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Corticosteroids are synthetic substances similar to cortisol, a natural hormone, and are classified as steroid hormones.
“We have tested hundreds of [allegedly problematic] cosmetics in the past few years. It’s very high above the standard – some of them contained less than 1 mg of hormone [per kg], but this cream for use on babies has over 30 mg”, said the vlogger Wei Wenfeng, the founder of Daddy Lab that carried out the testing.
Yifuling Multi-purpose Anti-bacterial Cream has been found to contain a high concentration of the steroid hormone clobetasol propionate.
Clobetasol is a powerful steroid used to treat skin conditions such as eczema and psoriasis. Doctors recommend that it be used only in the short term and only for severe skin conditions that have not cleared up with the application of less powerful creams.