Welcome Micah, always a pleasure to have a dialogue with someone preparing in the right way - much respect

How did you find out about melanotan btw? (Referral, news, search?)
Forget how I first heard about it, believe it was advertising which first caught my eye. After seeing a before and after photo I had to know more.... Timing was right for me also cause I had experienced seeing what mystic tan did for my tone - just had to figure out a way to have that look and live the lifestyle I ideally wanted
Do you have any tan at the present moment? Are you a type II with moles or other sun damage?
Melanotan one has the potential to deliver value and be effective. Any estimate or budget you have in mind Micah?
Could very well take 50-100mg of melanotan one, time, experimentation, needles, visits to the salon....
Sounds like your goals and expectations are in line. Good thing you arent looking to get dark or be a tone unfitting to your type. Any event this spring/summer that you are preparing for? Scary when some begin using melanotan for the first time right before weddings, reunions, etc.
If you were to begin taking melanotan one in march, you will likely be working on your tan till mid june - where at that point you may reap the rewards of added photoprotection (not burning on vacation/day at the lake/etc) and tan. Being patient and listening to your body are key factors for everyone and each users equation is different...as you seem to grasp. Believe you are correct to say M1 is easier. The tan will take longer to attain with M1. It is less likely you will have wild increases in pigmentation, side effects.... MT-II sometimes (especially when used/abused...by poor candidates) has horror stories as you can take too much, feel especially like shit, tan incredibly fast and not know what you got yourself into
Ive used many suppliers over the years, only a handful of melanotan one however. The stuff I have used has been good to me,
www.tanresearch.com (discount coupon: TRVIP100). Watch out for any store with instructions- they should absolutely not be providing them. It is the end users responsibility to seek out guidance and info. Look for a melanotan supplier to market their product in a way which is best for everyone. Those illegally marketing, outsourcing sales & search engine marketing (often india), making false claims...be weary of them. It is not appropriate, legal or wise to get instructions from a supplier for unlicensed research peptides. Seek out as much perspective from as many sources as possible. Trusting the bias/ignorance of a seller is just not anything I would advise.