With tanning I'm far too white to go sun beds and too embarrassed, is natural sunlight ok?
How long do I tan on each side?
I hear loading phases are useless is this true?
What are my dosages I should start on?
What do I take to maintain my desired tan?
Natural sunlight works, I can understand the embarrassment...quick poolside visits are how I started the process originally. It's uncomfortable when initiating/subscribing onto sunbed therapy...having to bite your tongue when being cross-sold tanning lotions and hoping others with similar skin types to yours do not expose themselves to such danger....
Building from a few minutes to ten and then twenty minutes is how I would approach it. Loading phases are not useful had you have the knowledge about how the product will respond to your unique body. Loading the super-potent peptide hormone helps minimize or avoid side effect in my experience (as blond, blue eye, skin type 1). My thoughts on dosage explained in my 2014 journal. Best of luck Whitebro!
IMHO natural sun is better , start out at 10 min a side no more, never loaded and* .250 is as high as I would go, in winter I inject .250 every three days, some use.100 every day, you have to find out what works for you.*
And with injecting is it best to do it before I go tanning and after?
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Hi Whitebro,
It depends on your goal and personal preference.
Some people like lower dosages daily while others prefer not to inject every day.
Generally straight after injection is ideal. It again depends on dodage and how your body reacts.
If you are doing low dosages then you are less likely to get sides and can thus do it before exposure.* Others who receive bad sides prefer to inject before bed as this minimises them. Exposure the following day and even the day after that is generally fine.
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Thanks guys. So everyday at low dosage better for first timer?
And with my face and such do I need to put sunscreen on when tanning?
And when out in the sun doing whatever and not tanning still put on sunscreen?
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Hi Whitebro,
I would recommend using sunscreen at all times, and that is the general consensus of most people.
Others on this forum may have more insight on that, however.
I also like the low dosage strategy combined with higher frequency when starting out. Always sunscreen on my face, shoulders, arms (+scars, tattoos & privates should also be protected from receiving too much UVR).
Everyone has different tanning capabilities. As for myself I tan very slowly and very slightly when on MT2. If there were such thing as a skin type 0, I would be it. I usually dose 600-700 mcg and go outside for an hour (wearing sunblock no less!) I would dose usually four times a week with that too. Personally I like exercising when tanning. And also most MT2 users should start at low dose to experiment with side effects, and when you get to a certain point you wont need to take MT2 as often to get a good tan
Further, I think it is worth pointing out and/or giving respect to the Australian sun. UVR is intense, yeah? 20 minutes down under may be like 30 minutes in Texas (rough personal observation/guesstimate)...?
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With tanning I'm far too white to go sun beds and too embarrassed, is natural sunlight ok?
How long do I tan on each side?
I hear loading phases are useless is this true?
What are my dosages I should start on?
What do I take to maintain my desired tan?
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I always prefer natural sun and without any sunscreen. Others prefer sunbed and sunscreen.
Start at low dose 100mcg and go slowly up to 250mcg.
Personally I go up to 500mcg because I do not see any effect with lower dose. After 3 weeks on 500mcg I got the moles and had go back to 250mcg.
I think the dosing is different from person to person, and from source to source.
I'm at 13mg over 4 weeks now, and just have got very little color.
Ok thanks for all your helpful replies!
How much should I buy for a type 1 skin type?
I reckon I'll start at 100mcg every day before tanning for the first week see how I go and bump up the dosage over the next few weeks.
Our Summer starts in December here, when should I start you reckon?
And can anyone link videos on how to prepare and inject?
I found this site to be very helpful when I started: http://www.melanotanii.com/
I also am type 1 and can relate to the embarrassment. I live in AZ and have used the natural sun which is easy here 8) I loaded for the first two weeks with .300 every day and then reduced from there. I now use it once per week at between 150-200 mcg and am able to hold color and not burn. I only use sunscreen on my head. (bald)
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