The "Barbie drug" for tanning claims to give you a golden glow—but experts say it may cause cancer, kidney failure, and other ...

But the promise of a bronze glow comes with a decided dark side as Melanotan II has been linked to a slew of side effects ranging from nausea to cancer. Sold in nasal spray form, the product is ...

Trading Standards has issued a warning about nasal tanning sprays and the potential health problems they could cause people ...

The 31-year-old, who won the Miss GB pageant in 2020, was offered a free nasal tanning spray in exchange for ... sprays contain a substance known as melanotan II which may stimulate melanin ...

Experts are not at all surprised that the nasal tanning spray trend has the wits of ... "The Barbie movie has also added to the 'beach' trend." "Melanotan is not approved by the Food and Drug ...

It is illegal to sell medicinal products containing Melanotan II in the UK but as ... The BBC managed to buy several unlicensed nasal spray products over the counter and online Ms Eagle said ...

Melanotan-II was researched decades ago ... One website selling nasal tanning spray seen by the ABC lists only "loss of appetite" as a symptom. Others list none at all. Some of the sites attempt ...

Unregulated nasal tanning sprays, touted across social media, are raising alarms with Trading Standards due to potential ...