and tell mine there wasn't much we could do about that at the moment until the poor guy just gave up and stopped asking.