Avoid nasal tanning sprays or nasal tanners entirely. These products promise an all over tan without sun exposure but they are unregulated, can be unsafe, and contain potentially risky substances like Melanotan 2. Your body already makes a hormone that tells your skin to tan. Melanotan 2 is a synthetic peptide engineered to mimic that hormone but in a version that's more potent and Burn notice: Gen Z and the terrifying rise of extreme tanning Health & wellbeing The Guardian The Risks of Fast Tanning 'Barbie Drug' Explained Ever Clinic Nasal tanners left me suffocating in hospital' BBC News Paying through the nose: We reveal health risks from popular nasal tanners