How to get rid of dark underarms
If you want to sport sleeveless styles this summer, use these tips to ensure that your underarms don’t turn too dark.
If you want to sport sleeveless styles this , use these tips to ensure that your underarms don’t turn too dark.
Ban the friction: Avoid wearing tight clothes or those made from synthetic fabrics, as this will cause excessive friction. The friction accumulates sweat and ends up making your armpits darker.
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Cream safe: Avoid using depilatory (hair removing) creams as the chemicals present in them darken the skin. When you do use a hair-removal cream, wash your underarms thoroughly with warm water. Use a mud pack made with Fuller’s earth as this will absorb all the chemicals and leave the area clean and dry.
Permanent reduction: Undergoing permanent hair reduction by virtually painless lasers is an option for cleaner underarms. Do your research before you choose which treatment you want to undergo.
Deo problems: Take care not to spray deodorants directly on the skin. Keep a distance of six inches and spray. Chemicals present in deodorants are a cause for darkened skin.
Clean up: Exfoliate underarms with a soft scrub at least twice a week to remove the build-up of dead cells and bacteria. Use an anti-fungal powder in case of itching or bad body odour. The area develops dark patches due to bacterial infection.
Ban the sun: Use sunblock creams to prevent darkening. Mix besan (gram flour), curd, lemon juice and a little turmeric, and apply at least three times a week under the arms. Wash off after half an hour.
(with inputs from Dr Rohit Batra, dermatologist, Sir Gangaram Hospital)
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