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While getting rid of underarm hair is easy, we often end up gaining nothing great due to the ugly dark patches that remain covering our underarms. It turns into a literal nuisance and we barely get the chance to flaunt sleeveless dresses with those patches covering our underarms. Hence; if you are facing similar problems with your underarms and have already turned frustrated after using a lot of over-the-counter underarm whitening products, it’s time that you take the help of some of these below mentioned natural remedies for whitening dark underarms. These are safe and effective and are also pretty easily available in our kitchens.
Here Are Effective And Safe Natural Ways To Whiten Underarm:
Potato
Potato being a natural bleaching agent helps to whiten the blackened underarms and that too without causing any irritations on the skin. An enzyme present in potatoes, known as catecholase lend potatoes their bleaching properties and the best aspect of using potatoes for the purpose bleaching is that unlike other bleaching agents, potato doesn’t irritate or burn the skin or damage it in any manner. To use potato for whitening armpits, simply cut a medium sized potato in half and rub the cut-side on your underarms. Repeat the process for a month or two to get effective and noticeable results.
Lemon
Lemon is yet another good natural remedy for whitening underarms. Lemon is a source of vitamin c and vitamin c has the natural ability to whiten skin. Hence; lemon is often treated as a handy remedy for whitening underarms and it is due to its effectiveness that it still is one of the most popular natural ways of whitening dark underarms. Lemon can be put to use for this purpose by rubbing lemon halves directly over the underarms. However; care should be taken not to repeat the process more than twice a day and for over 5 minutes a day as lemon’s strong acidic nature may irritate and dry out the skin.
Milk And Honey
Milk also possesses natural whitening properties and when combined with honey, the mixture can turn out to be a boon for whitening dark underarms. This is because, underarms can also turn dark due to over dryness and dry skin can make it more difficult to remove the darkness of the underarms. This problem can be easily dealt with moisturizing agents like milk and honey. Hence; if the skin of your underarms have become severely dry and tough due to regular waxing or shaving, make sure that you resort to this natural remedy and repeat it at least thrice or four times a week.
Coconut Oil
Another easy method of getting rid of underarm dryness and darkness is to massage the underarms regularly with coconut oil. Coconut oil will not only combat the darkness but will also help to even the skin tone of the underarms.
Orange Peel
Dark underarms can also be whitened pretty easily by scrubbing them with an orange peel scrub. Orange peel works due to the same reason, because of which lemon works, i.e., due to the vitamin c content of oranges. However; the other reason why orange peel scrub seems to work is because it is a scrub. Exfoliating regularly with orange peel scrub will rid your underarms of dead cells, thereby surfacing the new and healthy whiter cells.
Turmeric
Turmeric has skin whitening properties and it is due to these properties that turmeric can be successfully used to whiten dark underarms. Make a paste by grinding whole turmeric and then mixing the ground powder with rose water and a few drops of milk. Apply the paste on the underarms and let the mask dry for 10-15 minutes. Rinse off with water and follow the procedure every day.
Gram Flour
A skin mask prepared by mixing gram flour with a tad bit of ground turmeric and rose water helps to whiten dark underarms in almost no time. You will notice results within just a few days of applying the mask on your skin. Other than the skin whitening properties of gram flour, it also helps to moisturize skin and minimizes sweat production by shrinking the skin pores.
Milk And Saffron
Saffron is a remedy that has been trusted for whitening and reviving the glow of the skin for centuries. Women belonging to the rich and royal part of the societies have been known to bathe in milk and saffron bathing mixture due the skin brightening properties of saffron and milk. Hence; you can also use the mixture to get rid of the unwanted dark patch from your underarms. Simply soak a few strands of saffron in warm milk overnight and apply the mixture with a cotton ball. Repeat the process everyday to get effective results.
