Dathra again.. writing… hello
Well, shakla my dairy il yoom ra7 itkoon itlawe3 il chabd… bs shasawee geltlokom im in for a full makeover!
3ndokom aba6?
Of course 3ndokom aba6 mino ma 3ndah…
Ee well…
I was dressed in my lovely black and gold dress… dancing in the wedding of one of my relatives in Sheraton, when a lady relative urgently calls me over…
I trod over towards her, a smile on my face, waiting to hear the complement on my appearance, her disturbed expression made me wary as she yanked at my arm and pulled me to whisper in my ears “why didnt u remove the hair if ur wearing 7affor???”
WTH?!
i whisper back indignantley, angrily, “of course i did!!!”
She whispers back in anger “no, u didnt!!!! it shows!!!!”
IT shows?!
I run to the bathroom, i search every inch there is to be searched… and there is not one hair in sight…
I stand, exhausted, leaning on the sink in frustration, why would that lady think that? Is my eye sight detoriorating so bad i can no longer see the hair on my body?! I don’t THink so!!!
Min the day i became a teenager… i was instructed inah hair must be removed by anymeans… and it must be washed daily, o deodarnat o powder must always be there… because the worst thing on earth is a smelly hairy armpit… its unislamic aslan to keep the armpit hair!!!!
Needless to say… i spent the remainder of that wedding stuck to my seat, with a glum expression on my face and my arms glued to my side…
Now, after pondering over it for years, i have reached a theroy…
That area in particular is dark… !
No it is really… imsawee 6aqom with my knees o elbows!
I understand the knees becoming dark because of praying.
I understand the elbows becoming dark because of my inbe6a7 3lehom… ma te7la il ga3da illaa itha my elbows scrape the carpeting…
lakin el armpits shako?!
You see people nowadays… every where, wearing tank tops o japonaise o kil daladeqhom bel sekka…
u can also see them thin and boney, hair free and even colored, from the finger tips to the armpits… and they are not even smelly!
How on earth do they do that?!
I tried every thing, i tried all the deodorants out there, even the ones for sensitive skin sold in the pharmacy, i have scrubbed and buffed with coarse sea salt and lemon, i have also tried all the scrubat… i would use the feet stone if i didnt think it would hurt so bad -i one tried it on my leg, removed the hair amazingly but also scraped the skin off- i spent endlessdays in my hot stuffy bathroom trying to deal with it…
and then there was the invention of the laser… few years back at the peak of their invention, i went in only for them… 5 sessions later, with endless tears and fearful nightmares on the day before each session, and immense pain afterwards, the place is almost hair free… no problems with hair removal anymore thank god…
Yet still the discolouring is still there!!!
Last night, on Rajel o 6 setat, the wife was wearing a pajama from oysho 3la snoopy… like mine…
but… instead of the gray t-shirt i have chosen as a top, she had a nice lemony tank top… -and she was on tv in her sleevless pajamas by the way… maybe next they will be like DHW and stay in their underwear pnly!-
How come that lady get to go on tv with a tank top on o a good even colored aba6 … when im in my own house i never wear tank tops for disgust of what i see?
I want to wear tank tops too… i want to stretch and yawn and glance in the mirror to see all is well and clean and no dark patches…
I want something like baha2 from starac one had… remember?!
I have reached a desperate stage where im thining all women lie about their dark armpits and cover the discoloration with foundation…
Do u have a remedy?! o bel marra for the knees o elbows?
Whats left for me to use now is…
- Fair & Lovely Cream… im not sure how good it is…
- Wear tank tops… but use foundation on it
- Retin A cream to peel off the skin
- Maybe that foot stone would do something?!
