Melanotan injections for heightened skin tanning

When your body skin is exposed to the sun’s ultraviolet rays it produces a pigmentation called melanin as protection.

When your body skin is exposed to the sun’s ultraviolet rays it produces a pigmentation called melanin as protection. If you want more melanin, then you should stay in the sun more often. However, skin tanning can be artificially induced through melanotan injections. This is a medication with ingredients for inducing the production of melanin. Another generic drug, afamelanotide is undergoing research though it has been released in some parts of the world such as Australia. The drug is quite popular with bodybuilders as well as people who would like to tan their skin. Prior to this, many people could not attain artificial skin tanning.

Melanotan heightens the production of melanin. Thus the more injections one has of this or afamelanotide, the more your skin will produce pigmentation. Apart from tanning the skin, melanotan and its afamelanotide generic can also work to increase appetite, libido and pigmentation of human hair. The production of this generic drug is highly regulated but that does not stop its usage especially among teenagers and people who find skin tanning irresistible. People in the fashion industry and celebrities tan their skins for reasons associated with their career.

Afamelanotide is administered through injections. It is a synthetic version of melanotan that acts in a similar way to the natural alpha melnocyte stimulating hormone, a-MSH. The hormone’s work to stimulate melanocytes, which are cells lying in the human outer skin or epidermis. These cells produce melanin whenever your skin is exposed to the sun. Melanin consequently protects your skin from adverse effects of sunlight. As a result, light skin appears tanned. People with dark skin have got more melanocytes and are protected from cancer of the skin.

The research and development in production of afamelanotide aims to come up with a medical substance that not only heightens skin tanning but also help people with other skin conditions. Such conditions are manifested in skin burns and damage following exposure to sunlight. In the meantime, melanotan injections continue to be used for skin tanning. Results from early trials with afamelanotide have produced positive results. Afamelanotide could be very useful in people whose skin is prone to Ultra violet rays damage.

Melanotan can be bought online or in beauty shops. However, in the United Kingdom its sale is regulated to licensed outlets. More trials are expected to be conducted by the manufacturers of afamelanotide. The successful production of this drug will be hailed as a huge achievement.

Medical authorities are asking users of melanotan to exercise caution. Unlicensed versions are being sold online, in salons and gyms. Do not share needles with other people. You will be putting yourself at a high risk of contacting viral diseases including the deadly HIV Aids. Always seek the advice of skin specialists before using melanotan. Buy melanotan injections only from registered pharmacists. Avoid unregistered versions of the drug. Medically, afamelanotide could be the long awaited solution to people at risk of sunburns or those with possibilities of developing non melanoma skin cancer. Research is still ongoing in United Kingdom, USA and Australia.

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Melanotan Junkee Scott Steven is the author of this article on Melanotan. Find more information on Afamelanotide here.