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 Melanotan II is a peptide that supports melanin production meaning your glow can start from the inside out (without living out in the sun or tanning beds). Our WCC nurses 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 Nitisinone increases melanin in people with albinism National Institutes of Health (NIH)