Originally Posted by
Jiminycricket
So here's my experiment.
Type 1 red hair.
Bought Neilmed spray plus 2 x 10mg of MT2.
Loaded 2 weeks before holiday.
First week, put 10mg into the Neilmed, which works out as 50mcg per spray.
Did 2 sprays in the morning, 2 before bed on first 4 days. No side effects, but noticed slight colour on my face and hands with no UV (except walking around London streets in October..). I had enough slight colour for people to say I looked healthy and notice a difference.
I upped the dose to 4 sprays morning and night for the next 3 days. Still no side effects* but no further change in skin colour.
I then added the second 10mg to the Neilmed spray. This worked out at something like 108mcg per spray given what I'd already used. I very much doubt the dosing is that accurate though.
I did 2 sprays 3 times a day for 2 days. Then upped it again to 4 sprays 3 times a day.
I'm now on vacation in the Maldives and Sri Lanka and have kept dosing. The first week was rain anyway, so little direct UV exposure. Second week I have been sun bathing. The Neilmed spray ran out yesterday (that's 3.5 weeks dosing in total).
Got to say, I've not really noticed any real tan effect. There is perhaps a very small improvement in my ability to tan, but next to my wife, who tans by just looking at the sun - and was staying out of the sun - I have very little colour.
All very disappointing.
I suspect a few things are happening here.
1. I note that the OP says he tans easily anyway, so perhaps doesn't need much MT2 to have an impact.
2. The OP loaded for 5 weeks prior. I didn't work out how much MT2 that was in total but I read you need to get 30mg in total to have an impact. With nasal dosing being 50% as effective, that's up to 60mg.
3. With the Neilmed spray I noticed you get quite a lot of loss down the back of the throat with any more than 2 sprays per nostril. Even at 2, there was loss
4. Doing 400mcg for 4 sprays might be too much for the nasal cavity to absorb. I note a comment that the MT2 molecule is quite large, so dosing more doesn't necessarily mean increased absorption.
So with the nasal spray, perhaps it needs]1 loading period of 4 weeks plus?
2 no more than 4 sprays and 200mcg each time you use it? Perhaps more is wasteful/ doesn't have an impact?
3 what's the experience of type 1 red heads on nasal sprays vs type 2/3s ho can tan?