UNDER ARM DARKNESS
The color of your underarms is meant to resemble the rest of your skin. Yet, this particular area may turn black, adding much to your embarrassment in front of everyone else. People who like to wear tank tops are too conscious about their underarms as the dark color in this part of the skin can shatter their confidence.
It is worth mentioning that dark underarms do not pose a health risk, but they can certainly affect your appearance. The good news is you can get treatments such as lasers and chemical peels to get rid of these pesky dark spots.
Cause of Underarm Skin Darkening
Skin discoloration mainly happens due to a higher number of melanocytes. Armpits are usually among the body areas more susceptible to having denser melanocyte accumulations. The amount of melanocyte content in your body depends on your genetics and family history. Hair removal from repeated shaving or plucking can also stimulate the production of melanocytes in the area under your arms.
Other causes of underarm darkening include bacterial infections, melanoma, or type two diabetes.
Chemical Peels
Chemical peels are one of the most effective cosmetic treatments for dark underarms. This procedure uses some FDA-approved acids to peel to whiten the Underarms. These are available in different strengths and only an expert doctor can determine which kind of peels are needed to achieve the desired results.
General several applications of chemical peels are needed for the purpose of skin whitening.
For the most part, side effects are nil and there is generally no downtime. Be sure to get the peels applied by a professional so that there is no risk of skin burning.
How does Underarm Chemical Peeling work?
In just minutes of the application, the acids dissolve melanocytes and dead skin cells responsible for dark pigmentation. Eventually, the topmost skin layer sheds away.
The shedding of the outermost skin layer causes the layer underneath to come on top. This process also increases collagen production, promoting a youthful and lighter-toned skin surface.
Underarm chemical peeling usually involves using light or medium peeling solutions based on your skin condition. A light or superficial peel is usually enough to exfoliate the skin and remove additional melanocytes.
Laser underarm whitening
Wondering what is laser skin lightening and how to make your skin lighter? Everyone is born with a different amount of melanin pigment in their skins. The abundance of melanin pigment causes your skin to become dark and dull. This pigment is deposited in the skin by hormones called melanocytes. However, the number of melanocytes everyone gets depends on their genetics.
Laser skin treatment is the only remedy that can effectively destroy the melanin pigment in the skin. For destroying the melanin pigment, this treatment uses intense and concentrated beams of light. While destroying the dark pigment, the laser also triggers the body’s natural healing process.
Skin Lightening Procedure
The Lumenis laser skin lightening procedure includes a few sessions with an expert practitioner. The expert doctor uses intensely focused beams of laser light to remove the damaged skin. The laser triggers the production of new skin cells and lightens the skin tone as well . The procedure is very quick with no down time.
TECHNOLOGY
Human skin gets its color from a pigment called melanin, which is made from special cells called melanocytes in the skin. If melanocytes are producing too much melanin the skin is darker. If the melanin production is less, the person has lighter skin.
Sometimes melanocytes are damaged due to some health issues and the production of melanin gets affected (producing excessive melanin),discoloration or dark patches start appearing on the surface of the skin. Sometimes just a few patches of skin are affected by pigmentation, but sometimes the skin on the entire body displays pigmentation.
While the appearance of pigmentation in itself isn’t harmful but its underlying causes or medical issues would need attention.
In Lumenis Q switch Nd YAG laser, the laser beam is absorbed by unwanted melanin pigment inside the skin cells and melanocytes in controlled manner which breaks into micro fragments and then drained from the skin by lymphatics and thereby reducing it slowly.
To book an appointment for underarm whitening in Bangalore with Dr Prem Anand , contact us on 9980366994
