The dark spots under your arms are called age spots, and they form on your skin when you spend too much time in the sun. Doctors call such dark spots lentigines, and they form when the amount of melanin in your skin increases. Melanin is a chemical that makes your skin appear darker, so the more melanin you have, the darker your age spots will be. While dark spots usually appear on people who are over the age of 40, you can get age spots at any age. You can help fade and remove the dark spots under your arms by using natural ingredients and the right kind of medication.
Step 1
Rub a cotton ball soaked with lemon juice on the dark spots under your arms. Lemon juice is filled with an ingredient that can help fade the dark spots under your arms. Squeeze fresh lemon juice from a lemon, or pour about 1/2 cup of juice from a bottle of lemon juice from a grocery store. Soak up the lemon juice into a cotton ball and run it over the dark spots under your arms. Let the juice soak into your skin.
Step 2
Rub a cotton ball soaked with buttermilk on the dark spots under your arms. Just like lemon juice, buttermilk is also filled with an ingredient that can help remove the dark spots under your arms after a period of time. Pour about 1/2 cup of buttermilk into a bowl and soak a cotton ball in the liquid. Apply the buttermilk to the dark spots under your arms. Let the liquid soak into your skin.
Step 3
Rub an over-the-counter medication into the dark spots under your arms. The Mayo Clinic says you should use a cream that contains hydroquinone, retinol or vitamin C. If these medications are not strong enough for you, make an appointment with your doctor, who can prescribe a more potent medication. The Mayo Clinic says steroids can help your body increase the rate at which it produces skin cells, which will heal and help get rid of your dark spots.
Step 4
Stay away from the sun. Since sunlight is one of the main causes of your dark spots, stay out of the sun if you want to get rid of them. People who are out in the sun in swimwear should cover up the area under their arms when they are outside and wear a sunscreen with an SPF of at least 30.
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