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Dark areas on your body
  • rics
    Hi. I also wanna consult about (how embarrassing this is, but okay i'll open up) how can i make my dark underarms and inner thighs back to normal, I mean back to my skintone. I have this problem since a few months ago when they started getting a little darker, and now I dont know what to do. Seemed like whitening deodorants and whitening lotions wont do good--- that's why i have to ask somebody about it. actually i notice that my underarm got darker when i started using armpit hair removal cream, Sallyhansen. I think the cream is good, but as i watched one tv program before they said that after you shave or like rub something on your body like on your underarm you shouldn't put water on it immediately. it's like you have to wait for a couple of minutes before water can finally touch that skin to avoid darkening. I thought maybe that's why my underarm got darker because i didnt wait. as for my inner thighs, i think they started to get darker when i became a little overweight. because of that my thighs got a little bigger and since i didnt buy underwears that are a size bigger than my usual underwear size, the tendency was everytime i walk the hem line of the underwear of my inner thigh rubbed much to my skin that it caused them to be that dark. it's really embarrassing to tell you this, really. but i have to do something about it as well. please help me on this. thank you.
  • lindygirl1960
    Not a Brain here, but I suspect the skin is darkening due to irritation. I now use an epilator to remove underarm hair. When I still shaved, the skin under my arms was darker than the surrounding skin. Likewise the skin on the inner thigh was darker when I was heavier. Now that I have lost 25+ pounds the darkness is fading.

    Don't be embarrassed to ask questions. There are no dumb questions. If you don't ask questions you never find the answers. 

    Hope this helps a little. 

    And maybe the Brains will chime in and let me know if I am right in my theory about the skin being darker due to irritation. (For reference, my skin tone is ivory.)
  • rics
    thanks for your reply (again). :) the epilator you're saying, is it also good to remove your hair on your private area? hmm.. but i still would like to know some products that will return those dark areas back to my skintone, do you know any? wow! for the weight loss of 25+ lbs. :)
  • lindygirl1960
    I use an epilator only on underarms and on legs. 
  • Izetta11
    "Dark groups
    or
    Eye
    circles
    tend
    to be     dark
    blemishes
    about
    the eyes    . Also
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    there
    are lots of     etiologies to
    cause     this
    particular     symptom.
    For
    example    , by
    insomnia,
    through
    heredity
    and
    by     bruising.

    Such
    as     spider
    veins    , darkish
    circles
    under
    the     eye
    are
    usually     a
    hereditary     characteristic.
    Your
    skin     underneath
    the     attention
    is
    extremely     thin.
    When
    bloodstream
    goes
    by     through
    the     big
    veins
    close
    to the     skin
    surface     it
    can     produce
    a     bluish shade.
    The
    greater     transparent
    your
    skin     -- also
    a
    hereditary     trait
    --     the
    actual     darker
    the
    actual     groups
    seem.

    In
    people
    with     a
    deep-set     bone
    structure,
    shadowing
    contributes
    to     the
    actual     dark
    color
    under
    the     eyes.Inch
  • sarahf
    Also consider a diagnosis called acanthosis nigricans (spelling?).  http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/acanthosis-nigricans/DS00653  Not to freak you out w/ diagnoses--there is no reason to think I can diagnose you over the internet, and I'm not a physician.  But just something to ask your doctor about.
  • Right BrainRight Brain
    Check this out:  http://thebeautybrains.com/2006/12/16/the-top-5-causes-of-darkened-armpits/
  • rics
    thanks guys for your help. i think im gonna go to a dermatologist and check what she can do about it. :)
  • Ally E.Ally E.
    are you overweight? if yes, losing weight will be the answer. i started noticing the same on my inner tights after i gained another 10lbs... it all has to do with insulin resistance and excess weight.
  • rics
    i was overweight last year. right now i'm gradually getting my original weight back when i was in college. but the dark areas on my body won't go back to my natural skin tone. i feel ashamed cuz they're hideous. :(
  • lindygirl1960
    It may take time for the skin tone to go back to normal after you have lost the excess weight.
  • rics
    ok. it's really good to hear that. thank you. :)
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