Melanotan Ii vs Vitamin C for skin & hair
Short answer: For skin & hair, more users report improvement with Vitamin C — 97% of 29 reports, versus 88% of 84 for Melanotan Ii.
Melanotan Ii has 1 meta-analyses and 1 randomized trials on PubMed; Vitamin C has 738 and 2,072.
Based on 186 reports about Melanotan Ii and 928 about Vitamin C. Not medical advice.
| Melanotan Ii Peptide | Vitamin C Supplement | |
|---|---|---|
| Users say it helped | 60%helped115 reports · high confidence | 64%helped204 reports · high confidence |
| Verdict | Mixed | Mostly positive |
| Research | BResearch: Moderate | AResearch: Strong |
| Meta-analyses / RCTs | 1 / 1 | 738 / 2,072 |
| Mainly used for | ||
| Skin & hair % reporting improvement | 88% (84) | 97% (29) |
| Libido % reporting improvement | 96% (48) | 100% (2) |
| Immunity % reporting improvement | 100% (3) | 90% (40) |
| Energy % reporting improvement | — | 94% (34) |
| Mood % reporting improvement | 40% (5) | 88% (25) |
| Common side effects | nausea, flushing, freckles, moles | kidney stones, stomach issues, insomnia, bone pain |
| Typical dose reported | Not listed | 2000 mg / daily |
Almost all studies are in the preclinical phase. There are currently no effective clinical treatments for MC4R-deficient obese patients, although MC4R agonists are being developed and are entering phase I and II trials.
Int J Obes (Lond), 2014 ↗“I've found that getting sun within 3-12 hours will produce the desired result.”
The failure of vitamin C supplementation to reduce the incidence of colds in the general population indicates that routine vitamin C supplementation is not justified, yet vitamin C may be useful for people exposed to brief periods of severe physical exercise. Regular supplementation trials have shown that vitamin C reduces the duration of colds, but this was not replicated in the few therapeutic trials that have been carried out. Nevertheless, given the consistent effect of vitamin C on the duration and severity of colds in the regular supplementation studies, and the low cost and safety, it m
Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2013 ↗“I know people say you get enough vitamin C from diet but I feel and look better when I supplement it.”
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