source: Healthcaremirror.com

It can be very embarrassing to have dark patches on your underarm, elbow or knee or neck. Using cosmetic treatments can be very expensive and could result into more skin pigmentation and make the situation worse. Removal of dark underarms and skin patches can be done easily at with the help of natural mixtures.

There could be many causes of dark underarms, elbow, knee or neck. Some of these are listed below;
-Usage of chemical creams
-Shaving regularly the affected area
-Usage of antiperspirant, deodorants etc
-Lack of skin hydration in the affected area
-Too much exposure to sun causes acanthosisnigricans resulting into dark neck

The above mentioned are some of the causes that causes dark skin patches on our joints. However, below are natural ways to remove those dark skin patches on underarm, elbow, neck and knee.


Olive Oil – Sugar crystals
Mix sugar and olive oil and make a paste out of it, apply the mixture on the dark elbow and knee and rub it for 5- 7 minutes. After the scrubbing is over wash the area with lukewarm water. This exercise can be done on daily basis and after a few days on weekly basis.

Apply Milk
There are lots of fatty acids and vitamins in milk and these can work wonders on lightening the dark underarms area. You can also combine curd, flour and milk to show more positive result for skin lightening in underarm region

-Flour: 2tbsp.
-Milk: 1 tbsp.
-Curd: 1tbsp.

Combine curd, milk and the flour and make a smooth paste from it. Apply the paste into your underarm region and rest it for 15 – 20 mins. Wash the area with water after it dries off.

Cucumbers
Cucumbers are one of the most skin friendly ingredient that is available in Earth. Cucumbers can prove to be a great remedy for treatment of dark underarms and that too without any skin irritation. Its naturally cooling properties result into many skin benefits.

-Cucumber Juice
-Turmeric
-Lemon Juice

Combine the above mentioned ingredients and you are good to go. You could simply grate cucumber and extract juice from it, mix it with lemon juice and add a pinch of turmeric to it. Lemon juice will exfoliate and remove the dead skin cells and cucumber juice will have the cooling and healing effect on the affected area. You will see the results in few days time with this remedy for dark underarms

More on how to use Lemon Juice, Aloe vera, Potato Juice etc for a clear skin >> http://healthcaremirror.com/303/how-to-remove-dark-skin-patches/