not a trend, and anyone who says otherwise is as uninformed as “human Ken doll” Jimmy Featherstone.The headline-grabber has made headlines again after Featherstone admitted to injecting illegal melanin-based substances to boost his tan.
But the 22-year-old from Hull, East Yorkshire, may be “killing himself” with the stuff, experts have said. Featherstone, who is also a tanning-bed regular, first started using the injectable at age 18.
Appearing on the British talk show “This Morning,” he recalled the two days he spent bedridden after launching the dangerous tanning regimen five years prior.The unverified products work by introducing an artificial hormone that “trigger[s] your pigment cells” to produce melanin in the skin, promoting a darker.
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