More importantly, it can suppress the body's ability to produce its own corticosteroids in helping it fight infection or deal with body trauma. Skin-Cap is imported from Spain and marketed as a nonprescription spray, shampoo and cream for dandruff, seborrheic dermatitis, psoriasis and other skin disorders. In addition to this warning, today, FDA issued a nationwide import alert for detention of these products at all border entries, and the state of Florida stopped distribution of Skin-Cap from the primary distributor. The agency has previously expressed concern about the marketing of these unapproved products in two warning letters sent to two U.S. distributors of these products earlier this year. Further investigation of these products recently confirmed that these products also contained steroidal ingredients not identified on the product label.
Psoriasis is a chronic skin disorder that can be painful and disabling.
It is characterized by inflamed, red, scaly lesions, caused when affected skin cells reproduce faster than normal skin cells.