Suntan Drug Greenlighted for Trials
A drug that stimulates the body's tanning response — turning pasty skin caramel for up to two months — has been approved for human trials, but not for tanning.
Although the drug will not be available for cosmetic purposes any time soon, similar compounds are already being widely abused on the pharmaceutical black market. The official product, a man made hormone called afamelanotide, has received U.S. government approval to begin clinical trials.
"It's a bioabsorbable implant that you just inject into the skin," said Colin Mackie, director of business development for Clinuvel, the company bringing the drug to the U.S. "It stimulates melanin production."
Melanin is the body's natural pigment. It's responsible for the color of skin and protects humans from harmful solar radiation. The drug will be tested as a treatment for patients who face serious danger from the sun's rays, like those with rare genetic diseases or who must take immunosuppressants, Mackie said.
But online retailers already offer a similar (but not identical) compound under a more descriptive brand name, Melanotan II, which American and British health officials warn are already being abused.
"Using it could be dangerous to short and long-term health," British health officials said in November. It has not been tested for safety, quality or effectiveness and we don't know the potential side effects yet."
This week two British Medical Journal researchers warned that injecting the compound could change the size and shape of moles, which under normal circumstances can be a precursor to skin cancer.
Melanotan's plight highlights the difficulty in bringing drugs with large recreational or cosmetic potential to market for decidedly more medical conditions. Before the drugs can make it through safety and efficacy trials, rogue users — almost like pre-release movie filesharers — begin to test the drug on themselves. These high-demand, off-label uses could make regulatory agencies reluctant to approve the pharmaceutical for legitimate uses.
Both Melanotan I and II are synthetic cousins of a naturally occurring hormone that stimulates the production of melanin, the skin's pigment. But Melanotan II, in particular, appears to have aphrodisiac and erectile function effects as well.
First created and tested back in the late '80s at the University of Arizona, the synthetic tanning hormone received media attention from around the world. Tom Brokaw, in a 1991 broadcast, said that medical researchers had announced "what could be the answer" to tanning without the skin damage associated with the process. Wired first featured melanotan back in 2002, dubbing it the "Barbie drug" for its purported ability to induce weight loss and increase libido. The label has stuck and is often used in the press
But the drugs were a good idea in search of a disease. Fair-skinned people's desire to be tan is not a disease, and the tanning behaviors it induces could cause skin damage and cancer. Now, though, Clinuvel has found five, admittedly obscure, medical conditions that the drug could treat.
Over the last several years, the Clinuvel's CEO, Philippe Wolgen, has battled to make his drug sound less and less sexy.
"This will not be a cosmetic drug,” Wolgen told a biotech trade publication last year. “I oppose systemic treatment for cosmetics.”
He changed the company's name from the provocative Epitan to the boring Clinuvel. It might not make for great advertising copy, but the CEO's moves appear to have paid off.
"The FDA's decision is a landmark event in Clinuvel's growth," Wolgen said in a release this week. "Today's progress reflects some of the choices we had to make in our program early on in 2006 when changing the direction of the company."
But even as he tries to position his drug to be taken seriously, industry analysts following his company know that the drug could be a blockbusters on the cosmetics market.
After all, once a drug is approved by the FDA for one purpose, it's easier to extend it to new conditions, just like the glaucoma-treatment turned eyelash enhancer.
"[Melanotan] has potential as a 'Life Style' drug for those millions of p
Hopeful tanners took it upon themselves to deliver on that blockbuster potential as Melanotan languished in the pharmaceutical industry's basement.
Recent British media reports indicate widespread use of the compound. Purportedly, the drug is ordered online and comes in a white powder that is mixed with sterile water. That combination is injected into the abdomen.
One woman told the Daily Mail that she intended to keep using the injections despite their unknown provenance and possible side-effects.
"At first, injecting myself in my tummy seemed strange, but now I don’t even think about it — the needle is so fine I hardly feel it," she said. "And I am so pleased with the results that despite the adverse publicity I’m going to continue with them."
An online forum dedicated to Melanotan has more than 50,000 posts, most of which are about "Usage and Experimentation." Many describe detailed regimens for attaining darker skin and/or improved sexual function.
Here in the United States, Melanotan II appears widely available online, although the FDA warned Tennessee's Melanocorp, which bills its product as "100% US Made Melanotan II," to stop shipping to Americans in 2007. The company continues to ship to European countries.
The company provides a dozen or so purported before-and-after pictures, like the photo above. Though the results could be suspect, they look eerily similar to results obtained in trials at the University of Arizona or by Clinuvel (images at left). In early animal trials, injections of the drug caused a yellow dog's fur to become black and visibly darkened a frog's skin in minutes.
Image: Top: Melanocorp.com. Bottom: Clinuvel.
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Okay, um.. that last picture shows no difference except for the face.
I like my lighter skin. I makes me look less third world.
i like how the guy said it won't be a cosmetic drug...oh, because if someone is taking pescription drugs for a private matter...they want everyone to know they are taking it by randomly turning tan in a day...that makes sense
@ Greg - Especially since the richest man in the world is a Mexican of Saudi descent? You're not racist at all :)
25,000 Posts? Try 50,000! Heh, well written article.
Hat's off to Alexis Madrigal.
Here's a good video talking about Melanotan one and Clinuvel's interim Phase III results for EPP:
http://www.3news.co.nz/Video/Lifestyle/tabid/372/articleID/88017/cat/58/Default.aspx
-Scott
Melanotan.org Admin
"Especially since the richest man in the world is a Mexican of Saudi descent?"
That has absolutely nothing to do with what Greg said. Try again, chump.
Are people really this stupid?
I take pride in my paleness.
I didn't even know about this and now I want to try it. What's so evil about "lifestyle" drugs? No one (except my wife) complains about me drinking diet coke or taking suppliments, so why can't I take this?
The guy in the first picture apparently grew a few inches, too.
I have one of the "obscure" conditions that this drug might help. It's not all that rare (10-20% of northern hemisphere population may have some degree of it). I am happy this drug is being tested for a medical treatment instead of cosmetic uses.
its only being tested for the obscure conditions to legalise it so it can be used for cosmetic purposes later on or did you not read the article?
Finally, a Wired article that isn't proclaiming the virtues of Apple!
AM AN EGGPLANT!!! JERRY! AN EGGPLANT!
Q: Will this help Apple overcome the pasty whiteness of their products?
FDX - you're quick. Made me grin and wish I would have thought of that one...
Is that Sarah Palin?
that's not a farking retriever.
It's a gateway drug.
This drug may actually have the effect of preventing some skin cancer. First assume that in trials it proves to be safe. A drug that gives a real tan for months would probably discourage sun tanning and tanning bed use and therefore reduce the number of people suffering sun damage to the skin.
I happen to be very fair skinned and burn easily, if my melanin could be increased in a safe way I would have that added protection on top of what I currently do to prevent sun burns. I'm already high risk for skin cancer, anything I can do to potentially decrease that risk would be helpful. Again this all assumes it proves reasonably safe in clinical trials, I would never take a gamble with a drug that hasn't been thoroughly tested (though that isn't a guarantee of complete safety just look at Vioxx but it's a better gamble than untested by far).
honestly? why don't people just go outside every now and then if they want a darker complexion
This sound great. I'm fed up of my pasty white skin burning every time I spend a few hours in the sun. Finally I can have a much more useful darker complexion.
If you are a white South African, over dosing on this stuff could help you overcome the AA obstacles and get the job your are qualified for ;)
What happens to freckled people with this drug? With sun, my skin doesn't dark much, but my freckles darken and get bigger. It's a bit freakish.
By itself, more melatonin should reduce skin cancer since it is a natural sun blocker.
so what you are saying is there is a drug out there to make white people black. change is coming.
so what you are saying is there is a drug out there to make white people black. change is coming.
Anything that changes my colour worries me!
Guerrilla FOREX
Noadi, what they say in this article is that use of the drug would cause fair skinned people like us to not bother using sun block anymore, n that would increase the chances getting skin cancer...
Im sorry I like looking white and tan free. Im hoping it will in time give its users cancer so people who actually tan and the fakers can form support groups together.
