INNER THIGH DISCOLORATION

(DARK INNER THIGHS)

Inner Thigh Discoloration (Dark Inner Thighs)

POSSIBLE CAUSES

Being overweight is one of the key causes of dark inner thighs because when you walk your thighs rub against each other causing discoloration.

– Dark inner thighs can be caused by hormonal imbalance. That is why some ladies notice their inner thighs get darker during certain stages of their menstrual cycle.

– Some sources suggest that sweating of thighs when they rub each other during walking. Sweating between thighs promotes fungi or bacterial grow. Also vaginal discharges often loaded with Candida albicans and pathogenic bacteria leak into the thigh areas causing irritation which stimulate melanocytes to release more melanin, leading to hyperpigmentation.

– It is believed that Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) a hormonal disorder that affect women at their reproductive ages can also contribute to dark inner tights. Women with this problem often either miss their periods or go through a heavy and irregular menstruation.

– Inappropriate shaving inner thighs, using razors, chemicals in cosmetics (lotions and creams), and wrong bikini hair removal techniques lead to darker skin on thighs and buttocks.

– Poor hygiene and skin care are regarded as major causes.

Corynebacterium minutissimum bacterium responsible for causing a condition called Erythrasma is also listed among possible causes of inner thigh discoloration.

Post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation is the cause of skin darkening.

– Wearing tight synthetic clothes that don’t allow air to get through may cause darker thighs.

Insulin resistance (diabates) affects skin and contributes to skin discoloration on inner thighs.

Acanthosis nigricans is a condition that causes discoloration and dark patches on skin in diabetics.

– Some medications including oral contraceptives may contribute to this problem.

TREATMENT

– Do your best to address listed above causes.

– To avoid thighs rubbing each other directly wear 100% cotton shorts that will cover your thighs under your dresses. Being overweight is one of the key causes of dark inner thighs because when you walk your thighs rub against each other causing discoloration. Choose only natural fabrics that can breathe.

– Read about most effective ways to lose weight >

– Implement principles included in the HEALTH RECOVERY PLAN > to reduce body weight, detoxify the body and skin, and provide all vital vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and other ingredients skin needs to regenerate itself and maintain its function.

– Practice HIIT exercise > every day as it is the most effective way of losing weight (frequent cause of dark inner thighs), but make sure that when you exercise you wear natural shorts to prevent direct skin friction between thighs.

– Treat CANDIDA OVERGROWTH > and THRUSH >

EFFECTIVE EXTERNAL REMEDIES

lemon for removing Inner Thigh Discoloration (Dark Inner Thighs)

Lemon acts as a bleaching agent for skin. Regular application of raw fresh lemon on darker skin reduces pigmentation. Cut one fresh lemon in half and rub it on your inner thighs for about 30 minutes every day in the morning and before bed. To prevent drying effect of lemon apply some raw palm oil or raw coconut oil. Both oils are excellent as they are also used to reduce discoloration. Another way of applying lemon juice is by using lemon spray. Squeeze fresh lemon juice into a spray bottle and add equivalent amount of water. Shake every time before using it and spray every few minutes on dark areas on thighs. After 30 minutes or longer apply some raw palm oil or raw coconut oil.

Turmeric prevents melanin production, thus, you can use this spice to keep an even skin tone and treat skin discoloration.  Mix 1 tablespoon of fresh ground by you at home turmeric powder with freshly squeezed orange juice (enough to create a paste). Apply it on the darker skin areas of inner thighs and leave it for at least 30 minutes. Remove the paste, clean skin using warm water and apply some raw coconut oil. Repeat at least once daily until you see the results. According to Dr. Jessica Weiser formulas with turmeric, lactic acid, and papaya are effective skin-brightening agents.

Turmeric and lemon for removing Inner Thigh Discoloration (Dark Inner Thighs)

Licorice root (Glycyrrhiza glabra) extract has many benefits for our health and our skin. Dr. Shah suggests using kojic acid, liquorice root extract, vitamin C, niacinamide (vitamin B3), soya, and retinoid (compound related to vitamin A) to remove skin discolorations and dark spots. Licorice root extract is effective in removing inner thihs discoloration, dark circles, darkened skin due to scars, and dark spots. It contains Glabridin – a tyrosinase inhibitor which halts production of melanin that causes skin to become darker. Glabridin is an excellent natural alternative to the popular inthetic skin lightening creams containing hydroquinone or other chemichals. To apply extract to the skin, wash the skin and dry it. Shake the bottle containing the licorice extract, pour a few drops on a cotton ball or a swap and apply gently on the disclored skin on thy, face or other places. Leave it overnight and wash in the morning and apply some coconut oil to prevent dry skin. Avoid exposing the treated with licorice places to the sunlight during the treatment.

In one study, a combination of licorice extract (0.4%), betamethasone (0.05%) and retinoic acid (0.05%) produced an excellent skin lightening response in up to 70% of study participants.

– You can make an excellent cream by mixing similar amounts of licorice root extract, organic turmeric powder, fresh lemon juice, and raw coconut oil. Make a paste, keep it in a closed container in a fridge and use every day in the morning and evening after shower.

