It doesn't take much to fall down the Barbie Drug rabbit hole. In self tanner subreddits and on TikTok Shop, the tanning injectionaka Melanotan IIis marketed as a self tanner alternative that works by Sunbeds, dihydroxyacetone (DHA) fake tan, and MelanoTan injections: A history of 'safe' tanning technologies Technology, Health, and the Patient Consumer in the Twentieth Century NCBI Bookshelf Melanotan Tanning Injection: A Rare Cause of Priapism ScienceDirect No, you don't need the 'Barbie drug' to tan, whatever TikTok says. Here's why melanotan II is so risky