@nathan,
People who have fitzpatrick type I & II skin (those who can't tan at all and those who have difficulty tanning) are not simple able to go outside to get some color because all they do is burn!
When these sorts of folks use a melanotan peptide they are for once able to tan. This new ability for them allows them to spend time with their friends out in the sun, going to the beach, etc.
This is a big part of the reason why the melanotan peptides are such a big deal.
-Scott
http://melanotan.org/ Admin
Well.... I don't need this silly drug. I'm already naturally tanned :)
I'm also the world's greatest genius. I guess I got the tan from my dad and the smart on the white side from my mother lol. Kinda like obama but better.
IMO, anybody who takes a drug to improve their appearance is nuts. I wouldn't choose appearance over health.
So, is the opposite of what Michael Jackson used?
get that shyt legalized...identity can be altered in many wayz..but watch out for criminalz....
The dude in the photo needs a BRA! Those are some serious MAN BOOBS!
I use it, I love it. It cuts my appetite and makes me as tan as a I want to be. What could be bad?
just another attempt for the white man to be black...DAMN! are ya'll serious?!?!? injecting yourself to make yourself darker?!?!?!? I have a strong feeling that in 25 years, the same people will sue the company for giving them cancer...
its hilarious when white people dont want to be white anymore lol. Like Randall said you should take pride in your paleness.
It's funny, you know seeing causcasian people scorn Michael Jackson for bleaching his skin, yet it is a national pastime for them to go and try to get tanned, what hypocrisy! Just like it is ok for people like Sarah Palin to hunt and kill moose and wolves as a sport but Michael Vick goes to prison for fighting dogs. The fact is, whatever excuse people use for this drug as well as the excuse they use for using tanning beds, know that "we" are paying attention to you and the way you treat people of color while at the same time you try your best to be like us, not the other way around.
Greg, Rian and lolerskater, can you guys be any more racist? Why don't you go back to England or somewhere where there are only pasty white people so you can live in ignorance...I can't believe that even in 2009, people can be such hypocrites! People want to look dark yet they criticize, judge, and discriminate against those who are naturally dark? Give me a freakin break!!
of course these guys are gonna explain to you that it's safe. THEY'RE THE ONES PRODUCING AND SELLING THIS CRAP. nobody's saying that this shouldn't be released, but the FDA has the final say. not the producer.
People still want this? I thought pale was cool now, thanks to Twilight.
well i am of irish heritage and I am very very light skinned...
I burn if im in the sun for more than ten minutes...but guess what?...I am 42 and I still get carded at clubs and at liquor stores....Cuz I dont have that tanned alligator skin that everyone craves so much....lol...
At a time when natural skin tones are in, are pharmaceutical companies actually trying to revive the dirty looking and unnatural tan look? Ugh.
If you are olive complected-beautiful. Chocolate brown-lovely. Creamy alabaster-embrace it! Just stop giving yourself wrinkles and skin cancer trying to distort your own skin tone.
People should cherish whatever shade they have. Pale, dark, or in-between. This is nuts!
Nature is the best. These things will not last forever. Everybody be yourself. God is not foolish by giving u that colour.
The last four pictures crack me up. What is the black bar across the eyes for? Is this suppose to protect their identity?
The last four pictures crack me up. What is the black bar across the eyes for? Is this suppose to protect their identity?
Codeazrael is so ill informed. Don't u even know that dogfighting is torture, ghetto torture at that and hunting is a sport. Hunting is wrong also, but not the same as forcing dogs to tear one another apart..get a grip. So, which is it...you're race isnt trying to be like us? I see plenty of you're kind trying to bleach their skin....you're probably one of them. Get an education.
Ridiculous!
Ridiculous!
the only reason the guy in the first picture looks like he "grew a few inches" is because the person with the camera was standing closer to him when he took the picture...
Well, this is a great drug, but this is also what you get when the idiots at the FDA who have no ideas what they are doing and are in the pay of the pharmaceutical companies, get in the way of a legitimate product. This is the same type of crap they continue to pull with us parents with kids (taking away our cold and cough medicine) and those of us who use dietary supplements (specific examples include ephedra and l-tryptophan they banned). Give the FDA time and they'll take tylenol, motrin and cortisone cream off the market. The FDA should be disbanded and reformed with REAL consumers, not bureaucrats who take payment from the AMA and big Pharma.
This could be a breakthrough for the millions of people around the world suffering from Vitiligo, a skin disease where the melanin is destroyed producing white spots. Michael Jackson is most famous suffer. In this case, it is not cosmetic and could help treat a very real disease!
Ugh..this is nothing new..I purchased "tanning pills" in 1988 through mail order out of a magazine and I had a fantastic bronze tan all summer and winter. The only problem is that when they start to wear off your skin gets a very unattractive mottled look..brown and whitish splotches..BUT if you dont mind looking like a faded Dalmation for a month then go for it..the end result really was great and no sun !!
My dad refuses to pay my college tuition, so I'm going to use this drug to get a 'minority' scholarship.
Come to think of it, this would make a great 80's movie...
Black is BEAUTIFUL!!!
Why can't white people be happy with what they have. They shun African Americans, and then, they will put their own life at risk to be "darker". I guess we aren't the only ones with the issues of identity crisis.
I know it sounds crazy, but why not just SPEND SOME TIME IN THE SUN??
Can this world get more dumb than it already is?
Common people, you seriously don't have anything better to do than to get drugs and "improve" your appearance?
All of this for a TAN? You poeple are nuts. Just wait until it's proved safe!
cpk
wow, so it comes to this... as someone who once upon a time enjoyed getting a tan. stopped in my mid 20's because of all the talk of skin cancer. i opted for the self tanners and used as much sunscreen as possible for years. and then it happened. what i thought could never ever happen did. what you think happens to them not u happened to me. yes, skin cancer. thankfully it was caught in it's earliest stages and was removed. i can't begin to tell all of u how horrible it is to be diagnosed with any type of cancer. i thought i took pretty good care of my skin. my face especially. i had 5 stitches from the corner of my left eye straight across my nose. and the all i had was what appeared to be was a dot the size of pin.
i once upon a time felt the same way most of u do - who cares so long as it works and i look good attitude. i don't wish skin cancer or any type of cancer or any other illness on anyone - your all responsible for yourselves. but be warned - it can be, rest assured, be on of u next.
look good today, this summer, tomorrow next summer suffer the consequences.
With cancer rates steadily climbing we surely don't need to be putting more chemical compounds into our bodies without years of trials. There are products that have been on the market for ages until it's been realized they cause cancer; then they are removed, too late for some.
wow, so it comes to this... as someone who once upon a time enjoyed getting a tan. stopped in my mid 20's because of all the talk of skin cancer. i opted for the self tanners and used as much sunscreen as possible for years. and then it happened. what i thought could never ever happen did. what you think happens to them not u happened to me. yes, skin cancer. thankfully it was caught in it's earliest stages and was removed. i can't begin to tell all of u how horrible it is to be diagnosed with any type of cancer. i thought i took pretty good care of my skin. my face especially. i had 5 stitches from the corner of my left eye straight across my nose. and the all i had was what appeared to be was a dot the size of pin.
i once upon a time felt the same way most of u do - who cares so long as it works and i look good attitude. i don't wish skin cancer or any type of cancer or any other illness on anyone - your all responsible for yourselves. but be warned - it can be, rest assured, be on of u next.
look good today, this summer, tomorrow next summer suffer the consequences.
Too funny!! If who so ever took the suntan drug and woke up as dark as the average African American what would you do then? So to the people that only commented with ridiculous, its better to not say anything if you do not have anything nice to say...love the person in the mirror without modification..
Hey everyone melatonin induces sleep ! Even these people must be stupid! It is Melanin in your body that produces skin tone not Melatonin!!
I feel there is nothing wrong with this drug. If it is used for medical breakthoughs or vanity, who cares?! Some people that have commented on not looking "third world" have issues with other races. I feel sorry for you because you are racists! You should love yourself- yes, but you don't have to put anyone down for being different from you! It's wrong! I'm natuarally tanned and not from a "third world" country. USA born and proud!
"These high-demand, off-label uses could make regulatory agencies reluctant to approve the pharmaceutical for legitimate uses. "
So please keep on using melanotan!
