What are 'melanotan' injections? Explaining the controversial tanning drug Dazed Your body already makes a hormone that tells your skin to tan. Melanotan 2 is a synthetic peptide engineered to mimic that hormone but in a version that's more potent and Same girl Aside from crazy photoshop on her body, she has also used tanning injections & sunbeds to practically change race : r Instagramreality Martina Big, 36, who is from Germany, and her husband Michael Eurwen, 38, who both injected Melanotan, a synthetic hormone to darken their skin have announced that they are planning to permanently