… usual precautions to avoid excessive sun exposure. Although tanning injections have been available over the internet, they have not been tested for safety and are not legally available in the UK and therefore should not be used. … These tips include reducing your sun exposure and avoiding sunburn by: Staying in the shade. Applying sunscreen with a sun protection factor (SPF) of 15 or above. Covering skin with close-weave clothing and wearing a hat and sunglasses. …
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There’s an article about the melanotan peptides (“tanning injections”) in Wired:
Suntan Drug Greenlighted for Trials
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Wondering if you read of the news that melanotan-1 (afamelanotide / Scenesse) has been approved in Italy?
http://www.lifescientist.com.au/article/346731/clinuvel_gets_pre-approval_win_italy/
It has been OK’d as a therapeutic drug for the orphan disease EPP.
Time for an update relative to this entry with respect to “tanning injections”?
melanotan-1 (afamelanotide / Scenesse) has been approved by the Italian Medicines Agency as a treatment for the photosensitivity aspect of the disease EPP:
Here is the news about this development.