Melanotan I or Melanotan II are used since years by many Users. Especially on the webpage www.melanotan.org
There are thousend of people wo test this drug and there was never a serious health problem.
Nice how they are so open about animal trials... A-holes.
Go stick a needle in your eye Clinuvel.
yea just sit in the sun and get cancer and turn pink like a pig fuck off u cracker
goes to show, some people are just never satisfied with themselves, especially white people, I'm naturally tanned, so there.
LOL Melissa.....you deny what you can't! You call dog fighting torture yet you think hunting animals as a sport isnt??? You dumb b*tch. As many people who have posted has said as well, alot of caucasians discriminate against people of color, yet want to look like us. I don't care about white people doing thing, I just have a problem with their hypocrisy. HYPOCRITE!!!
Say what you want, but BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL!!!
A bunch of dumb asses. If only they could make a pill that would make people smarter then I wouldn't have to read crap like this.
Another sign that we are headed for extinction.
Thanks B, I have vitiligo and this could be a breakthrough for this real skin disease. People don't even know about it and all they want to do is look better. Look it up peeps you might learn something. VITILIGO
Finally Michael Jackson will have a normal skincolor with this :)
Yeah, it looks nice to have tan skin and all but it won't be nice when everyone gets skin cancer or some other serious disease from taking this drug. Hello! Anything unnatural with chemicals is going to be hazardous in some way. Maybe it will only have mild side effects, but maybe it will kill people that take it. Here's an idea - get off your lazy ass and go outside and get some natural sunlight. Your body could use the Vitamin D anyway.
in asia, people espec. japanese want to be white and there are whitening formulas otc everywhere; everywhere here there are tanning formulas, some built into lotions, skin straighteners here for blacks, etc...the only thing different is this is injected??
everybody wants to be a different race it seems, yet hates every other race at the same time....
Drag that in order to use this product, you have to get a tatoo with the companies' name on your left sholder. What some people will do just to get darker.
Yeah, it looks nice to have tan skin and all but it won't be nice when everyone gets skin cancer or some other serious disease from taking this drug. Hello! Anything unnatural with chemicals is going to be hazardous in some way. Maybe it will only have mild side effects, but maybe it will kill people that take it. Here's an idea - get off your lazy ass and go outside and get some natural sunlight. Your body could use the Vitamin D anyway.
I would SOOO Use it too...Sure saves me lots after a tan every 2 weeks!!!
Codeazrael is hilarious. Doesn't even address the issue of the black race trying to be white. Black is dirty.. Look at the bottom of your shoe it's black and not beautiful. Oh wait, that's even if you own a pair of shoes. If not, then look @ your dirty ass feet.
So was the placebo injection WATER (about 50 seconds into video)? Or was is a saline solution. I would hope it would be a saline solution!!
Well,time used to be people were ashamed to be dark,now are ashamed to be white.What next???
Pale skin looks sick and unattractive!
I hate pale skin!
I would use it! hell I am one of those who are pale and burn.
Not saying I want to be black or asian or spanish.
I want my white ass a little tanner!
white people want to turn dark,
dark people want to turn white,
yet there still is racism....
its a pity really....
I WOULD SO TRY THIS, MY SKIN IS SO WHITE AND BORING, BUT EVERY TIME I TRY TO TAN ALL I GET IS A BURN...THAT SUX. I WONDER IF I COULD GET AS TAN AS BEYONCE, BUT NOTHING DARKER THAN THAT.
in asia, people espec. japanese want to be white and there are whitening formulas otc everywhere; everywhere here there are tanning formulas, some built into lotions, skin straighteners here for blacks, etc...the only thing different is this is injected??
everybody wants to be a different race it seems, yet hates every other race at the same time....
All of you people on here ranting over race are jusy pathetic! Get a life people.
Hmmm I already see kidney and liver failure coming with this, and then related illnesses like macular degeneration, sun spots, infertility, impotence, etc. They told us asbestos and cigarettes were good 50 years ago too. And look at the studies on cell phones - in 30 years everyone will have brain tumors. You can't trust anything until it is tested on a population long-term. These pharmaceutical companies don't care, they just want to make money and know that beauty products make for good, quick business. Until then, this could be as harmful as smoking cigarettes, no one will know until it's too late.
blacks are black, not tan , believe me, no one wants to look like you.
R u serious. This has to be some type of health care scam! I am amazed that white people do the things they do. U know the risks and side effects, but still OD on weight loss pills, stick your fingers down your throat and now this. LOL, I have been a victim of racial profiling huundred of times in the small town I live in. The go back to africa is the funniest, when I didn't ask to be here, and now u want my skin color and curly hair with your perms! Not to mention the four black men that live here all have mixed babies, so my men too! This is the funniest S*hit I have seen in awhile, I hope all of ya'll die of skin cancer in its rarest un-cuarble form. Damn pasety dummies
Some people do not no what it is like to have very light skin. I live south of Houston Texas and in the summer I can only spend 30 min outside in the sun before I start burning. Normal day of outside activity take two coats of sunscreen through the day. Me tan is like most people in the dead of winter. It would be nice to have a little added protection from the sun. Spending time in the sun to get tan is just dumb, cancer, cancer, cancer. Up north with higher declination of the sun I'm just fine. But i like to do water sports all year round. So here i live were only darker people ought to.
Would this be a help for people with vitaligo? And to all you that just love to bash an other race, over a computer at that, go and say that to the face of the same race you're making the remarks to. People like you need to see the big picture and need to realize just because you have a different tone it doesn't make you better! The fact that you make an out burst like that shows how timid and insecure you are! Get some help and meet some new people!
Hey, here's a real medical issue question... Does Clinuval do anything with Vitamen D? Because of all the sunscreen we are using, many of us are seeing lower Vitamen D production... which happens when the skin is exposed to UV rays. It would be a positive side effect IF the use of this drug stimulated Vitamen D production in a tail-wagging-the-dog sort of way.
I can see how far we have to go as a nation to achieve real change. We can't even discuss an tanning medicine without throwing racial slurs around. Pity. I truly feel sorry for those who think that way.
Thank the Most High he made me apart of the Nubian Race so I don't have to deal with this crap!
Thank the Most High he made me apart of the Nubian Race so I don't have to deal with this crap!
THIS COULD MAKE ME A LEAD FARMER, (MOTHERFU
whos "the most high". does he only smoke the "chronic"? and how did he make u nubian?
I have been around the world of dermatology my entire life and I can not believe that our government would allow something that could obviously stimulate skin cancer and who knows that else to become much greater and/or worse than by not using this "hot" product. I would never buy this drug and would never recommend it to anyone. I think this might be just as ridiculous as rubbing butter onto a burn instead of ice. wtf.
You are absolutely correct Greg! Light skin does help you look less third worldish as you like put it. However this the natural taning of sking comes from years of working outside, in the sun. Building things, working the fields, herding, creating new jobs not by sitting infront of a computer trying to find the quickest way to make money and how to work less and send the economy down the drain, while not setting a single foot out the door. On the drugs use I am completely for the use of it towards medical solutions and if it is safe enough to avoid leasure exposure to the sun I am for it too. But to give Paris Hilton another reason to make headlines please!
Take it from a blonde that has been battling skin cancer for 6 + Years...there is nothing that is gonna be safe. Be happy with the color you are.As for me "white is in"
Oh and another thing I don't see any of the people that are in the studys looking BLACK at all! What are some of you people jealous you cannot use it or they didn't make something for you! I am white, but I have tan skin. So it doesn't mean that I am going to go and get injected to look a diffrent race.
Too bad Twilight made pasty skin popular again lol
I have a lot of freckles, do you think it makes all the freckles come out too, or just nice dark skin.
Wow!!! I just read all these comment and I am shocked to see the bias in them. Ppl are just begging for racial issues. This drug is not a way for white ppl to become a diff race. I know lots of ppl who tan and none of them have come even close to appearing any other race. Especially since overtanning produces more of a yellowish orange tint, definitely not black. Come on, get over yourselves. That is about ridiculous. I'm not saying I know all about this drug, but if it passes with the FDA, I think it would be great. Ppl who tan would no longer be sitting in the sun or in tanning beds. The article is saying that the drug will, hopefully, be safer than those things, and longer lasting. So, if you can get a tan without damaging your skin then hell yea.
