What exactly is Melanotan and how does the tanning solution work? Tanning Injections: Risks, Side Effects, and Precautions Sharing my personal experience with Melanotan tanning injections (now nasals) how vanity led me down the path of using it, thinking Id done all my research. Now, years later, Im dealing with the White model Martina Big, who now a ''black' after taking tanning injections, announces plans to move to Africa.