subject: How To Lighten Dark Elbows, Underarms And Knees [print this page] How To Lighten Dark Elbows, Underarms And Knees
Skin darkening is a very common problem. It is not uncommon for a fair-skinned person to experience darkness and on the elbows, underarms and knees. These are areas that are more susceptible to skin darkening.
Uneven skin tone is undoubtedly unattractive. That being said, you should use the following whitening treatments to whiten the dark areas of your body:
1. Place up to one cup of orange peel on a parchment paper. Let it dry under the sun for 24 hours. After the allotted time, grind collected orange peel.
Mix it with honey and orange juice. Apply this mixture on the dark areas of your body. Let it sit there for at least an hour before washing it off.
Ground orange peel can help exfoliate your dermis and remove dead skin cells. Honey and orange juice can effectively inhibit melanin production and reduce the darkness your skin tone.
2. To lighten dark under arms, trying mixing alum powder with almond oil. Almond oil has natural bleaching properties. It can work in the evening out the skin tone and reducing melanin production.
Alum powder has mild exfoliating properties. It works in exfoliating the dermis gently and reducing skin darkness under your arms.
3. Try rubbing raw lemon juice on the affected areas. Let the juice of lemon sit on your skin for an hour before washing it off. This treatment should be used twice a day for best results. Lemon juice has the ability to exfoliate the skin and remove the damaged layers of the dermis to reveal younger and whiter skin.
When you are using any kind of citrus skin whiteners, you should avoid exposing your skin to the sun for a prolonged period of time. Citric acid can burn easily under the sun's UV rays and might cause an even worse skin darkening problem.
After using these remedies, immediately apply your favourite whitening moisturizer. The ingredients Extrapone Nutgrass, Phytessence Wakame and Maracuja should work well in improving the tone of your skin.
Extrapone Nutgrass has bleaching properties that can lighten up your skin tone by up to 45% during the first two weeks of use. It also has the remarkable ability of moisturizing the inner layers of the skin.
Phytessence Wakame can prevent the progress of skin darkening. This sea kelp hampers the sudden loss of hyaluronic acid. With more hyaluronic acid in the integumentary system, collagen fibers are less likely to get damaged.
Maracuja is a kind of Brazilian passion fruit with the ability to keep the skin properly lubricated. It has moisture-retaining properties.
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