'The doctors called me an idiot': the man decided to create a tan with injections and damaged his skin
The Briton wanted a golden tan, but instead suffered damage to his skin. Dylan Wright, 28, is now warning everyone about the dangers of tanning injections he once used. He claims that these injections made his skin dry, and he also developed freckles like old people. Writes about it New York Post.
Seeing the freckles, he even thought he had cancer.
«Врачи назвали меня идиотом и сказали, что это побочный эффект от лекарства, но теперь у меня веснушки», — сказал мужчина. — У меня веснушки, как будто мне 50 или 60 лет. Такое ощущение, что моя кожа стареет».
Self-tanning uses the laboratory hormone melanotan II to increase melanin production, but at the expense of moles and freckles.
Before traveling in 2014 to Sitges, Spain, he bought injections to enhance the sparkle of the beach.
Wright gave himself two injections before going on the trip. However, by the end of the six-day vacation, his complexion turned out to be darker than he expected.
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Looking back, he said that he probably should have only used one injection, but did not want to take the other with him on the trip and was nervous that one would not help.
“I bought them before to make the most of their benefits. I had a little bit of a tanning bed before my vacation, but didn’t inject until I left, ”he said.
In December, Wright did what any other person would do today if the beauty hack didn't go according to plan: he went to TikTok.
The video, which was posted in December, shows a photo from Wright's vacation as he pokes fun at himself about how he looks after the injections.
The video, which received over 600 views and 000 likes, also received comments from people who were horrified by how dark Wright's skin looked.
"They've changed your genetics," wrote one user.
Others, however, actually asked where he had injected, apparently hoping they would tan too. However, Wright warned of the consequences and judgmental views of others.
“This is so embarrassing. People look as if something is wrong with me, ”he wrote in the comments.
In the middle of his journey, he noticed how dark he was, even though he thought the injections weren't working because he bought them online, and by the last day, he was starting to catch people's eyes.
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“It looked very strange because I had this white top and white hair, and I think it made it look even funnier,” he said.
«После того, как я увидел фото, я подумал: «Боже мой, это не круто», — сказал он. — Поскольку инъекции делают загар более эффективным, находиться на солнце девять часов в день было плохой идеей».
When he returned home, he refused to tell his parents what he had done, despite their questions about the sudden change.
Now Wright, whose excessive tan has since disappeared, is spreading the word about the injections, urging people to investigate possible side effects.
«Это действительно того не стоит. Есть более безопасные способы загара, например искусственный загар, — заявил он. — Это заставило меня увидеть мир по-другому. Это классический случай, когда тебе 20 и ты думаешь, что ты непобедим».
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