So what happens if a black person uses it? Do they just disappear into the abyss? ha ha ha ha! Good times.
y do u white people wana be asian 4?!
This is stupid. I can not believe how this turned into a race issue that quickly. People are dumb. Why do you care so much about what someone else is doing with their lives? Who cares?
I just think this is insane. I thought the fake tan look went out with over processed hair and belly button rings. I think the problem is most people who abuse tanning salons/products generally are unhappy with their outter appearance because they eat unhealthy and don't work out. Focus on those things first and I bet you wont care two cents about being tan.
The racial comments on this post are disgusting. A little article about skin color and all of a sudden some white people's hatred is exposed. Then you wonder why the world is the way it is. You're acting like apes. Sick.
does anyone else notice that this is prolly the same bigot writing all of these comments...doesn't he have a job? or a life at all? Get a clue, this is the 21st century..people of color ain't goin anywhere buddy, people of color are starting to break the centuries old chains...betta watch out cuz were movin' on up! My President is Black!
mr white COWARD!!!!! you need to stop with these on a sly black jokes YOU smell PISSY! YOU UGLY and DUMB....Yeah! OUR president OBAMA is Beautiful and BLack and controls ALL Of YOU ALL!!!!
the im black guy is kind of funny, keep going im black guy
I would totally use it. I hate being pale and tanning is time consuming. But then again, I also smoke. So my priorities are skewed.
Really?!?! I live in Miami and the sun is constantly shining obviously and I'll tell you something, true Floridians do not go to the beach as much as people think. Tanning is dangerous (and I mean people who lay out for days and days and days), we are not in the 60's anymore people, that much sun exposure to the skin is not good especially for people with fair complexions. The tanning bed situation is even worse...HELLO STUPID PEOPLE! YOU ARE SENDING VIOLENT WAVES INTO YOUR SKIN!!! REPEADEDLY!!! Every winter we get massive amounts of tourists that invade our cities and beaches and I guess they do not understand that they are leathery looking and dying of skin cancer as they ly in the sun all day but anyway... Injecting yourself with any medication in order to literally just get a tan is utterly ridiculous. IF YOU ARE PALE DEAL WITH IT! I'm Italian and fair skinned and I love it! IT'S ME!! If you have a disease where your doctor prescribes this drug I guess I can understand but American's are already abusing prescription drugs and I believe this will be added to that list. Being in the sun and fresh air for a little while is healthy for you and if you go for a run or walk around the block a few times a week during the day over time your skin will build its own immunity and gradually darken. Honestly, I believe if you have that big a problem with yourself that you need to INJECT a chemical into your body to change something as unimportant as the color of your skin, I think you need more help than a meaningless tan can help you with.
yes disgusted. only white peoples hatred is apparent on this board, obviously u only read the white posts, its easier for u that way
It would be kinda nifty to be able to ease into summer without having to deal with the initial burn on that first long day! I'm still going to pile on the sunscreen.
Omg they are gonna have a pill for everything. retarded waste of money an what good is it gonna do us by putting more chemicals into our bodies. our food is filled with enough crap why add more when you just GO OUTSIDE! retards
Jeez. People are so damn stupid I can barely stand it. There are plenty of more important things in life than skin tone. Life is waayyy too short for this stuff. Besides, skin tone is a faddish thing. It was once considered fashionable and upper-class to be super white. We are such a stupid species of dumb fucking minions.
I think all the white people are mad that the white house is now black, so they now want to make there white skin match
There is a certain drug that induces specific hallucinations, where the person's self-image is altered and they believe they are of another race (racial hallucinations).
wow first of all animal testing should be illegal which i thought it was but i guess i'm wrong and really who is that desprate to be tan?! sure it's nice but come on
A synthetic hormone?? Somebody is looking for death.
Greg, you want to look less 3rd world means you look excessively 3rd world. Perhaps you just need to wash more often & brush your ugly teeth.
im black that little orange jumpsuit was FUNNY! i gotta go but that was easily your best one.
this is prolly gonna kill all the takers' livers...pity...
m3kt3K that's one messed up thing to sa. If you like your white complexion that's all and well for you but some othe pl don't and to wish ppl to have something like cancer? I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy. I know so many people who got cancer, and it wasn't from abuse of drugs, that it really hurts me. how can anyone be so stupid to make a comment like that? I hope you know there is a thing called Karma, but I hope to God that it doesn't come back to bite you in the @$$.
My apologies to our readers for the racist comments on this post. I'm deleting them as fast as I can.
Be forewarned: offensively racist commenters will be banned.
I find pale skin on women very, very Sexy......Where is the alabaster skin tone drug?
Samantha are you serious? Your showing your ignorance along with your roots. What about the white women, who get lip jobs, and boob jobs, and butt implants to look like the black woman, and if you want a tan let your skin naturally do it, black people are all colors from tan to black white people are only pink like pigs, and who wants to be that color? be true to your whites and rock your pasty white skin then.
so weird with people these days! seems like no one is ever contented with what they have. darker skinned people are obsessing with skin lightening products! and light skinned people are wanting to get their skin a little tan!
I've used Melanotan II. I got it literally one week before it's sale was made illegal in the United States.
It works. It works, VERY WELL. The only problem was the 'viagra' side effect. I had to take it at night so that I wasn't out in public afterwards. Other than that it's been over a year since I used it and guess what, I'm still alive, nothing is wrong. I'd rather something help my cells produce melanin on their own than lie out in the sun or a tanning bed which requires twice as much effort, less quality results and makes me way more susceptible to skin cancer than this stuff.
Do they even have one instance of this drug having harmful side effects on humans at all? No, only on animals. And believe me, thousands of people have used this I've been to the forums. The FDA can suck it.
Just more population control. They will find in 10 years that is causes cancer. All for vanity.
hey I, first u say all whites are pink like pigs,then u say to rock your white skin, i mean, i know u dont have a brain and all, but come on, is it pink or white, why dont you just hate on both, this way u have all your racist bases covered....
Just more population control. They will find in 10 years that is causes cancer. All for vanity.
you people are retatred. Dont you know that your skin was cursed from the day your ancestors were kicked out of the garden? You are white because you are a "cancer" to this earth!
Well while all of the "color-conscience people" here bicker about skin colors or the lack-thereof, the thing to remember is that the ozone is going away daily, and no matter what color or lack-thereof you are, RADIATION doesn't discriminate. But I like the line Mr. Leneaugue said in response to a TV add about the end of humanity: "Seems unlikely, but one can always hope" (Storm of the Century).
i have a skin condition that makes my skin on my hands and feet purple, it really helps when i tan for the color to change back to a normal skin tone, but tanning isn't healthy to do too frequently. it would be amazing to get a couple shots and not have to worry about people staring at my hands and feet anymore. i hope that after clinical trials, that it is approved by the FDA and that it becomes available. i would pay a lot of money to not have to deal with the embarassment anymore...
i have a skin condition that makes my skin on my hands and feet purple, it really helps when i tan for the color to change back to a normal skin tone, but tanning isn't healthy to do too frequently. it would be amazing to get a couple shots and not have to worry about people staring at my hands and feet anymore. i hope that after clinical trials, that it is approved by the FDA and that it becomes available. i would pay a lot of money to not have to deal with the embarassment anymore...
Let's give this stuff to Michael Jackson... oh well, yeah, I guess that is not the only thing required to fix that dude!
Seriously, why don't we begin to teach our kids that they are good the way they came? Inner qualities should be valued, not what color you skin is. Naturally black, you're not in, but get it arificially, and then it's cool! Totally perverse! Wake up folks, you're NOT on a reality show, this is real life!
leave yall skin alone. We know yall wanna be black, hell look at history. Yall hated so hard yall had to follow us in everthing we do: skin, ass, titties, hair. If anything get a product that keeps yall from smelling like wet dog. Now that's a great idea!!!!!!!!
Why are people so crazy about tanning? I'm white, why should I try to make myself something I'm not? No skin tone is a one size fits all, and I perfer my natural pale skin.
