Consistent Tanning Results: Why Claims Differ

A claim of consistent results needs more than a set of favourable photographs. Skin tone, baseline pigmentation, camera conditions and UV habits differ from person to person.

What would consistency mean?

A study could define how much colour changed, how evenly, in how many participants and over what period. “Most customers love the glow” is not a substitute for those measurements.

Product consistency is another question

Even if a biological mechanism is plausible, a retail label does not verify the formulation or quality of each batch. Cancer Research UK warns about marketed Melanotan products.

Keep risk and outcome separate

A person reporting a colour change has not demonstrated safety or UV protection. The NHS says a tan does not protect skin from harmful sun effects. Our skin-type article discusses individual variation without promising a result.

Further reading: skin-type variation guide, Cancer Research UK, NHS sun safety.