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Change in moles linked to use of unlicensed "sun tan jab"

2009; BMJ; Volume: 338; Issue: jan27 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1136/bmj.b277

0959-8138

Ewan A. Langan, D. Ramlogan, Lynne Jamieson, Lesley E. Rhodes,

melanin and skin pigmentation

We draw attention to a new factor complicating presentation and diagnosis of pigmented lesions1: unlicensed use of melanotropic peptides offered online as Melanotan I and II. Two patients presented to our dermatology clinic with rapidly changing moles and a conspicuous tan, despite their sun reactive skin type I/II (sunburns easily, suntans poorly). They were both sunbed users. One, a woman of 42, reported two moles on her …