Getting a tan in recent years has become a bit of a controversy. With all of the evidence that lying in the sun caused cancer many sun worshipers turned to tanning beds as a way to get the perfect tan. Not only could they stay out of the sun they could also stay tan all year around, even in the winter. It wasn’t very long though before it came to light that tanning beds also caused cancer. So now other than the spray on and self-tanning lotions that are semi popular there are few things that can be done to get a safe tan.

Never fear, you no longer have to go on holiday and lay in the sun or go lay in a tanning bed every day. There is another alternative. The newest thing for tanning is a product called Melanotan II which is an injection that works to gradually darken your skin. While the drug has not been approved in the USA because the FDA will not approve Melanotan it is available in other countries. Even without FDA approval you can still enjoy the benefits from Melanotan in the United Kingdom. In the UK we considered this to be a sunless tanning innovation.

You do have to still get some exposure to UV lights just to make the injections start to work. There is no indication that these tanning injections are dangerous. The only concerns seem to be coming from the fact that it is an injection.

The only side effects that have been noted are a loss of appetite and an increase in libido. This is not seen to be a bad thing and has actually earned the drug the name the “Barbie drug.”

So while there are many ways to get a tan without going on holiday a Melanotan injection seems to be the up and coming thing. As stated before tanning has come a long way from the days where you had to go away on holiday or lay on a blanket in the back yard to get some sun. There is spray tanning, self-tanning lotions, tanning beds and now Melanotan to get the job done. It’s easier and much cheaper than going away on holiday.