DOCTORS ARE NOW WARNING THAT
SPRAY NOT ONLY NOT APPROVED BY
THE NAD BUTFDA BUT CAN HAVE DANG
SIDE EFFECTS.
>> Reporter: A GLOWING TAN FROM
A SIMPLE SPRAY, CLAIMS THAT WERE
RED FLAGGED FOR DERMATOLOGIST
MARISSA WILL CONVENE.
>> I WAS HORRIFIED.
YOU ARE SPRAYING A COMPLETELY
UNRELATED CHEMICAL SYMPATHETIC
HORMONE.
MANY CLAIMS TO CONTAIN MELANIN
2.
>> WE KNOW IT IS ACTUALLY
DANGEROUS.
IT IS NOT ALLOWED TO BE SOLD OR
MARKETED IN THE U.S.
>> Reporter: BUT YOU CAN STILL
FIND IT ONLINE.
AND USING IT ISN'T ILLEGAL.
TIKTOK INFLUENCER MEGAN JONES
WAS INTRIGUED WHEN SHE FIRST SAW
THE SPRAY.
>> OH MY GOD THIS TANNING SPRAY,
WINTER SEASON, WHO DOESN'T WANT
TO BE TAN.
SO I WAS LIKE HMM.
>> Reporter: THE COMPANY SENT HER BOTTLES WITH NO INGREDIENT
HER BOTTLES WITH NO INGREDIENT
LABELS OR INSTRUCTIONS.
STILL IS SHE GAVE IT A TRY.
>> YOU DIDN'T NOTICE ANY CHANGE?
>> NO.
NOT A SINGLE SPECK OF DARK.
OR TAN.
>> AND THEN THE SIDE EFFECTS.
>> I STARTED FEELING VERY VERY
NAUSEOUS.
I WAS LIKE OKAY I'M DONE.
THROW IT IN THE GARBAGE
INSTANTLY.
>> Reporter: OTHER SIDE EFFECTS
INCLUDE CHANGES TO MOLES,
FLUSHING, FATIGUE OR WORSE.
>> THIS IS THE SCARY PART.
FOUR REPORTED CASES OF MELANOMA.
MELANOMA IS THE DEADLIEST TYPE
OF SKIN CANCER.
>> Reporter: WE REACHED OUT TO
TIKTOK FOR EXCELLENT ON OUR
INVESTIGATION.
THEY RESPONDED WITH THE
FOLLOWING STATEMENT.
OUR COMMUNITY GUIDELINES MAKE
CLEAR WHAT CONTENT IS ALLOWED ON
TIKTOK.
OUR POLICY ON ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES
AND REGULATED GOODS PROHIBITS
THE PROMOTION OF REGULAR AT A
TIMED TANNING SPRAYS AND WE
REMOVED THE VIDEOS YOU HAVE
SHARED WITH US.
HOWEVER OTHER VIDEOS STILL
REMAIN ON LONG.
MEGAN TOOK DOWN HER VIDEO, NOW
INFLUENCING HER FOLLOWERS NOT TO
TRY THESE SPRAYS.
>> I JUST HOPE IT IS A LESSON
FOR OTHER PEOPLE OR PEOPLE IN MY
GENERATION OR MY AGE.
AND JUST TO LOOK INTO THE STUFF
YOU BUY.
>> Reporter: AND EVEN THOUGH
TIKTOK DID REMOVE THE VIDEOS WE
FLAGGED.
WE TOOK A LOOK THIS MORNING,
THERE ARE STALE TON OF THESE
TANNING NASAL SPRAYS ON THE
PLATFORM GUYS.
>> THANK YOU, WE NEED A DOCTOR,
STAT.
DR. TORRES IS BACK.
>> LOT OF HEAD SHAKING.
>> IT IS.
MOMS LIKE WHY ARE COW -- SO
WHAT'S LIKE THE THEORY.
WHY WOULD PEOPLE THINK A NASAL
SPRAY WOULD MAKE YOUR SKIN TAN.
>> THE THEORY THAT MELANOTA CAN
GET INTO YOUR BLOODSTREAM.
INSIDE THE NOSE IS VERY THIN AND
THE BLOOD VESSEL VERSUS CLOSE
WHICH IS WHY YOU HAVE NOSEBLEEDS
A LOT.
SO DRUGS CAN GET IN THAT WAY.
BUT WITH THIS WE DON'T KNOW IF
IT IS GOING MUCH BEYOND THE
TISSUES OF THE NOSE AND IT
DOESN'T SEEM TO ACTUALLY CAUSE
THE TANNING ITSELF AND PLUS WE
DON'T KNOW THE SIDE EFFECTS LIKE
THEY WERE MENTIONING THERE.
THERE ARE SOME BAD SIDE EFFECTS.
COUPLE CASES OF MELANOMA CAN
CHANGE MOLES.
AND LOT OF THINGS WE DON'T KNOW
ABOUT.
>> WERE YOU HORRIFIED WHEN YOU
HEARD?
>> IT IS ONE OF THINGS THAT
WE'VE BEEN BATTLING AS DOCTORS
WITH DR. GOOGLE.
DR. GOOGLE AND DR. TIKTOK.
SO YES GET THE INFORMATION BUT
TAKE IT TO YOUR DOCTOR AND ASK.
>> SHE SAID SHE GOT NAUSEOUS.
IS THAT THE SIDE EFFECT?
>> THAT SEEMS TO BE THE BIGGEST
SIDE EFFECT IS THE NAUSEA, BIT
OF DIZZINESS AND THOSE ARE THE
QUICK SIDE EFFECTS.
THE OTHER ARE LONGER TERMS
CHANGING OF THE MOLES.
POSSIBLE MELANOMA.
COULD BE DANGEROUS.
IT IS NOT A DRUG AND FDA HASN'T
LOOKED AT IT OR STUDY I --
>> THE ORDERING OFF TIKTOK IT
COULD HAVE ANYTHING IN IT.
AND PUTTING IT UP YOUR NOSE.
>> THIS IS NOT A LEGITIMATE
COMPANY SELLING THESE THINGS.
>> LET'S JUST SAY, IT IS THE
DEAD OF WINTER.
WHAT IS A SAFE WAY TO SELF TAN?
>> THERE ARE TANNING SOLUTIONS.
THEY HAVE DHA WHICH IS A
CHEMICAL THAT INTERACTS WITH A
KERATIN IN YOUR SKIN AND CAN
TEMPORARILY MAKE IT DARKER.
THOSE ARE SAFE TO USE AND YOU
CAN USE THOSE.
I'M NOT A BIG DAN TANNER BUT
THERE ARE WAYS YOU CAN DO IT.
LIMITED TIME.
SPF 30 AND ABOVE THOSE KIND OF'0
THINGS THAT HELP IT O. I'M A BIG
ADVOCATE OF NO TAN IS A GOOD TAN
BUT AT THE SAME TIME I
UNDERSTAND.
>> I JUST GOT BACK FROM THE