Season 1 · Episode 11

Orange Mom

Garth's mom tried a tanning nose spray. Now she's orange. So is Pip. (Briefly.)

0:46Melanotan

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The real fact

Melanotan

Your skin tans because your body makes a tiny signal peptide that tells it to make melanin. Melanotan is a lab copy of that signal. It isn't approved for tanning anywhere, and health agencies warn people off it. The orange? That's spray tan: a dye on top of your skin.

MELANOTAN

a lab copy of your body's own tan signal

NOT APPROVED

not approved for tanning anywhere

SPRAY TAN

a dye on top of your skin: that's the orange

Comedy, not medical advice. Amino Falls never sells peptides or links to anyone who does. Each episode explains one real fact for general education. Nothing here is a recommendation to use anything. Talk to a doctor about your own health.

Full transcriptShow

Linda

Morning, boys! Notice anything different?

Danny

You're orange.

Linda

It's a TAN, sweetie! Jaxon's tanning nose spray.

Garth

Mom, you look like a damn traffic cone!

Theo

That spray is melanotan. It copies a tiny peptide your body makes to tell your skin to tan.

Theo

It's not approved for tanning anywhere. Health agencies warn people off it, because it can change your moles.

Linda

My moles are FABULOUS.

Theo

And the ORANGE? That's the spray tan you put on top so it'd work faster.

Danny

Last month blue, this month orange. Your mom's a mood ring, Garth.

Garth

Shut the fuck up, Danny.

Danny

So the tanning peptide flips your tan switch... and the orange is just a bad spray tan.

Linda

Pip, honey, you look so PALE!

Pip(mumbled)

...cool.

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