– You can apply some aloe vera gel (free from chemicals) to the affected areas of your thighs as it helps regenerate skin.

Potatoes can work as a bleaching agent, cut it into slices then put them on your thighs. You can also grate or blend one raw potato, extract the juice through a sieve or cloth, and apply the juice on dark inner thighs. After 30 minutes or longer apply some raw palm oil or raw coconut oil.

Baking soda has antifungal, antibacterial, and antiinflammatory properties and can make the skin whiter, shinier and softer. Mix it with some organic apple cider vinegar (must be with mother) to make a paste, apply on the skin for at least 30 minutes. After 30 minutes or longer apply some raw palm oil, raw coconut oil, aloe vera gel, emu oil or olive oil. Continue every day until you see improvement.

– Keep your thighs dry and every day in the morning and evening massage either raw palm oil or coconut oil into your thighs.

CREAMS

– If all home remedies fail to help you get rid of dark inner thighs, consider using products containing hydroquinone, a chemical lightening agent that is applied directly to the dark skin. It gradually bleach the skin by inhibiting the enzyme Tyrosinase, which is essential in the production of the pigment melanin. Remember to test it first on small patch of skin first, and wait for one day to see if there is any allergic reaction, dry skin, redness or a burning sensation. Unfortunately, as all drugs it get into your blood and the longer you use it the more side effects it will produce. Using hydroquinone is associated with the risk of exogenous ochronosis (EO) – brownish-yellow or ochre coloured collections of pigment found in patients carrying the disease. EO was reported as a big issue in South Africa, where HQ creams became popular in1960s.

Advanced Triple Whitening Serum a newer formula that seems to be more effective than hydroquinone. It blocks and inhibits melanin production in dark areas, lightens skin tone, helps remove and lighten dark spots, prevents oxidization, and hydrates and moisturizes the skin. Ingredients: Chondrus Crispus (Seaweed) Extract, Purified Water (Aqua), Hyaluronic Acid, Rumex Occidentalis Extract, Nonapeptide-1, Alpha-Arbutin, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin.

– Many women use topical creams to improve skin pigmentation, but although they may help, it is not the long lasting and most effective treatment. Many cosmetics that promise skin bleaching effect might be even harmful as they often contain toxic chemicals which actually speed up the ageing process. On the other hand, there are some good quality glutathione creams which are beneficial and will help to gain better results. Glutathione works by reducing melanin in your skin.

OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS

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– The most important aspect of successful treatment is lifestyle and diet according to the recommendations listed in the HEALTH RECOVERY PLAN > Please study it carefully and do your best to use the remedies and implement all the principles. If you manage to do it you will recover from this problem.

– Drink more filtered water between meals (distilled water is the best option). Read more >

Exercise. Getting plenty of high-intensity exercise helps your body flush out toxins, including those in your skin’s pores. Plus, exercise is vitally important to all other aspects of your health. Practice HIIT exercise > every day as it is the most effective way of losing weight (key cause of dark inner thighs), but make sure that when you exercise you wear natural shorts to prevent direct skin friction between thighs.

– Did you know that a good night’s sleep can decrease your stress and lead to clearer skin? Your body’s time for healing and rebuilding is at night while you sleep, and this applies to your skin. Sleep is also required for good energy and mood.

Alternative hot and very cold or icy compress on thighs will improve blood circulation and detoxification of the skin.

– If you happen to have access to an infrared sauna, this can be helpful, because the more you sweat, the more you flush unwanted debris and contaminants out of your pores.

– Prevent discharges by using pads.

– Wear only natural 100% cotton underwear and shorts (not very tight).

Glutathione is also regarded as the best healthy skin promoting and skin lightening supplement according to the black and dark-skinned women who attempt to beautify and lighten their skin. According to those who use supplements increasing glutathione levels in the body, the skin is not only lighter but also smoother, younger and stronger. A study found positive results after only one month in a small group of participants, making many dark-skinned women very optimistic and hoping that over extended time of using this antioxidant in the form of supplements it can whiten the skin. Glutathione may help to whiten the skin because it reduce free radicals in the body that activate enzyme Tyrosinase which causes an increase in melanin (skin pigment) production. By reducing skin pigment release glutathione lightens the skin. However, to see the results patience is required as it takes 4004 to 6 months to notice the difference in the form of a smoother and lighter skin.

Alpha Lipoic Acid is the most important after glutathione in our cells and is involved in energy production, blood sugar control, brain health, detoxification and therefore also skin health and quality as it will prevent skin cells from being damaged by free radicals. The body usually makes it, but given all the stresses we are under as well as many other factors, we are always deficient. As I mentioned before, glutathione supplementation has not been proven to be an effective way due to poor absorption and because it has low ability to accumulate in our brain. Fortunately, lipoic acid has been shown excellent ability to increase intracellular glutathione levels by about 70%!!! In addition it can also regenerate and increase other common antioxidants such as vitamins C or E in our body. Another good news is that lipoic acid is able to chelate iron which tends to be catalysed into very harmful activity by the antibiotic gentamicin. Unfortunately, iron works as a pro-oxidant, which means it can significantly increase the harmful free-radical activity. It means that Alpha lipoic acid’s has also the ability to disarm the harmful iron!

