Ordered 200 mg from Sinopep, and am ready with syringes, bac water & swabs. Both my brother and I will be experimenting, and we both weigh about 72-75 kg.  
 
Plan for 1st 10 mgvial is 6 syringes so 1.66 mg/dose. That will last three days (x 2 people once a day) after which we'll increase to 2 mg/dose and 2.5 mg/dose, as long as headache/nausea doesn't kick in.  
 
Does this sound like a decent plan? Bro is coming off a cold so we will probably wait till tomorrow to start.
 
I am probably type 2- and he is 2+.
 
I have moles & freckles that I will be monitoring. The plan is to try to get some sun every 2-3 days or as often as weather cooperates.
 
I have read that it is recommended to still use sunblock, but am I correct in thinking that SPF30 would mean having to stay out in the sun for hours? Does such a thing exist as SPF3 or 4, and is that what would be recommended? (Have never been in the market for anything less than SPF30 before..!)
 
Thanks,
 
Hapax
 

Quote from melanotan IIisCool_   on 06/16/06 at 22:22:57:

 
melanotan, not melanotan II. 37$/10 mg, but I got a discount for bulk purchase. + 30 USD for shipping to Canada. (Wired the $ direct from China so saved on the wire fee, but most people have to figure another 30-40$ bank fee.)
 
First injection was last night: ~1.66mg. I forgot to let the alcohol from the swab dry before injecting, which may be why I had a stinging sensation and a raised bump near the site (abdomen), that both lasted over an hour.
 
My brother learned from my experience and avoided the stinging sensation. The site was a little red for a while, but that's it.
 
Sides: nothing else to report from me; my brother's face and neck flushed pretty strongly for the first hour before starting to recede. (His face has always been more prone to flushing than mine.) No nausea/headaches/boners.
 
Our 4 remaining prepped syringes are in the fridge; so we have 2 more 1.66 mg days. Still haven't decided whether to go directly to 2.5 mg after that, or keep the 2 mg way station.
 
BTW, on the sub-Q injection video referenced in the melanotan II FAQ, they say never to put the little orange cap back on the needle, but I presume that for those people who are refrigerating or freezing prepped syringes, that they ignore that particular piece of advice, and put it back (with care) for safe storage.
 
Hapax

Yep, im already jumping on the melanotan-1 bandwagon myself. It looks as though you may have to change your name to "MT1isCool"

thought I'd share melanotan-1 experience since there seem to be relatively few...
 
started melanotan-1 approx 1 month ago.  I think I may have started with a dosage that was too low.  I didn't see anything for quite awhile.  I was on about 2 mg/day.  Bumped up to 4mg/day for about a week and saw good results.  I had no sides but also may have been because I started with low dose.  First thing I noticed was facial darkening and some darkening of moles.  Nothing else really tanned right away.  It was sort of like dripping something on your head and it slowly leaks down to the rest of your body...first the face, then chest/stomach, then upper arms, upper legs, and only slightly in the lower arms/legs.  I have gone through almost 100 mg to this point and I am definitely much darker than I started.  I've never been this dark actually, although that isn't saying much.  I'm curious what would happen if I stayed on a 4mg/day for a couple weeks.  I get comments now all the time about how tan I look (which NEVER happened before, only jokes about how pale I was).  But, if my whole body was as tan as my face or stomach, I'd be pumped.  My lower arms/legs are definitely the least tan by far.
 
I have also been in the tanning bed about 6 times over the course of 3 weeks I'd guess...but only for short times.  That seems to expedite the process.

Yes, I'm in the Northern Hemisphere...Northern United States.  I think even before I tanned a little, I was noticing that where my face was darkest, then stomach/chest, then the rest.  Maybe the way it works?  But, I haven't had much opportunity to be outside so I have gone to a tanning bed in small time intervals.
 
I went straight from 2mg to 4mg because I wanted to see what results it had.  I probably had enough days on 2mg to get used to it first.  But, 4mg was 3 times per day at 1.33 mg per injection...and no sides still.  BTW, I'm about 88-90kg so my dosage was/is still probably a little low.
 
I have not been sleeping well either but I can definitely attribute that to other things in my life!  
 
I think I read that around 30mg of melanotan II you start getting good color and that seems about right for what I expected with melanotan-1.  I was getting good color at about 60mg and I read that you'd need about 1.8 times as much melanotan-1 to equal the tanning effect of melanotan II.
 
Just got my 2nd batch of 100mg but am sort of scared of trying to get darker because my face is already plenty dark enough (almost where it doesn't look normal for me).  I think I might just go on a maintenance schedule.

Day 6, 11 mg in. No sides to speak of so far, 2.5 mg tonight.
 
Days 1, 2, & 6 I've gotten 20-30 minutes of midday sun (split front/back), and the deathly palor is gone from my skin, but probably little of that is due to the melanotan.
 
I've read that it's good to get UV exposure right from the beginning though, so am trying to get what I can. Am lucky to have a rooftop terrace above my home office, so if the weather's good and the clients are quiet, I can sneak up to get some vitamin D.
 
I guess multiple injections/day are the way to go, but until I get faster at prepping the needles, we may be sticking with 1/day.
 
Darkening of moles may have begun; a little hard to judge at this stage.
 
MaxPower, did you cover or use a high-SPF lotion on your face, when tanning, to try to even out the tan? I guess you have noticed improved colour independent of UV exposure...

Maxpower,  
 
What skin type are you and have noticed any new or additional freckles or hyperpigmentation spots with melanotan-1?  
 
Thx.

Day 9; 18.5 mg in. 30 mins more sun on day 8.
 
Day 8 sun seemed to have more effect than similar periods earlier, so the melanotan may already be kicking in. (Or alternately, it's the accumulation of time.) Not that I look Mediterranean, let alone Hispanic yet.
 
Not sure that I have new moles, but some freckles have gotten darker to become almost the colour of moles. Hardly a show-stopper so far, we'll see what happens.
 
I have started using sun block on my face & neck to try to avoid the problem you had, MaxPower. I will extend to other areas as needed to try to keep things even.  
 
Of course, my buttocks will remain white as a sheet, but heck, we need to keep one spot to see what effect Melanotan has on skin *without* UV exposure. All in the interests of science...
 

Great results!!!!! Seems like you got very few sideeffects, and very few new spots!
 
If you had used melanotan-1/melanotan II before, I'm sure you'd see results faster than you did, it seems like people get results much faster after the first cycle is completed.
 
Thanks for the great posts!

Quote from hapax   on 06/28/06 at 03:59:26:

 
Thanks for the update!
 
Have you seen any completely NEW spots, or are all the ones that have darkened simply spots that you've had all along?