It's weird that his head and neck are so much darker than his arms. Either he's supplementing his Melanotan injections with lotions on only his face, tanning only his face, or the Melanotan just absorbs extra well in his face...Or perhaps Melanotan works more strongly around the area that you inject it in?...but that would be super hardcore to inject around your head area...I dunno.
Go to melanotan.org for more info.
The melanotan peptides stimulate our skin's pigment cells (called melanocytes) to produce melanin. For some reason the melanocytes found in skin that is more regularly exposed (throughout our lives) to sunlight/UV light respond more readily to the effects of the peptides.
Perhaps the drug allows you to tan under moderate lighting conditions; and his face and neck are almost always exposed to some amount of light, while his arms are often covered.
There's some significant news relative to these two drugs:
melanotan-1 (afamelanotide / Scenesse) has been approved to as a drug to develop photoprotective pigmentation in those afflicted with the orphan disease erythropoietic protoporphyria. This stimulated pigmentation creates a barrier to block the light rays that cause the painful photosensitivity that these folks experience from the affliction. This is potentially a big first step to making this drug generally available. Here is the news of this development. more info: melanotan-1 Scenesse
He is a lot darker in his face because there is more melanocyte present in areas such as the face, abdominal region and interestingly enough...the genitals. So instead of having blue balls you can have brown balls. LOL!
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