Unlicensed tanning drugs increase risk of cancer
The Irish Medicines Board statement comes after a 33-year-old woman presented at St Vincent’s Hospital in Dublin with several irregular moles on her skin after receiving two injections of the so-called ‘Barbie Doll’ tanning drug, Melanotan, at a beautician’s.
Doctors said, despite widespread bans and health warnings, the jabs were openly and easily available here at tanning parlours, spas and gyms.
