People are injecting a peptide called melanotan II to make their skin darker without having to tan. The history and safety risks behind the drug draws concern.

  • BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    The FDA notes the most severe adverse events include melanoma, posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome, sympathomimetic toxidrome, and prolonged and painful boners.

    Boners can be painful?

    Painful Boners is also the name of my punk band.

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      1 month ago

      Emotionally painful, for sure. I can’t count the number of times I had to look down sadly and tell mine there wasn’t much we could do about that at the moment until the poor guy just gave up and stopped asking.

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      30 days ago

      Forget painful boners, the first listed adverse “event” is cancer. I’m just gonna get my farmers tan naturally thank you