Terminally caucasian here and ok with it.
Wow. All of you racists (white and black), you're all hypocrites. I'm white, and pale. I would never use this drug. But if someone wanted to look like ME, and it was safe, I would feel flattered. I might point out that not only are there racist white pigs making nasty remarks about black people, but there are people of non-white ethnicity (I'm not going to slander any race by assuming those of you making nasty comments belong to one particular race) talking crap about caucasians. Apparently, racism breeds more racism. When you talk crap about someone because of their skin color, it's because you're not proud of your own. And that's a shame. Be proud of where you came from, but don't let it turn you bitter toward people different from you on the outside. We all bleed red.
the stuff in tan comes from black women so be thanful asshole.
BTW I'm white and i don't tan because hell that's the color I was unfortunately born with. All these years we put blacks down because we thought they were inferior to us......guess we were wrong. They will always outlive us no matter how much we try to dehumanize them. Interracial baby making won't save us assholes!
I hate America. This is the most unmoral place in the world.
HAHA
this is all part of Obamas plan for the economy, and to make us all the same.
Just let nature do its thing NOT MAN!!!
People, what is wrong with being white? That is what God made me. (And I wish I had listened to the older generation when they told me not to bake in the sun! My skin is prematurely old-looking.)
I'd just like to point out, if you aren't going to use such a product, don't bother caring about it. Leave caring about it to when a friend mentions trying it.
I would have hoped that racism was gone by now, but apparently it's not. We're all going to be brown in a few generations anyway, pretty much. That is, if the earth doesn't crash into the sun due to its rapidly decaying orbit first...
I CANT BELIEVE ALL U RACIST FUCKS! I CANT BELIEVE U SIT THERE AND SAY THAT BLACK PEOPLE COULD NOT LIVE WITHOUT WHITE PEOPLE, OR THAT BLACK IS DIRTY AND UGLY. GIVE ME A FUCKIN BREAK. BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL, JUST AS EVERY OTHER RACE, AND U KNOW IT. ARE U JEALOUS? WHY DO U HATE BLACKS SO MUCH? IF ANY THING ALL THE RACES SHOULD HATE WHITES FOR BEING WARMONGERS AND KILLERS. U CAN CALL US NIGGARS ALL U WANT BUT WE ARE HERE, AND HERE TO STAY SO GET THE FUCK OVER IT!!
what if it only tanned your private parts...hehehehh
Well the truth, this is getting boring to me and if you knew how to read a sentence and understand it, I was saying your skin is pink like a pigs, we all know that the true color of white is not the actual color of your skin, its just what they call it so therefore rock your pasty pinkish whitish skin, does that make it clearer for you?
that very first picture isnt the same person the tan person arms are longer and he is more thicher then the untan person
After reading this article about clinical drug trials being outsourced to India and kids dying because of it, Americans should really be worried.
http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/article934677.ece
Doesn't sound good. the delivery system is bad.
WOW I CANT BELIEVE THIS
:D
Aren't tans becoming passe?
Yes, it's funny, I remember growing up I was ashamed of my white skin, I would pour tanning oil all over my body in the shower, then years later I didn't want to be tan anymore, so I stopped going out in the sun, I'd work out indoors and I'd run on the tredmil, but then I got white again and didn't like it so I started eating a lot of carrots, which work better than this drug and aren't dangerous.
Aren't tans becoming passe?
Aren't tans becoming passe?
I don't see what the big deal is about. I'm Indian (Trinidadian Indian) and my skin is brown, my hair is black, my nose is unfortunately a little too big for my face, but that's what I was born with and I wouldn't change it. Yet I don't criticise people who do change their looks. My sister dyes her hair and that's all and well for her if that's what she wants to do to make her feel happy then b all means go ahead. I don't understand why ou have to hate on the people that want to change something about themselves to make them feel happy. It's not their fault that they feel like that, it's our fault, society in general. Why do people go on a diet? most of them do it to make themselves feel more attractive. Very few do it for health reasons. It's the same concept so get off your high-horse and leave the tanners alone.
Debra Eppenger, No I believe it's the same guy. The position of the camera on his tanner body is a little askew. If you look at specific anatomical landmarks on his body you can tell it's the same guy. His ab lines have the same indentations as well as the bottom of his pecks. He probably just worked out between photos thinking he would look more attractive tan and fit. hehe
I'm sorry... but tan isn't attractive at all unless its natural.
Seeing white people being tan just makes me think of the skin of roasted poultry.
well well...they ay monkeye seemonee doooo?.@* more....if it works wow....
Maybe Michael Jackson could use this drug,
and possibly recover some of his talent that he lost when he turned white.
President Barack Obama can use it when he has to go before the NAACP or the Black Congressional Caucus,
then stop using it before going to visit the Euro nations or to the US Senate.
Gov. Arnold ShwartzeNegro has a suppository version of it (with added HGH).
Eminem and Vanilla Ice could rap about it and advertise it (remember the term: Wiggah's ?).
My girlfriend wants me to inject it into my Penile Shaft...
my mom wants my dad to inject it into his Penile Shaft.
my gay uncle (and yours, too) wants Shaft to inject it into his peniled shaft.
bottom line: either love who your white azz is, or go outside in the sun.
shortcuts lead to future illness, so don't try to sue anyone later
when your liver/kidneys seize up, your dick falls off,
or you get profiled and harrassed by the cops.
One has to laugh at the human monkeys running down & blaming each other for their colors or lack-thereof, when you should be taking that up with your Creator. Humans have yet to be able decide what color or not they are going to be before they are born. Now granted, two people of a different race/color can mate, but that doesn't always guarantee what color or not the kid is going to be; so my advice is to shake your fist at God, maybe he will light your butts up with electricity and change your colors forever.
WARNING: ONLY FOR STUPID PEOPLE.
Haha- people (which would mostly be stupid girls who are so insecure about their looks) who even consider this are PATHETIC.
Maybe Michael Jackson could use this drug,
and possibly recover some of his talent that he lost when he turned white.
President Barack Obama can use it when he has to go before the NAACP or the Black Congressional Caucus,
then stop using it before going to visit the Euro nations or to the US Senate.
Gov. Arnold ShwartzeNegro has a suppository version of it (with added HGH).
Eminem and Vanilla Ice could rap about it and advertise it (remember the term: Wiggah's ?).
My girlfriend wants me to inject it into my Penile Shaft...
my mom wants my dad to inject it into his Penile Shaft.
my gay uncle (and yours, too) wants Shaft to inject it into his peniled shaft.
bottom line: either love who your white azz is, or go outside in the sun.
shortcuts lead to future illness, so don't try to sue anyone later
when your liver/kidneys seize up, your dick falls off,
or you get profiled and harrassed by the cops.
Wow! This is a break through for people with skin diseases and if you want to use it to look tanner than by all means, go for it,it's your life. Now let me start by saying all the black people who thought white people want to be black...you are absolutely right! lol. Why do you think they came and got us in the first place? Cuz we are the SHIT! and white people, i know the black people were wrong for saying you want to be like us, but you can't just say stupid shit, like we can't afford bullets, are you stupid? Don't you know we have all the illegal weapons and if you think that we rely on the white man to live or wear clothes, think again, most of our clothing is made in China and shit, by Chinese, not by lazy ass whites, who had to buy slaves to do their outdoor jobs in the sun and shit. See that's why most of you have complexion problems now, you were cooped up inside while you order the black man to work in the sun not knowing that we would benefit from your cruelty in the long run. Take a good look at the NBA white people and then take a good look at the poor, sad faces of black slaves back in the day and if you look close enough you will realize that the same man that was in the field picking the cotton is the same man that is on your TV screen slam dunking and swinging off basketball hoops, it's the same man that ran for president of the united states and won...yes, Barack Obama...eat your hearts out white people because your president is black!!!!
MT2 is great stuff. Works quickly and side effects are minimal. I can see it getting banned pretty soon in the US. Something else the govt can't control to make money off of.
Racists are stupid cowards with low self-esteem issues.
