Does anyone know how long a tan takes to fade after MT-1? The only thing I used was one 10mg vial from my kit, spread over a 2 month stretch. My final dose was around 10 days ago and I keep getting darker - even 10 minutes of sun does it. I'm not quite at Something About Mary neighbor territory yet, but I'm closing in! My legs look awesome, the rest of me is just too dark now.
MT-1: how long until this tan fades?
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CNCCurrency
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From what I've read, losing the tan takes about as long as losing any other tan would. Mt 1 only acts as a signalling peptide, and its half life is roughly half an hour. So once it's cleared, whatever colour you hold is simply what the daily sun gives you. Put briefly, it stops doing anything about an hour after the injection.
CandyCap
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Straight out of Something About Mary!
My tan lines are deep. The skin that never sees sun doesn't look any different in shade. To start with I deliberately spent 10 minutes in the sun to build a summer glow. Within about 2 weeks I was dark. I assumed it would hold once I cut the dose to a couple of times a week, but it got darker still. These days I'm on spf 50 and it still comes through. That said, I swim outdoors daily for at least 30 minutes.
CNCCurrency
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The skin that never sees the sun doesn't look any different in shade to me. That is exactly how it is meant to behave - if an all over tan is the goal then mt 2 is the one. As I said earlier, any darkening you see is the natural tan from your sun exposure. mt 1 clears very fast, needs sunlight to switch your Melan on, and only lifts your colour for roughly an hour after injection.
That would explain it. I swim laps myself. Even through the winter, swimming in the rain, I pick up some colour.
My own experience with MT1 is different. A single 250mcg dose every few weeks keeps me exactly as tanned as I want.
MT1 (afamelanotide) is the one I settled on because it reads as the milder of the two.
Side effects are reported less often, the tan is more even, and the safety profile is probably better than MT2.
It holds FDA approval as a prescription treatment for erythropoietic protoporphyria, a painful photosensitivity disorder.
amosmylove
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Once I stopped (mt2), I carried on darkening for 2 weeks and it was about a month before the fade began. With mt1 I have only used 2 doses across roughly 10 days - taking it mega slow. Mt2 was insane: 3 125mcg doses and I went that dark, freckles on my face especially.
Throttle883
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So... does it actually work well?! I need some colour on my sprocket! A kit is on its way from China.
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It works brilliantly. I've never had so many compliments on my legs. All the same, next time I'd cut the final phase of the protocol I ran in half. I caught on fairly quickly and dropped right down after the second week, yet I'm still super dark - my arms most of all, since they catch the most sun. Tanning has always come easily to me, which is probably why it was overkill in my case. A few age spots on my hands darkened, though the tan conceals them nicely, and I've noticed no new freckles or anything else. Let me dig out the protocol I used and post it here.
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This is the one I followed. *Following Phase 3 at that strength is NOT something I'd suggest unless you're after an extra tan. Having done 1 week of Phase 3, I stepped down to .750 2x a week, and then .500 just once a week, all while getting sun nearly every day.
Dosing protocol for Melatolin 1
Phase 1 - Breaking In (Days 1-3)
Dose: 0.25 mg, morning and before bed.
UV: nothing.
Goal: let the body adjust to the peptide, avoiding nausea.
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Phase 2 - Loading (Days 4-7)
Dose: 0.5 mg, one shot daily.
Timing: 30-60 minutes ahead of tanning.
UV: a tanning bed, or 5-10 minutes in the sun.
Goal: get the peptide and the light working in "synergy".
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Phase 3 - Maintenance (Day 8+)
Dose: 1.0 mg, ONLY on days you tan.
Frequency: 2-3 tanning sessions weekly until the colour you want shows up.
Off-Days: skip the dose, and let the tan come through.
Goal: deepen the colour and stretch it over the 11+ weeks the study mentions.
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MT10 Melatolin 1 10mg
2ML BAC water
0.25mg = 5 Units
0.5mg = 10 Units
1.0mg = 20 Units
Dosing protocol for Melatolin 1
Phase 1 - Breaking In (Days 1-3)
Dose: 0.25 mg, morning and before bed.
UV: nothing.
Goal: let the body adjust to the peptide, avoiding nausea.
________________________________
Phase 2 - Loading (Days 4-7)
Dose: 0.5 mg, one shot daily.
Timing: 30-60 minutes ahead of tanning.
UV: a tanning bed, or 5-10 minutes in the sun.
Goal: get the peptide and the light working in "synergy".
________________________________
Phase 3 - Maintenance (Day 8+)
Dose: 1.0 mg, ONLY on days you tan.
Frequency: 2-3 tanning sessions weekly until the colour you want shows up.
Off-Days: skip the dose, and let the tan come through.
Goal: deepen the colour and stretch it over the 11+ weeks the study mentions.
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MT10 Melatolin 1 10mg
2ML BAC water
0.25mg = 5 Units
0.5mg = 10 Units
1.0mg = 20 Units
Throttle883
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Thanks a lot, GrandmaJ!
bamagirl26
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so what you're saying is, I can get a peppy tan if I want one?? Unfathomable!