How important is your physical aesthetic? And how much do the way you look affect your confidence? You probably notice how easy an imperfection about your physical appearance might ruin your entire confidence, and for many people, darkened skin under the armpits is one of the most annoying imperfection. Before deciding to stop wearing the tank tops and other sleeveless tops, you might want to encounter some way outs from your darkening armpits.

Lightening the skin under the armpits

DO’s

Exfoliating

Removing dead skin cells under the armpits can contribute to less discolored underarms. Although there are some store-bought skin exfoliating creams or scrubs, you might want to consider making the scrubs by yourself. Not only it is going to be more affordable, but it is also more natural and trigger no side effects. To minimize hyperpigmentation over your armpit skin, use one of the most effective skin exfoliating ingredients:

• Sugar and honey, which is mixed together and scrubbed in circular motion all over the underarm areas.
• Lemon, which is sliced and directly rubbed onto the darkening armpit areas before showering.

Moisturizing

Keeping the underarm skin nourished is essential, since it will minimize accumulated dry and dead skin cells. Natural moisturizer which you can make by yourself is better than store-bought ones, which may contain chemicals triggering skin irritation. Effective home moisturizers are:

• Cucumber juice, which is rubbed onto the underarm skin twice a day.
• Turmeric, which is made as a paste and rubbed before bath time and rinsed with warm water.
• Milk, which is mixed with curd and is applied to the underarms and left for 15 minutes before rinsed.
• Olive oil, which is mixed with brown sugar and applied to the underarms before taking a bath and rinsed with lukewarm water.

Controlling weight

Fat folds in between the underarm skin will give a darker silhouette on your armpit skin. These skin folds also keep sweats and bacteria, which contribute to skin discoloration. Hence, it is advised to control your ideal weight and avoid being overweighed, in order to keep your underarm skin firm and fairly-toned.

Applying natural skin whitening ingredients

There are various natural ingredients which work best in reducing darkening armpit skin. You can choose one which is easiest to be found out of small list below:

• Baking soda
• Gram flour
• Coconut oil
• Licorice root
• Grinded orange peel

DON’T’s

To minimize darkened underarms, you need to maximize proper treatments previously elaborated and avoid the things which may worsen the condition. Read on to know which things to avoid to prevent armpit discoloration.

Do not shave the underarms

Do not shave your armpit. Despite its easiness, shaving armpit hair contributes to skin discoloration resulted from in-grown hair which occurs after shave. Instead, do waxing or sugaring for neater result without the risk of having discolored underarms.

Do not undergo excessive hair removal treatments

It is definitely understandable that you want to have neat and clean underarms. However, doing too-frequent treatments at the salon will not give you maximized effects. Instead, it may cause hyperpigmentation, especially when creams and other products with harsh chemicals are included.

Do not let your blood sugar increase excessively

What you consume will also contribute to how your body reacts. If you consume too much sugary foods, you will raise the blood sugar, which ends up in high level of insulin. This will lead into skin cells overproduction which causes hyperpigmentation that occurs in certain body parts including the underarms.

Do not rub the underarms too hard

Sometimes, people wish to get rid of discolored underarms as fast as possible, and hence, overdo the treatments. When you decide to regularly scrub the areas, for instance, always do this gently. Underarms are delicate, and rubbing it too hard will cause irritation and bumps, which in the end will end up in discoloration.

Do not use alcoholic antiperspirant deodorants

Antiperspirant deodorants, especially ones containing alcohol will likely to burn your delicate armpit skin. Hence, stop using harsh antiperspirant, unless you have a very unpleasant body odor. If you insist on using ones, find some non-alcoholic deodorants, which do not give your sensitive areas harmful effects.