No, you don't need the 'Barbie drug' to tan, whatever TikTok says. Here's why melanotan II is so risky Don't risk using tanning products containing melanotan Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) Unlicensed weight loss drugs marketed on social media as 'prizes' Weight loss drugs The Guardian Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) Fact Sheet and Position Statement on Sunless Tanning Hannah Tittensor and her boyfriend Ben Dunlop have been injecting themselves with an illegal tanning drug called Melanotan for three years. On top of that, they use sunbeds regularly and slather themselves