Brilio.net - The most common cause of black underarms is improper shaving of the armpits. When you shave your armpits using an inappropriate method, such as using a dull razor or not paying attention to the direction of hair growth, the underarm skin can become irritated. Hard and rough friction during the shaving process can cause the skin to become injured and inflamed.
Irritation that occurs during the shaving process can cause inflammation of the underarm skin. This results in the body's immune response which can cause increased blood flow to the area and trigger the release of white blood cells to fight irritation.
On the other hand, the inflammatory process in the underarm skin can trigger increased production of melanin (a natural pigment that gives skin its color). Increased melanin production can cause underarm skin to become darker.
To brighten black underarm skin, you need to do treatment. There are various methods that you can use, such as using skincare products and applying masks or scrubs from natural ingredients.
Usually the natural ingredient that is often used to treat black underarms is aloe vera. This aloe vera mask contains aloin and natural whitening properties, which can help reduce dark pigmentation on the skin.
Even though aloe vera can treat black underarms, there are other ingredients you can try. As shared by YouTube user @prakriti-deepasahni, the beauty vlogger uses granulated sugar, baking soda, glycerin and lemon. Granulated sugar has fine grains which can be used as a natural scrub to exfoliate the skin. Exfoliation helps remove dead skin cells and dirt that accumulate on the surface of the underarm skin, thereby helping speed up the regeneration of new skin cells and brighten the skin.
Reporting from byrdie.com, Saturday (23/3) baking soda has gentle abrasive properties and can be used as a natural exfoliant, which helps remove dead skin cells and keeps skin clean. Apart from that, baking soda can also help regulate pH, which is important for maintaining skin balance and preventing dark underarms.
Glycerin is an effective moisturizer and can help keep underarm skin moist. By providing sufficient moisture, glycerin helps keep skin healthy and prevents irritation that can cause dark underarms.
Lemon juice contains natural citric acid which has whitening and skin brightening properties. Citric acid helps reduce dark pigmentation on the skin, so it can help fade the color of dark underarms and promote a brighter skin appearance. However, use lemon sparingly, because the acid content in it can cause skin irritation.
After knowing the benefits above, are you interested in using a mask made from the ingredients above? For those of you who are curious, let's look at the tricks below as summarized by briliobeauty.net from the YouTube channel @prakriti-deepasahni, Friday (22/3).
photo: YouTube/@prakriti-deepasahni
Material:
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
- Glycerin
- 1/2 lemon juice.
photo: YouTube/@prakriti-deepasahni
How to make:
1. Add granulated sugar
2. Add baking soda
3. Pour enough glycerin into the ingredients
4. Add lemon juice
5. Stir all the ingredients until evenly mixed
6. You can now use the mask.
photo: YouTube/@prakriti-deepasahni
How to use:
1. Make sure your underarm skin is clean and hair-free
2. Apply the mask to the armpits
3. Wait approximately 15 to 30 minutes
4. Rub the scrub slowly
5. Rinse the scrub with normal water
6. Dry using tissue or towel
7. Use this trick regularly two to three times a week to get bright skin.
Can baking soda treat back acne?
Baking soda can be used as a natural ingredient to help treat acne on the back. This is because baking soda has soft abrasive properties. So it can be used as a natural scrub to remove dead skin cells and clean pores.
Baking soda also has antiseptic properties which can help kill acne-causing bacteria. By cleansing the skin and killing bacteria, baking soda can help reduce the inflammation and redness that often occurs with back acne.