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 Melanotan II is the product that's been dubbed the "Barbie drug" on social media, and promises to give users a tan without the sun but it can have serious side effects including, in rare cases, Here's the part nobody explains when they're selling you the "Barbie drug." Melanotan 2 is a synthetic peptide that mimics alpha MSH a hormone your body already makes to tell your skin Don't risk using tanning products containing melanotan Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA)