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How To Avoid The Dark Color In The Under Arms

July 6, 2009


Most of the women are beauty conscious and fashionable too. Most of them want to wear sleeveless tops, swimsuits etc and the dark underarms makes them embarrassed.

The dark color in the arm pit develops due to the excessive sweating, infections, continuous shaving, usage of deodorants, perfumes, hair removing lotions or due to the development of dead tissues.

Treatments and Home Remedies

Waxing

Instead of shaving the hair in the under arms try to wax them. Waxing will pluck the hairs with their roots and thus makes the hair thin and makes them less dark. Thus the hair beneath the skin gives a light shade to the skin. Waxing will also clears the dead tissues and the accumulated dirt from the under arms and leave it neat and clean.

Lemon

Take a fresh lemon and cut it in to half. Take one half and rub it in the under arms for about 10 minutes and use the other part for the next arm pit. Lemon will act as a bleaching agent and will lighten the skin. Wash the under arms with warm water.

Turmeric Pastes

Take one teaspoon cucumber juice and one teaspoon lemon juice and mix them with a little turmeric powder to make a paste. Apply this paste on the under arms and leave it there for about 20 minutes. Then rinse with warm water. You can also mix a little of turmeric powder with a teaspoon each of milk, curd and gram flour. Now apply this paste on the under arms and allow it to dry and make flakes. There after wash the under arms thoroughly.

Diet

You have to take a lot of water daily in order to make your skin glow as water will help you to expel the unnecessary toxins from the body. Also include a lot of vegetables and fruits in your diet and the nutrients present in them will make your skin natural glow.

Baking Soda and Vinegar

Take some baking soda and vinegar and mix them to form a paste. You can apply this paste on your under arms and rub it slightly twice in a day. This will lighten the skin in your underarms.


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