Melanotan 2
People mainly take Melanotan 2 for skin & hair, libido, weight loss. Based on 67 first-hand reports and 0 meta-analyses & systematic reviews in the medical literature. Ranked #174 of 2,750 overall.
Of reports that state an outcome, 67% are positive.
What Melanotan 2 does, according to users
Of the people who reported each effect, the share who said it got better.
3 more with fewer than 3 reports
What the research says
Systematic reviews and meta-analyses from PubMed, with their published conclusions.
No randomized controlled trials in humans found on PubMed. The grade measures how much human research exists — read the conclusions below for what it found.
Dosage people report
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Reported side effects
How often each side effect came up across all reports.
What users say
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“having used it to get a tan in 2012”
“Melanotan 2 provides me with relief. Daily injection or as a nasal spray and my libido goes sky high.”
“I got some sides on ghrp and Melanotan 2.”
“melanotan 2 just for a extra pump sometimes in the gym sometimes In the bedroom”
“Brought melanotan 2 off x-peptides that I think is bunk”
Top discussions (5)
- Low libido - need some advice ↗
- Will inhibiting MITF or MC1R lighten the skin? ↗
- From 278 to the low 200s. Still pushing, still learning ↗
- Melanotan 2 made me not asexual anymore? ↗
- Is there a ranking somewhere for the most powerful peptides vs the ones that don’t really do much? What’s your personal rankings? ↗
Melanotan 2 compared
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