Ten Home Remedies For Dark Under Arms That Works

Dark underarms or armpits can be a source of anxiety and embarrassment as they tend to rob you of your charm when you flaunt gorgeous sleeveless outfits.

Nevertheless, you can get rid of this problem with some easy remedies. These remedies are effective, affordable, and safe but need to be followed on a regular basis to get encouraging results.Besides, when dealing with dark underarms, you also need to be aware of the underlying reasons causing this problem.

Ten Home Remedies For Dark Under Arms That Works

1.Use Natural Bleaching Agents: Simply rubbing a slice of lemon gently on the underarms for 10-15 minutes can lighten the skin color naturally. If it irritates the skin, you may apply a moisturizing lotion afterwards. 

Moreover, you can use other citrus juices like tomato juice, cucumber juice, orange juice, pineapple juice, and so on as natural bleaching agents. You can also use a combination of lemon juice, cucumber juice, and a little turmeric powder to lighten dark skin. Potato juice and Aloe Vera gel, too, have skin whitening properties.

2. Use Baking Soda: Scrubbing the underarm region with a thick paste of a tablespoon of baking soda and a little water is useful in removing dead skin and promoting skin lightening.

 Besides, you can use baking soda in combination with lemon juice or white vinegar for skin lightening. Do not leave it on skin for long, though.

3. Use Sandalwood: Sandalwood powder is excellent for skin because of its beauty benefits. It facilitates glowing skin, reduces pimples, and control greasiness. The fragrance of sandalwood will also help get rid of body odour due to excessive sweating. In addition, it has antimicrobial properties. 

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• You can form a paste by combining two tablespoons of sandalwood powder and sufficient rose water (for oily skin) or Milk (For dry skin)
• Apply the paste on your underarms.
• Leave it on for about 15 minutes or until it dries, and then wash it off with cold water.
• When repeated daily, this remedy will lighten the skin tone of your underarms within a few days.

4. Use Organic Coconut Oil: Regularly applying organic coconut oil on the underarms can help diminish dark spots and hyper pigmentation.

 It also nourishes and moisturizes your skin. To increase the effectiveness of this remedy, you can add half a teaspoon of lemon juice in a teaspoon of coconut oil and then apply. You may apply sweet almond oil as well.

5. Use Vitamin E Oil: Vitamin E oil also facilitates skin whitening. Hence, you can massage the oil on the underarm area to fade dark skin.  

 If you have vitamin E capsules, you can simply puncture a capsule and squeeze its contents on the skin.

6. Use Apple Cider Vinegar: Mix sufficient apple cider vinegar in rice flour to make a thick paste. Apply this paste on dark underarms and wash it off with warm water after 10-15 minutes. 

Apart from eliminating skin discoloration, it shall also help fight germs and body odor.

7. Use Papaya Pulp: Papaya pulp is highly beneficial in getting rid of skin discoloration and blemishes. 

Make a thick paste by mixing one tablespoon each of papaya pulp, lemon, and a teaspoon of pure honey. Smear the paste on the affected area and rinse it off after 15 minutes.

8. Use Gram Flour: Gram flour is  also known as Besan. You can use gram flour to prepare homemade whitening pack.

• Mix together two tablespoons of gram flour, one teaspoon each of plain yogurt and lemon juice, and a little turmeric powder to make a thick paste.
• Apply this paste on your underarms.
• Leave it on for at least 30 minutes, and then rinse it off with warm water.
• Follow this remedy daily for two weeks. Then repeat three times a week until you get the desired results.

9. Use Raw Milk: The vitamins and fatty acids present in milk can helps to eliminate  discoloration. It will soften the skin and make the skin tone much lighter.

• Mix two tablespoons of full fat milk, one tablespoon flour and one teaspoon of plain yogurt to make a thick paste. Apply it on your underarms and leave it on for about 15 minutes before you wast it off with cold water. Repeat a few times a week on regular basis.
• Another option is to soak a couple of strands of saffron in two teaspoons of milk for 15 to 20 minutes. You can also add a little honey. Apply the mixture on your underarms and leave it on for at least 20 to 30 minutes before washing it off. Follow this remedy daily until you are satisfied with the results.