Etha 3ndokom solution or a secret… do share… tra il q8 bel seef 7arr o kheesa… o 3la il aqal inshof daladeg jameela bedal il sowad o il te7ek7ek…
Ee o sorry 3la il araf…
i don’t recommend retin-A, as you will not be able to do sheera/wax, because if you do it will remove the top layer of skin but not in the way you want. Try hydraquinone cream (at pharmacy), it is a prescription strength lightening cream that works to lighten pigmentation. Fair and lovely and over the counter creams like that don’t really work as well. For elbows and knees, i would suggest getting 7ammam maghribi done every week or 10 days for some time (at least 2-3 months). it does work to help get rid of that dead skin and even the skin tone, but you have to be patient. Hope this helps
hmmm fee wayid 7elol u didnt try yet
ba3ath-hum naji7 .. i tried some .. it worked .. but needs patience ..
hun i had the same problem for a long time, instead of having a lady tell you, my older brother came up to me and asked me why it was black
. What i did was i let it grow and then i did sheera, and then i went back to shaving, it is much better now. try it, and use olive oil after you shave, its nourishes your skin!
LOOOOOOOOL!!
look i never had that problem bs my mom did.
tadreen elmshkela kanat ena day after day you put deodorant b3dain lma trdeen elbait you dont wash it off
fa you have that layer of deodorant and sweat and wai3 stuff there until you take a shower whether later at night or the next morning or watever…and all that ysawy discoloration for your skin
(this is in no way medical advice btw, its jst stuff we noticed)
fa when my mom started washing her armpits everyday after she came back from work, in a few weeks time the color started fading away =)
the other thing my mom started doing is she stopped using deodorant altogether…now she goes to the 7way (i think thats wat theyre called…dude who sells herbs and henna and studd bljam3eya) and she buys this white powder thing called shabba its like a natural thing…
when i started using it i was impressed! awal shay no trace of sweat KILIIIIIIIISH!! mako smell or anything even though you sweat 3ady fa your pores arent clogged like other synthetic deodorants bs ena mako smell AT ALL 3araftay? oo ehya when she buys it, she also buys mesk with it then she blends them together, fa when you use it mixed with mesk, your sweat smells like mesk =D
oo thaany shay, l2ana its natural kilish it doesnt irritate your skin or cause this discoloration or anything =D
the only problem is ena its a white powder, chenna 6a7een, fa its a problem when you wanna wear dark clothes, fahma? ya3ny ydamer 3abayat my mom lma she uses it =\
fa ana i use the lady speed stick when i wear dark clothes 3shan la yetdamaroon, oo i use this 5al6a otherwise, nearly on a daily basis! i really recommend it! =)
oo salamtich! chenny geragt wayed? ;Pp
ps: me missed you wayed wayed wayed ;**
omg!! im suffering the same things too
i always wonder HOW could they all have the same skin color everywhere?? i have problems between my thighs, and all the same areas as urs 
i hate it!! i tried EVERYTHING!! and nothing worked!! ya3ne what’s the difference between us and them 
Dear,
please tray gilesren with fresh lemon for
any dark spot in your body for 2 weeks twice daily
looooooooooooooooooooooooooool
ok no comment ..!
hehehehe;p
ana il7imdilla ma a3ani from the smelly part:P bs its normal for the aba6 to be dark..
bs why use Retin A??? yummmmma a7es e3aweeerrr!!!
I heard from a friend that her sis did laser there and it got sooo much lighter (as in color not hair)..
Why not give that a shot?
Q80 Boy shemdakhlik bainna!!!!!
LOOOL!!
its because of all the sheera you do! sheera pulls on the skin too much causing il dam yi7tigin so it darkens the area becuase its sensitive..
if you want the darkness to go away:
1.go to the pharmacy
2.ask for “armpit cream”.. im serious! its called like that and its cover is pink! it works.. you just have to put it after you take a shower everyday and you will notice that your skin color will get lighter. Plus it smells good
alf alf alf 7amdellah lama ashoof others i3anoon min the discoloration, ana a7mid rabi washkira ina I was blessed with perfect, clean, non dark patches.
For now go see a dermatologist about this problem. Lati3tamdain 3ala kalam inas.
