If you believe in the saying ‘prevention is better than cure’, then you should do just that; prevent getting dark underarms! You feel the necessity of taking preventive measures even more when you take a look at someone else’s dark underarms and realize how ugly it looks! So to help you out with this, here are some dos and don’t you should follow to ensure you have white underarms and they don’t turn black!
While chemicals and shaving are the main causes for dark underarms, even friction caused by excessive sweating and tight clothes can darken armpits it’s because tight clothes rub against sweaty skin to lead to friction and consequent darkening of the skin. Lack of hygiene can lead to infections, itching and scratching which in turn leads to rough, scaly and dark skin. Even pollution, buildup of skin cells, type-2 diabetes, genetic predispositions and hyper pigmentation can lead to dark armpits