Injectable tan crackdown
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
The U.K.'s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency advises Nov. 17 against using the unlicensed drug Melanotan, an injectable tan sold illegally as a nonprescription product on Web sites and in some gyms and tanning salons. Melanotan increases the body's melanin levels to create a tan, but the substance "has not been tested for safety, quality or effectiveness" in the U.K., MHRA says