"Before the drugs can make it through safety and efficacy trials, rogue users — almost like pre-release movie filesharers — begin to test the drug on themselves. These high-demand, off-label uses could make regulatory agencies reluctant to approve the pharmaceutical for legitimate uses."
i'm glad someone finally recognizes the dangers associated with file-sharing. it's just like using untested, possibly dangerous drugs for recreational purposes, which totally ruins it for people who need those drugs to live.
yes, that makes perfect sense. /sarcasm
This is stupid! You are who you are for a reason. Do light-complected people have a complex about being LIGHT/WHITE?
I'm siding with J on this one. I also have vitiligo and it has been diagnosed as "profound, incurable" as it covers more than 30% of my body. My doctors and I have tinkered around with many different medications over the years to try and trigger my body into producing more melanin. After several failures, I opted towards a more pale complexion to reduce it's appearance. But I would still be willing to try a new product. Many of the products on the market were designed for the treatment of diseases and have been misused for vanity, but this does not negate it's true intentions and the benefits for people like me. Hmmm, maybe I can get my friends in Germany to send me some. I'm game, bring it on!
mmmkish, I don't really think it's about criticizing people for changing. I believe that people are too heavily involved in wanting to change that they will go to unhealthy lengths to do so. I'm recieving a masters in toxicology and injecting your body with any drug in general is dangerous in some way. It can be prescribed to you but it's not natural to your body. Even the food we eat is full of chemicals these days. Adding more unnecessary materials to your body is not healthy. However you are right, noone should critcize anyone who is that unhappy with something about themselves. As long as they do not hurt themselves trying to change it.
I want that eyelash stuff!! where do i sign up? :D
Now when will they make a drug to take away melanin and give me the albino skin i always wanted.
It can't be that long before people start wanting platinum blonde hair too right?
Alas, the agony of being goth in a world of pretty preppy beach people...
i am balding and i could use the drug where my genes fail to help me prevent sun damage. even 20 minutes in the sun is too much for me but i would like to reduce my sun damage on other parts of my white body to reduce sun damage.
why is it that white people are so happy to be white but so uncomfortable with their skin color. they want all the privileges of being white but all the beauty that comes with being of color.
Exactly where Melissa did you see plenty of people trying to bleach their skin?
Thank God I'm Indian. Don't have to deal with this crap.
IF ITS HARMFUL, COME ON PEOPLE..REALLY...YOU NEED A DRUG TO GET A TAN...BUT IF ITS SAFE...ITS YOUR LIFE AND IF YOU WANT TO BE DARKER..YYUUPPIIEEE!!
JUST LOVE YOUR PALE ASS WHITE SELF!
wow its some really dumb comments here not too many IQ's of significant intelligence either!!
Want to end racism? End america! All of it and it's people, regardless if they are black, white, yellow, brown, original indian arrivals or immigrants later on down the timeline of history. america is a failed experiment. Its not a "melting pot" its a CESS-POOL! people speak of cancers? americans are CANCERS! ALL OF THEM!
i would do that shitttt in a heartbeat
Oh, wouldn't it be nice if we were all judged by our inner beauty... Take off the rose-colored glasses. The real world doesn't value inner beauty. It goes strictly by appearance and there are two sets of standards, one for the beautiful, and one for the unattractive. So, if I want to live some portion of my life without my pasty white skin and beet red face, I'll do it. If I have the chance to sit on a beach without hiding under an umbrella or being slathered in SPF50, I'll take it. I can hardly wear shorts without some bozo poking fun at my legs...
Sign me up.
If you werent born with dark skin, IT WASNT MEANT TO BE!!! Thats the problems with this "anglo-saxon" community. You guys are never satisfied with ANYTHING. Thats another reason why the earth is in the condition it is. Idiots..
"Everybody wants to be a nigger, but nobody wants to BE a nigger..."-Paul Mooney
one white chick that will stay pale!
So what if this thing is not approved for commercial use! if people want to screw themselves, let them do it! if they end up with a rare disease, so what! if they die, so what! who cares! let them do whatever they want to do and if they suffer later then it's their fault...who gives a f..k! actually it is better for the people who don't do stupid things to themselves. We would get the things that the other morons would get otherwise. Thank god for their stupidity and thank god i'm naturally tanned..:-)
Do the people who are so opposed to this feel as strongly as they do about supplements for weight loss or supplements for gaining weight? Those dont have to go thru the FDA ya know. People want to look good. So we go to the gym and we tan and we try to look how Calvin Klein says we should look. It has nothing to do with wanting to be a different race. Screw pride in your race have pride in yourself. Stop identifying yourself with a race, that's the epitome of insecurity. I'm not caucasian. I'm Aaron. Obama isn't black, he's a democratic politician who was elected president. The more we ID each other/ourselves by skin tone and/or heritage the more we exacerbate 'racism'.
All people making racist comments (against any race) are ignorant. For those of you talking about Obama...he's white too. For those talking about black people, some white people want to be black. You're not better than anyone on either side of YOUR racist arguments. White people helped vote Obama in. White people putting down black people: there are better looking black people than you who are smarter, more hardworking, and make more money than you. Black people talking crap about the history of white people: not all of the white people's ancestors were in America before the civil war and there were white slaves AFTER the civil war (look up Irish American history).
Charles Manson was right. There will be race wars. Because there are too many ignorant people in the world too easily fooled by something as stupid as the colors of our skin.
Personally I dont like the black rectangles that appear over the eyes whether you take the drug or not.
Most of these posters shouldn't know how to type. Those of you saying that white people want to be black? Did you even look at the pictures? They aren't even going to be close to black. The best you could argue is that they're trying to be mexican or middle eastern.
Codeazrael, get your head out of your ass. In hunting, you try to kill a creature cleanly, causing it the least amount of pain possible. In dogfighting, you beat and sometimes fill them up with steroids, making them become vicious beyond reason, then force them to fight other dogs, getting torn up in each fight until they become useless to you, when you finally give them the sweet release of death.
They're hardly the same thing, other than they both involve animals and possibly torture, if the hunter is a bad shot. Not to mention that if hunting was illegal, Palin would be in trouble. As for Michael Jackson, he has Vitiligo, which this drug could possibly help fight against. People didn't understand what the hell happened to him at first, so they all made their own assumption. White people constantly scorn their own for magically being tan the next day too, it isn't a racial thing.
funny thing I keep reading bout white folks using this..I live near Detroit, have BLACK friends that go tanning!!!!!!!!!!!!! this is not just a white thing..idiots! hope this works, sick of seeing some of my friends looking like shit cause they tan too much. Make their skin look fake and leather like! cant tell them they look bad, they think they r hot...NOT! lol white is beautiful, live with what u have!!
"wow its some really dumb comments here not too many IQ's of significant intelligence either!!" <--- coming from the guy who listed his name as "up yours"
I dont understand why people want to be so tan. I personally think people that go tanning are stupid and it looks really fake. If you are outside in the summer time and it naturally happens thats fine, but for someone to go pay money to get a orange face is ridiculous.
I grew up always being self-conscious about my light skin and freckles. Now I just couldn't care less about such vanity. People are going to do what they want to do, but I wouldn't waste one penny on this crap, whether it is found to be safe or not.
I grew up always being self-conscious about my light skin and freckles. Now I just couldn't care less about such vanity. People are going to do what they want to do, but I wouldn't waste one penny on this crap, whether it is found to be safe or not.
Dont do it suntan is unnatural think of all the untraviolet radiation!
Micheal Jackson wanted to become white and some people use bleach on their own kids.
Now people want to become black with this new product.
I would not take this. its good to be asian.
The last girl is smiling meaning she likes the tan and it could be marketing. I would believe this would give you an enormous increase in the risk of skin cancer.
White people really? Be happy with what you look like it is working out for you in many other ways.
I don't think they desire to turn black. People who over tan look sick.
I wouldn't mind an extra bit of color so that I don't burn when I spend time in the sun.
i think that we need 2 get some of this stuff 4 a one Mr. Michael Jackson lmfao
couldn't agree with you more..very well said@ Aaron!!
Okay, what is the deal with black people trying to say white people are trying to look like them by getting a tan? There is quite a difference between "black" and "brown", and the tan is "brown", not "black", Duh!!!!!
How did a drug to change color of skin become about racism?
I hate everyone. If I had the chance I would nuke the world! Wipe all humans off the planet, damn viruses.
