Mekako is a soap of superior quality with contains a powerful germicide. The soap is excellent for personal hygiene, healthy hair and for eliminating body odour. Sensitivity to this product is sometimes encountered. The use of the soap should be discontinued if any irritation occurs. Mekako soap is used in short courses to treat severe inflammatory skin disorders, such as those below, when milder corticosteroids have not been effective.Corticosteroids (also known as steroids) are medicines used for reducing inflammation. Skin inflammation may occur as a result of an allergic reaction, or irritation of the skin. It is caused by the immune system releasing substances that make blood vessels in the skin widen. This makes the irritated area become red, swollen, itchy and painful, as is seen in dermatitis or eczema. When clobetasol is applied to the skin it works by acting inside the skin cells to decrease the release of these inflammatory substances. This reduces swelling, redness and itch.There is a range of potencies of corticosteroids applied to the skin. Clobetasol propionate is classed as a very potent corticosteroid. It is prescribed to treat severe inflammatory skin disorders such as eczema and psoriasis that have not responded to weaker corticosteroids. Mekako soap formulated for the treatment of various inflammatory dermatological disorders, added with bacterial or superficial fungal infections of the skin. Betamethazone Dipropionate is one of the most potent Topical corticosteroid available and rapidly controls the symptoms such as itching, redness and scaling.