I hope you get what you wish for
Wax. Wax. Wax. Black underarms are caused by hair UNDER the skin. Don’t shave…keep waxing until you get rid of all the hair under your skin.
Hope I helped =]
did i already mention i love this “dathta” series of urs? ;p
try iPL, it does wonders!
it could be acanthosis nigricans and has absolutely NOTHING to do with how clean u r or how u wax/shave and if there’s hair under ur skin. NOTHING. it’s mainly because of a hormonal imbalance/insulin resistance/PCOS. a blood test/sonar/check-up may be necessary to determine what’s causing ilsowwad. wiya iltreatment it could fade away. itha mayroo7 u can be prescribed creams and lotions.
there are some great skin bleaching treatments at some salons…be careful though, you need to check what product they are using, not all are safe and not all are qualified to use them, there are also some products you can use to help with this….do your research. I know that soho has some treatments and products available.
While you are on the roll of beauty and makeover etc, have you ever considered a peel…like a strong Dr.90210 peel??
Considering it myself….what are your thoughts??
1) it’s not wisa5, it’s color, most arab women have it, latinas too.. Haven’t you seen down there?! It’s dark too.. learn to deal with it.
2) Scrubbing won’t help.. I have a friend who used everything too.. She even ordered stuff from asia that had no english on them.. It’s no use.. It’s your color..
3) I don’t understand why you refer to it as an ugly thing, it’s natural. I bathe in bikinis o wala chinna. Who cares what people think? Hathi 5elqat rabbich, as long as you don’t smell, mala da3i etta3aqideen.. I think it’s cute a9lan.. like a lovable inperfection.
4) tanktops + foundation?? Wee3! I can almost see the foundation spots on the tanktops, and I never thought I’d say this but I would rather see hair o sweatspots than foundation marks… weeee3! (hatha elli 9ij lo3at chabd, mo aba6 aswad).
5) my mom beetha o ana 3ala oboy 7en6aweya o aba6i hamman a’3maj min bagi eljisim, o ommi ma ga9irat et3aqidni bas jad wallah you have to reach a state where you stop worrying about what people think.
- takes a break -
ba6eeti chabdi. Ma7ib hal6abi3 belbanat.. Perfection mo shay wayd mohem tara. A7la shay feech innich tkoonen ENTAI. Aba6 aswad and all. Just love yourself. O use an alcohol free deodrant. The best deodrant in the world is dove. Wa5rai 3an elanti trasparant (6ab3an I don’t know how to spell that word) too.
aham shay anti transparent.
kent aq9id anti perspirant.
F gave best advice with regards to hydroquinone, if you are willing to shell out a few more $$, an amazing alternative is the whitening cream by LaPrairie, it is sold in Sephora avenues. Check it out and please report back on your results.
well, i used to suffer the same thing as well so i stopped waxing in this area and i use braun silk epil machine for this area and i noticed HUGE difference hair wise and colorwise !
Also every 2 days i use something sold in the jam3iya esmah siam spa salt milk i think , ybee3onah eb jyas 3alaiha sorat bgara
Everyone who is a certain skin tone suffers from this like a previous comment stated, latinas arabs ect, its normal. I have some temporary remedies i tried that work temporarily but ered again after a while..
1) During my enfas i used zait el glycerin (From 7away) with lemon juice, mixed them in a big water bottel and applied every night on the darker areas, knees elbows aba6 ect..then slept and showered in the morning,, my sister used to apply this to her whole body and sleep.. u see a difference after a couple of days but its boring and takes a while u get bored ma tkamlen
2) U MUST TRY THIS , u see the results immeadiately when u do the “Underarm whitening” at Spa time..seriously its only 30 minutes and as soon as u finish check ur underarms tshofen lonhom ehabil talbeseen 7afar 3ala 6ol
bs sadly kel hatha for a while only then ered el sowad.. basically its a scrub , then a tonic and mask which brings out all the oil and wesakh and old deodrant thats inside under ur skin eli el scrub ma yegdar e6al3a
hope i helped :*
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