Later, the same directive was issued throughout the country. The Danish government has also, with immediate effect, banned the import and sale of these products. The soaps are typically targeted to customers with an African background they are used for bleaching dark skin, but they are harmful. The soap was banned immediately and this prompted chemists to further investigate and analyse other skin-bleaching products. If overused and inappropriately, Clobetasol Propionate can cause serious skin damage.
Victims can develop an extraordinary thin skin layer which becomes soft and vulnerable to disease.
In some cases, the skin becomes ugly and permanently distorted. Mercury is not allowed in soap or other cosmetic products. Long term use of such products can intensely damage the skin and serious medical treatment is required in order to get the skin back to normal. Moreover, the chemicals can spread throughout the body and cause brain or kidney damage. Besides, mercury is also considered bad for the environment, the government says.