10. Use Natural Scrubs To Exfoliate Under Arms: Sometimes it’s nothing more than the accumulation of dead skin cells that causes your underarms look dark. In such case you have to gently exfoliate your skin under your arms. A soft loofah is also sufficient but scrubs can give you really white underarms. I am talking about natural scrubs and not the harsh chemical laden commercial ones. Before telling you about some natural scrubs, I like to emphasize on the need of exfoliation for those who sweat excessively. They should more often exfoliate their underarms because it’s where most of the body sweat accumulates and sometimes doesn’t find way to escape.  Now have some recipes for natural homemade scrubs for your underarms.

• Take some lemon juice and add brown sugar or granulated sugar. Apply on underarms and leave for 5-10 minutes. Then with little wet fingers, rub your underarms gently feeling the granules of the sugar. This will excellently exfoliate your skin along with lightening it. Wash off after few minutes. This scrub is particularly useful for you if you got your dark underarms as a result of shaving.
• Take some walnuts or peanuts and grind them to make powder. Now take 1 tablespoon of lemon juice and 1 teaspoon each of honey and powdered walnut or peanuts. Mix them to make a paste. Apply this to your underarms. Leave for 10 minutes. Wash off.

To  Prevent Dark Underarms

• Avoid Shaving Your Under Arms: Opt for waxing rather than shaving the underarms as shaving does not remove the hair from its root. Thus, the thick, stubble-like hairs give the impression of dark underarms. 
• Avoid The Use hair Removal: Avoid using hair removing creams as the chemicals present in these formulas cause skin discoloration. If you still need to use a hair removing cream, then use a fuller’s earth mudpack within the next few days so as to absorb the chemicals.
• Avoid The Use Deodorants: As dark underarms can be caused by harsh ingredients found in deodorants, you may consider dumping your deodorant and switching to alum powder (potassium alum) as a natural deodorant. In addition, applying alum on the underarms about three times in a day for at least 20 minutes each, helps lighten the skin tone.
• Avoid The Use Antiperspirant: Another tip to prevent dark underarms caused by antiperspirants is to limit their use if you can’t totally stop using them. Their harsh chemicals can give you dark and rough underarms. They can even cause pigmentation resulting in permanently darker underarms. Those which do not contain parabens, PEGs, synthetic ingredients and hormone-disrupting fragrance and antibacterials, petrochemicals, alcohol or aluminum compounds. Even better, start using natural deodorants and antiperspirants like baking soda, coconut oil, sandalwood essential oil, rosewater etc.
• Avoid Excessive exfoliation: This too can cause harm and scarring which can lead to infection in hair follicles, pores, and sweat glands in your armpits. So exfoliate but gently and with care. Avoid using harsh scrubs and even things like pumice stones or brushes.
• Don’t skip having shower. More so if it’s hot weather. In fact, in such a weather, you should bathe more often. Not taking bath can lead to build up of bacteria causing smelly sweat and pigmentation. You may like to mix few drops of certain citrus oil to your bathing water so that you smell heavenly all through the day and the citrus oil may prevent darkening your skin under arms.
• Don’t wear too tight clothes. If possible, avoid wearing synthetic clothes too. Tight and synthetic clothes lead to friction leading to rashes and then pigmentation. Synthetic clothes doesn’t let your skin breathe and trap the sweat inside to give birth to bacteria that may cause skin darkening. As far as possible, wear cotton or other skin friendly fabric. Keep your clothes lose enough to give your arms enough room to move without friction.
• Don’t let your weight go out of control: Lose weight if you are obese. Not only tight clothes, even fat of your body that gets accumulated under the arms rub against the clothes and lead to dark underarms.
• Don’t take birth control pills: There are other contraceptives that you can use instead of these oral ones. These pills sometimes lead to such hormonal imbalances that may lead to dark underarms.
• Don’t compromise with basic hygiene: When you do not properly clean your underarms, it leads to accumulation of dead skin cells under the arms causing bumps and dark spots there. Regularly exfoliate your skin under the arms too. However, be gentle while exfoliating your underarms because it is a thin skin and harsh scrubs or rough handling while rubbing may cause scars and rashes.
• Don’t let your diabetes go out of control: If you suffer from Type 2 diabetes, high levels of insulin can lead to overproduction such skin cells that may cause pigmentation.
• Obese and dark skinned individuals are also susceptible to this hyper pigmentation.