Imagine this. The summer season is here and there is a party you have to attend, so you take the pain of waxing your underarms only to find out that you still can’t wear your favourite sleeveless summer dress! Why? Because of dark underarms!
While having dark underarms is not uncommon but it is certainly not how they should be. Confidence, self-love, and attractiveness don’t just come from embracing the way you are and not changing yourself but it also comes from taking care of yourself and making the necessary changes in your body because your body deserves that treatment.
So, if you feel like you have been a bit careless about taking care of your armpits getting darker for the majority part of your life, there’s no need to worry. Here are our exclusive lifestyle changes and home remedies that you can use to get rid of dark armpits naturally and fast.
Causes
Before we start about how to get rid of dark armpits naturally, let’s first understand how and why our armpits darken in the first place:
1. Increase in Melanin: Chances are that you have experienced an increase in melanin that is responsible for hyperpigmentation of eyes, hair and skin. Foods rich in Vitamin A and antioxidants such as cabbage, beans, and beetroot help you increase melanin in your body. This also increases with high exposure to the sun.
2. Tight Clothes: Perhaps you like to wear tight clothes that often lead into skin-fabric friction which in turn makes your armpits dark.
3. Lack of Hygiene: If you don’t bathe that often or exfoliate your skin every now and then, chances are that because of the lack there of exfoliation and cleanliness, your underarms have become so dark.
4. Frequent use of perfumes, scents and Deo: Some of the perfumes and deodorants that you use could also be the reason for dark underarms as they often contain melanin and are known to irritate and inflame your skin.
Lifestyle Changes On How To Get Rid Of Dark Armpits Naturally
1. On how to get rid of Dark Armpits: Quit smoking
Smoking has been shown to cause an increase of melanin that darkens your skin. So, in order to brighten your underarms and get rid of dark armpits naturally, stay away from cigarettes.
2. On how to get rid of Dark Armpits: Avoid deo/ perfume
We’ve talked about this. The best way for underarm whitening home remedies is to avoid deodrants and perfumes and try natural hacks to smell good such as maintaining your hygiene, and using scented body washes, scrubs and lotions. We have a whole blog about all the lifestyle hacks you can try to smell good naturally, without perfume.
You can also use our Body&Butter soaps that are not only scented but are also the best natural handmade soaps in India.
3. On how to get rid of Dark Armpits: Avoid shaving
Shaving too harshly or without the use of any moisturizer or lubricant can cause dark underarms. So, an underarm whitening home remedy that you can try out is to apply yogurt in the darkened area after you have shaved your underarms. Other than that, you can easily just switch to waxing or laser hair removal treatment.
4. On how to get rid of Dark Armpits: Stay clean
Sometimes dirt, sebum and sweat gets collected in your underarms causing germs, infections, pimples and even dark underarms. That’s why it’s imperative to keep your hygiene in check. One underarm whitening home remedy you can try is to use homemade DIY scrubs and apply the scrub every single day on your darkened armpits. You can also use our Body&Butter Rose petal soap, Ubtan soap and Charcoal soap that are the best natural handmade soaps in India for exfoliating your skin.
5. On how to get rid of Dark Armpits: Fabric consciousness
You know about this. Try wearing loose fitted clothes that doesn’t let your skin to rub against the fabric. Be extra cautious with choosing the right fabric for your clothes. Try opting for fabrics such as cotton and silk so that they don’t irritate your skin.
6. On how to get rid of Dark Armpits: Peel mask
Underarm whitening home remedy that you can find in every single Indian household is the peel mask remedy. All you have to do is to find a Banana or an orange or a lemon and use it’s skin (or Peel) to scrub it against your darkened armpit skin to lighten the complexion.
7. On how to get rid of Dark Armpits: Potato juice
Potato juice is famous for it’s quality in battling tanning and brightening your skin. It is also commonly used against treating dark underarms. You can also use uncooked milk or yogurt as a substitute to get rid of dark armpits.
8. On how to get rid of Dark Armpits: Avoid melanin-rich foods
Try avoiding or eat foods that are rich in Melanin in balanced proportion such as Cabbage, Spinach, Kale, Nuts, Seeds, berries, citrus fruits.
9. On how to get rid of Dark Armpits: Baking Soda
Underarm whitening home remedy that has proven exceptional in households all over the world is using baking soda on your darkened armpits. You can use baking soda along with Gulaab jal (or rose water) and dab the mixture with a cotton ball on your darkened skin to lighten it’s complexion.
10. On how to get rid of Dark Armpits: Toothpaste
You probably didn’t expect Toothpaste to be on this list, did you? Toothpaste has many qualities, one of which is to bleach the skin. So, another underarms whitening home remedy that you can try to get rid of dark armpits is to apply toothpaste on your darkened underarms for around 10-15 minutes and then rinse it off with our Body&Butter soaps – the best natural handmade soaps in India and lukewarm water. Try doing this every single day to see fast results.
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