What is Melanotan 2?
Melanotan 2 is an analog of the peptide hormone alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone (?-MSH) that induces skin tanning. In addition, Melanotan 2 has the additional effect of increasing female and male libido. It is currently being used around the world mainly as an effective sunless tanning solution. Melanotan 2 provides the protective benefit of a tan without the harm of sun exposure. In essence, it could protect people by providing them with a slight sunless tan that would make them less prone to burn with their day-to-day exposure to the sun.
Melanotan is a synthetic hormone that mimics the action of MSH, or melanocyte-stimulating hormone which is responsible for darkening the pigments of the skin. Typically when your skin is exposed to UVR your skin will release melanocytes as a natural defense to protect your skin from absorbing an excess amount of radiation. This natural defense to UV light is what leads to tanning or a darkening of your skin. Melanotan is a peptide which similuates this melanocyte response. MT-II is theoretically safer because your skin pigment is responding to the simulated hormone more than UVR.
Tan without the sun
They knew the body's naturally occurring hormone alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone (?-MSH) caused melanogenesis, a process by which the skin's tanning cells (melanocytes) produce the skin's tanning pigment (melanin). With that knowledge they tested to see if administering this hormone to the body directly could be an effective method to cause sunless tanning. What they found was that while it appeared to work, natural alpha-MSH had too short a half life in the body to be practical as a therapeutic drug. So they decided to try and find a more potent and stable alternative, one that would be more practical.
After synthesizing and screening hundreds of molecules, the researchers headed by Dr. Victor Hruby, found a peptide that after trials and testing seemed to not only be safe but also approximately 1,000 times more potent than natural ?-MSH. They dubbed this new peptide Melanotan.
Melanotan 2 may reduce the potential for skin damage
Since their discovery, numerous studies dating back to the mid-1980s have shown no obvious toxic effects of Melanotan. Because skin cancer (melanoma) today is a major health concern, Melanotan is expected to be used as a drug to combat it. Melanotan will do this by stimulating the body's natural tanning mechanism to create a natural tan without first needing exposure to harmful levels of UV radiation. This in turn may reduce the potential for skin damage that can eventually lead to skin cancer.
The Arizona Cancer Center is working with Melanotan not only as a drug with cosmetic applications but in order to reduce the risk of skin cancer. They feel that if fair skinned people take Melanotan 1 it will offer them the protective benefit of a tan without the harm of sun exposure. In essence, it could protect people by providing them with a slight sunless tan that would make them less prone to burn with their day-to-day exposure to the sun.
What are the differences between Melanotan and Melanotan 2?
Melanotan 2 has a greater list of side effects due to its interaction with a greater number of melanocortin receptors. This brings about more effects from the peptides usage, and also can make the outlined side effects that both Melanotan and Melanotan 2 share more pronounced. Although Melanotan is the peptide that appears more enticing to use, many people who source the product now often choose to buy Melanotan 2 due to its cost and ability to suppress appetite and cause increased libido.
Melanotan 2 is an Extraordinary Tanning Analog that helps expose fair skin to a new spectrum
Melanotan 2 for safe sun bathing and to have the darkest deepest color beyond the limits of nature. Melanotan 2 has the amino acid sequence Ac-Nle-cyclo[Asp-His-D-Phe-Arg-Trp-Lys]-NH2
One 10mg MT-2 Vial yields 20-50 doses
Natural whole body tan is possible with systemic synthetic hormone analogs
Studies show no toxic effect from synthetic melanotropin peptides
Safe, healthy tanning within days. Longest lasting melanin dense tan
Reduction for skin cancer risk, do not become a statistic
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