This messages is for A with vitiligo. Nobody here knows what we are going through. It pisses me off more when they want to be racist about this, while me and you are just trying to have normal skin. I wouldn't care if I was black or white just normal. no spots, no hiding etc. Lets get in touch A these people don't understand.
Joe from Hawaii
Silly Anglo's,you'll never look like me Lol.
it's funny to me how now white people wanna be brown. Be happy of being white. I guess black chicks are super sexy. White girls get fake boobs and now fake asses. They even inject fat in their lips and now they want brown skin. Lmao!!!! Wow!!
my point exactly hahah is a prime example...what does a screen name have to do with comments i was referencing? move on loser!!!
I know what you're saying GOD. I think because White people can see that darker skin on other races is more attractive, they hate what they REALLY admire and wish they had. They get on my nerves when I hear them talking stupid about tanning. It's ridiculous. Be happy with what GOD gave you. White, pasty skin is what it is. It's not so unattractive really REALLY. Darker skin just looks more attractive. Admit it, move on and stop wasting your time and money White people. Most people in this world are the walking dead anyway. Wake up people.
knee-hi, God, good comment.
Princess with a name like that u already have self esteem issues in my book!! You must be some pale looking, needing blood looking, enemic looking female out there! Black, brown same thing!! One thing they got and u don't that's something called PIGMENTATION!! In the winter time we still look healthy, fresh, clean...not all blotchy!! Black is still beautiful. And we all KNOW THIS!!
LOL
Blacks want to have light skin, and whites brown skin... I guess humans will never be happy with what they've got!
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What other skin tone could look as good as Michelle, and the girls in them bright colors and pull it off in the winter time????
oh one more thing! Black don't crack.
When we in our 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, we still look SWEET!!
If You invent a drug that will make You white and easily sunburned it would be the largest selling thing in the world
OMG! I din't even finish reading these rediculous posts. I am sick and tired of everyone being so dang racist. All I read in these were white dont like blacks and blacks dont like whites. Ridiculous! Maybe there are some racists out there but i belive that you all are the majority of them. Complaining about the oposite color. everyone in this world has something they dont like about themselves wether they are black white purple or blue. I mean really, I have seen MANY blacks using sunscreen not to get darker, whites tanning to get darker, plastic surgery, hair dye, yatayata yata everyone wants to be something they are not. Dont hate on this drug because its not the thing you are trying to change. blacks wouldnt want us to say that it would be hypocritical if you get a blonde weave now would you? Flat chested girls would you want us to say it is hypocritical to get a boob job? Whites are no different... We are all the same we all just look different we all have the same heart and brain some just choose to actually use theirs. Oh and Dog fighting is horrible and cruel. Hunting for sport is too.. hunting to eat is not wrong, the Bible tells us that. If I were to use this drug it would not be to be opposite of Michael jackson, to look like our president, or to look third world. It would simply be because I want a tan and going outside just doesnt cut it sometimes. I spend long hours out side and still no tan, not everyone is the same in the fact of how your skin reacts to the sun. Everyone just needs to get over this whole childish racist bit,if you stop being so racist yourself maybe you could see not every one in this world is!
ROFL @ Observer..enough said!!
The black friends I have who tan...they do it because they look too pale in the winter!!!
Jesus people want a pill for everything get out in the sun and do it the right way.
Its natural selection, pale white people aren't fit enough to survive the blazing rays..that,s why only 8% of the world is Caucasian, its going down to 2 the UN predicts lol i'm not racist.
does this mean i can finally be black?
I could totally see this as a Dave Chappelle skit, lol.
http://www.limelife.com/blog-entry/Injectable-Suntans-Really-People/2098.html
This Dr. Uvula in the comments is the best.
I read this article because i thought it was interesting as it has always been psychologically speaking to see the way in which an attraction to something like color in skin usually live in conjuction with a dissatisfaction in something color in skin. I think that is where all the black folks feel like..."what the frick." Historically and presently we have felt the sting of the projected dislike of our natural beauty and many for generations will try to undue that internalization that has been passed forward as well as through our life experiences. It just seems like shedding light on it is good but not in an evil way, since evil never solves anything. But I understand, people are angry when they feel they have been wronged. I think people just want to be understood and respected without being told unapologetically that we like color but not on you.. Get it people. That's all. In the end everyone has to find a way to make themselves happy inside on their own. All, do what you like but try and respect one another. All of us can love all of us with out hatred. Peace... really, try it.
Get over yourselves people! It’s just a tan! Its products like this that shows how shallow and vain we can be. If you try a new and experimental product like this and find out down the road that it has horrible side effects, you deserve it.
I am so white, I think darker skin is beautiful. if it is natural. I do not tan and dont care. why did this turn into a race thing. we all know dark skin is sexy, and pale skin is just pale. but my skin tone is not the color of a pig, thank you. People are diff. if we all looked the same it would be boring
can't wait to get my hands on theese
I would just like to say that all of the 'minority' people that are calling white people hypocrites for wanting to be tan are retarded. When we are putting on sunless tanner or going tanning in a bed most of us are not trying to look black or hispanic. The majority of us just want a nice healthy bronze glow, not to look like another race. I think this drug sounds cool! I'd never spend my hard earned money on it when a bottle of sunless tanner is only $8.00, but more power to the people who can afford to!
Has anyone thought, though as sick as it is that this racial discussion is happenning because maybe it's just time. I mean we need to be a little more understanding about it all but maybe people are just tired of not talking about it like we've been doing for decades. I'm cool with everyone but it doesn't mean people don't have issues. It's just humanity sometimes people have stuff they need to get through and certain subject matters bring it out. Nothing is wrong with discussion but let's try and make it a worthwhile one, not just spitting on others for the sake of getting out your passions. Try and make sense with it, don't just try and anger and punk each other. I think this product will bring up both issues in the real world as it continues being tested. It will probably help some who need it to enhance the quality of their lives and will bring out the issues in others who are going to use it to alter themselves for reasons of choice. That's why it is all coming up here and now. It's just reality. But once again can we try and be a little more decent to one another please. It doesn't hurt.
This is probably the funniest comments section I've seen in a while on wired. I only check this place for the amazing amounts of crazy found in the comments section anyway. Good job, everyone!
I wonder how this could effect tattoos.
Obviously, my comment was misuderstood by the ignorant and uneducated. My statement is not as shallow as it seems, especially if you are up to date with your surroundings America. This is not a racial issue. To define this stupidity for the incompetent, of course "blacks" (or should i say those of color)are tanning and signing up for augmentation to the third degree. Why? Because they are confused with themselves, made possible by those who from the beginning of their own recorded history are confused with their own self. Who is that? WHITES! Its not about race, its about truth! Because it is now fashionably correct to have color/more color, larger breast, fuller lips, etc, distractions are now in the way of the "self-esteem challenged" and bandwagon riders. Am i losing you America? This is only a fraction of what the real deal is. About 60 years ago and further(in America), if you werent white you werent right. Remember? Why the big change? Did you know that the gland that produces melanin in whites is not as functional as those who are non-white? Thats why they cant KEEP a tan. So go ahead and keep poisoning yourself, this includes everyone who participates in such a desperate way to spend money and alter themselves. I'd like to say thank you to those who understand me, and those who dont, do some research...
Anyone remember the movie "Soul Man"? They used this drug 20 years ago!
Why are people so rude? Gosh it's like people really get off on thinking and saying others are just dumb. Just state your point why do you have put others down for God's sake. Holy crap! People should do what they want with their body's but I think it would improve race relations if we would talk to each other like we want to be talked to.
first I have nothing against black people or what ever the want to call their self,but I was born in the USA I don't call myself Dutch American. So why should they call theirself African-american when they haven't even been there
I like the Bullworth solution, although granted it won't help us, it will only help our kids:
"White people, black people, brown people, yellow people, get rid of 'em all. All we need is a voluntary, free spirited, open-ended program of procreative racial deconstruction. Everybody just gotta keep [f]ing everybody til they're all the same color."
Vitiligo is an absence of melanocytes in the skin. This hormone stimulates melanocytes. Most likely, it would not change a thing for people like Michael Jackson. Unless, there are actually dormant melanocytes that could be stimulated.
