About This Site
About Melanotan Direct
What this site is, what it is not, and how it reads the Melanotan 2 literature.
What Melanotan Direct is
Melanotan Direct is an independent editorial project that publishes summaries of the peer-reviewed research literature on Melanotan 2. We are not a clinic. We do not employ clinicians and we do not provide medical advice. We do not manufacture, sell, or distribute any product. Our work is editorial commentary on publicly available science.
The name's "direct" modifier means exactly one thing here: a direct, unmediated reading of the primary literature. It is not a claim about selling, sourcing, or supplying anything. Melanotan 2 is an unapproved research chemical with no sanctioned medical or cosmetic use, and this site treats it as one throughout.
How we read the literature
Our editorial stance is scholarly and source-first. We lead each page with the finding, attribute it to a specific study, and number every citation so a reader can verify it. We keep two things rigorously separate: what controlled studies and case reports have actually measured, and what the research-use community reports anecdotally. The second is clearly labeled as anecdote, never presented as proof.
We are also candid about the limits of the evidence. The Melanotan 2 photoprotection rationale leans heavily on a related, separately approved analog (afamelanotide / Melanotan 1), and we say so plainly rather than letting that approval rub off on a different, unapproved molecule. Where the human data rest on three subjects, we say three. Where a safety mechanism is theoretical, we label it theoretical.
What this site is not
This site does not recommend that anyone use Melanotan 2, and it recommends no human dose. Doses appear only as facts of a specific study's design, never as guidance. We use generic compound names exclusively and never name commercial brands.
The modifier in our domain name — "direct" — is editorial framing, a position we occupy relative to the literature, not a description of any service. We offer no treatment, no consultation, no prescription, and no product. If you are weighing a decision about your own health, that is a conversation for a qualified clinician, not a literature digest. Our role is narrower and we keep to it: read the published science, summarize it accurately, and cite it.