I saw one comments on how many, with black skin look younger. Bingo!! You win the prize! Dark skin is a genetic advantage to sun exposure and is protective against the sun and its bad UV rays. Granted, the dangers of the hormone are, so far, unknown. Studies could reveal those risks to be safer than being under tanning lights or in the sun. It has been stated that repeated burning of the skin increases the risk of melanoma. That is a scientific fact! Its not hard to see that people, who burn easily,(like me) could reap benefits from not burning every summer, too. That is why it is in the study phase. To find out if it is a safer alternative to the more dangerous tanning methods,that we have right now.
You want to take no risks. Don't take Motrin, then! It and the NSAIDS were approved by the FDA. Yet, it came to be known that they increased the incidence of heart attacks! No med is without risk. But, nothing in life is either! Deciding to use a medication should be the person's decision and not made by a nanny government, telling us how to live. In a free country, the citizens make their own decisions without meddling by everyone else! This drug could prove to be preventative for skin cancers! Then, everyone and his brother could use it! But even if approved by the FDA, it still, like all medicines, could carry some risk! It is matter as to how much benefit one gets for the risk.(risk/benefit ratio)
My wife is one of those people that wants to have a tan (she says tanned fat looks better than white fat") And she is an absolute doll. Thing is, as long as it is a free country, its no body else's business how she gets tanned. Especially, if there is a safer way to do it!
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ok, most of everyone that put comments on this thing are complete FUCKUPS. who gives a shit whether people want to try this or not! its their damn life and they can do what they please. but my GOD! i cant believe there is actually you people who turned this into a race fight, and those of you who did and are still, you are the racist ones. this is America. home of every different race in the world. everyone should be accepted and those who dont..well you need reality checks.
and wow Codeazrael..i cant believe that you dont think dog fighting is torture. maybe you should watch the news and see how those dogs were really affected. asshole.
This low-level "discussion" of race baiting has not lived up to the scientific discourse that "Wired Science" encourages. For those of you who hate whites, I say, LIGHTEN UP! For those of you who hate people of color (especially blacks) I say, TONE IT DOWN! I'm talking about your hateful rhetoric, not your skin color. Words matter, because they are a direct reflection of your personal psychological (some would say "spiritual") state. Hate has been proven scientifically as well as accepted theologically to be self-destructive, so GET OVER YOURSELVES! You don't help other's spiritual/psychological state, either. Check in with your Maker, if you believe, before you key out this B.S. over the internet.
Furthermore-- I think most intelligent people would not even bother to post any comments of a scientific or sociological nature here, because of the cretins who have clogged up these comments (for the most part) with B.S. Kudos to those of you who have at least pleaded for tolerence here.
I'm just as guilty in a way, though. My first knee jerk reaction was to think about how the US and other NATO military establishment types could exploit this stuff for the "benefit" our fair-skinned soldiers. Maybe they could freeze and cut off their moles first, (to keep them from becoming carcinogenic) and then ORDER them to take regular injections for high altitude, full of UV rays, sunny Afghanistan and Iraq, to mitigate skin cancer later-- and to blend in with the indigenous population if necessary, for our special forces on certain missions in Pakistan where they can successfully reach out and "touch" al-Qaida. Heck, it might even work for CIA types in the Khyber Pass area, too! If the military could bypass the slow FDA approval, then they could follow up with studies through the V.A. hospitals later, to see if skin cancer incidents are above the statistical standard deviation for the general popluation from which these soldiers and agents came, or from the rest of the military personnel with which they were serving. Such an epidemiological study could serve to confirm or refute any FDA approval or rejection as a follow-up study. Remember-- one key to scientific inquiry is to confirm or refute established hypotheses with additional scientific analysis. This sounds "cold", but much of medical science is cold as well-- and so is war.
As for the FDA, it will be interesting to see how powerful the sun tan lobby might be, when (not if) their "scientific" studies funded by them confirm that melantonin II is a carcinogenic agent, while the pro-melatoninII lobby funds their studies to scientically "prove" that the stuff is not carcinogenic. This way, they can sell it for legitimate medicinal uses first, and for the big buck "lifestyle" reasons later. No wonder the undermanned and underfunded FDA has to take so long to get any new drug approved or disapproved! They have to rely on "privately funded" studies by lobbies like these most of the time, and seldom get to do their own objective research on drugs "up" for human trials.
As for comments about President Obama: The major reason that he is our President, regardless of whether you agree with his policies or not, is because the man is supremely "confident in his own skin", and he shows it. This is why he was elected by us "unwashed masses" in my humble opinon. I may have some concerns about the wisdom of some of his policies, but it cannot be denied that he has long since put stupid racial issues far behind him, and has moved on. He is simply TOO BUSY for racial hatred, and TOO INTELLIGENT to waste any more time on it than he has to give the issue of bigotry. At first analyis, this guy is a PRAGMATIST, not a hater.
Shame on you bigots for turning this into a stupid discussion about your own insecurities, projected on people not like you. Shame on the rest of us for allowing it to happen-- and not commenting intelligently on the scientific and sociological ramifications of this development as the Wired Science blog aspires us to do.
Next time, let's all try to do a little better. Thanks for your attention to my own rants.
I heard if you take this drug, then do the moon walk within 1 minute, your skin will actually become lighter! Mine did! Hee-hee, shamon!
see now this is the kind of comments that should be posted, props to terribleman001
How far is cosmetic science going to go with this "beauty in a pill" sort of thing? I think the days are fast approaching where people get anything done via conventional means will be absolete.
Meh...
I can't speak for all of the above posters (thank god for small blessings) but...
personally, I'm holding out for a robot body that I can download my consciousness into and then change into any color or form, but thanks for that skin-tanny drug anyway, Science.
I know. Crazy huh. But ask yourself whats worse: Being a robot in a humans' world or being a human in a world where people get into arguments over skin color whilst discussing a drug that gives you a tan?
You assholes better note hope my robot body has no nukes or lasers, or so help me god..I WILL track your by your IP address and deliver white hot holy robot vengeance upon you.
I'm not a fan of cosmetic pills or surgery. If they want to test this drug for real illnesses, I'm completely for it. But I wouldn't use it. I like my pale skin.
Also, I'm appalled at all the "racism" that everyone seems to think is associated with a tanning pill. A white person wanting to be tan does not mean they want to be black.
This article makes some great points about the need for proper trials. So many drugs show promise early on, yet fall at one hurdle or another as they are tested, and tested again, for safety and effectiveness.
It would be a mistake to think that these peptides are necessarily the finished product. If you're thinking of trading in your sunbathing or sunbeds for an injection of an untested biological agent, please think again - you're just jumping from the frying pan into the fire. Stick to the fake tan if you *must* look brown.
More here: http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2009/01/28/melanotan-injections-are-illegal-and-possibly-unsafe/
Henry Scowcroft,
Cancer Research UK
Will it make my boobs grow as ginormous as those huge manboobs in the photo?
I love this stuff my buddy from the uk sends it to me every now and then, no more uv fake tanning no more getting burnt outside and it looks as if you just came back from vacation tan.
I have been using the stuff for a long time now only side effects ive notices are viagra like boners ,, wikipedia it melanotan II
to the pecker that thinks obama is black he is not just black he is OREO DUMB SSS
@Nina, I have not problem with dark skinned people. I was making a snide remark about a system that is discriminating against light skinned individuals and is not in fact alleviating the suffering of the black poor, but rather just benefiting the black elite.
The article link below touches on the dilemma between classifying something as a cosmetic vs. a drug may need revisiting. Both "Latisse" and Melanotan one, "afamelanotide" are mentioned:
"The definition of a cosmetic may need some treatment"
http://www.cosmeticsdesign.com/Products-Markets/The-definition-of-a-cosmetic-may-need-some-treatment
Is this seriously Wired magazine? The tech magazine? I had to double check to make sure my browser hadn't pointed me to a tabloid site. Webmasters, is it possible to have 2 comment sections? One for on-topic intelligent opinions and another for sophomoric off-topic racial soapboxes for those of us that don't want to wade through it all to get informed?
I would get this stuff. LEGALIZE IT!!!