– To improve the colour, quality and health of the skin there is nothing more important than to detoxify the body and boost GLUTATHIONE >.

– Read article on SKIN LIGHTENING (WHITENING) > and you will find the most effective ways to increase this most important antioxidant.

– As far as skin detoxification is concerned take about 20 tablets or 2 tablespoons of organic CHLORELLA before breakfast. Read more about amazing health benefits of this incredible super algae >

Wash your body two times a day. Use only soaps (such as Dr. Bronner’s Pure-Castile Soap o even better natural soaps with charcoal or clay), shampoos, cosmetics, deodorant or detergents with harmless natural ingredients.

– Since folic acid (folate) deficiency (diet low in green leafy vegetables) can lead to hyperpigmentation make sure you include parsley leaf, spinach, kale or other green leafy vegetables in your diet every day as by far they are the highest sources of folate. If you do this you wont need supplements. If you can’t have vegetables use only methylfolate form of this vitamin (about 200-400mcg a day).

– Go on an anti-inflammatory diet: Get plenty of fresh raw vegetable juices and raw vegetables (especially those rich in carotenoids such as carrots, as well as green leafy vegetables) and fresh fruits. Drink fresh vegetable juices with 1 teaspoon of ground organic turmeric.

– Avoid pro-inflammatory oils and margarines and containing them junk food. Use only raw organic Coconut oil.

– Consume foods high in omega 3 fatty acids: Ground flax seed, flax oil, soaked in water for at least 30 minutes chia seeds. In addition take 2000mg a day of good quality omega 3 fish oil. Viridian makes excellent organic omega 3 fish oil with added antioxidant to prevent oxidation.

– Avoid sugar, gluten, dairy, stimulants including coffee and tea, alcohol, etc.

– Take 1000mg of evening primrose oil or star flower oil (borage oil).

Zinc citrate (50 to 100mg after meal).

Vitamin D3 (10 – 20,000 IU a day). Without adequate vitamin D, your body cannot control infection, in your skin or elsewhere. Exposing large areas of your skin to appropriate amounts of sunshine is the best way to optimize your vitamin D levels, or use a safe tanning bed. You should expose your skin until you just barely begin turning pink, which indicates you’ve generated the optimal amount of vitamin D for the day.

– A 400 IU of vitamin E capsule taken internally every day can reduce the appearance of dark spots on the skin. At the same time use vitamin E externally to get much better results: Puncture a vitamin E capsule, squeeze the capsule with vitamin E oil onto your finger and rub the oil onto the dark spots. Repeat the process at least once a day.

– There is also evidence that addressing a very common today, due to soil depletion or refined diet, Magnesium deficiency can increase glutathione levels, and vice versa, as boosting glutathione can increase magnesium too. Magnesium is required for proper functioning of enzyme gamma glutamyl transpeptidase which is necessary for the synthesis of Glutathione. The optimum daily intake of good quality magnesium such as magnesium citrate is considered at 400- 800 mg per day. Best dietary sources of magnesium are greens such as spinach, squash, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, beans, walnuts, almonds and Brazil nuts. However, due to soil depletion diet alone may not be sufficient today to provide our body with proper amount of this most important mineral, all the more since there are many other factors that are involved in his problem. Also regular vitamin D supplementation, which is necessary today, leads to magnesium deficiency as well.

– Include good probiotic formula to boost good bacteria in your colon.

Externally try to use raw organic coconut oil, castor oil  and vitamin E oil. Avoid cosmetics with harmful chemicals. Many of today’s skin care products, soaps, shampoos, and cosmetics are nothing more than a toxic mixture of chemicals which cause more skin problems than they solve.

Agnus castus is the best herbal remedy I know to treat PMS and regulate one of the female sex hormones – progesterone. However, not too many people realise that men produce some progesterone too. In our bodies it used to prevent testosterone (male sex hormone) from converting into an inflammatory type of testosterone which may cause inflammatory acne in teenage boys. So if you know any young man with acne encourage him to take Agnus castus capsules (Natures aid) or tincture (Natures answer) for a couple of months as it will help if the condition is related to the progesterone imbalance.

No gluten, low or no grain diet (stimulate igf-1). If you are not gluten sensitive use organic Spelt flower instead of wheat.

Low-glycaemic diet, no simple sugars (fructose, white flour, corn syrup, etc.), no chocolate & cheese, low fruit diet (fructose), more raw vegetable juices and raw vegetables.

– Avoid or at least reduce consumption of dairy and meat products.

– Good quality multivitamin-mineral formula (high in B vitamins): 1 tablet after breakfast. Please do not buy cheap formulas as their potency is very low and they contain only short list of inorganic ingredients. It must be a good quality formula such as Healthy Mega (HealthAid), VM75 (Solgar) or Special Two (NOW Foods) which are an excellent multi-vitamin and mineral formulas fortified with alfalfa powder, rutin, citrus bioflavonoids, bromelain, herbs, digestive enzymes and many other super nutrients. If your diet is very healthy and you stay away from refined foods, sugar and stimulants then take only 1/2 tablet after breakfast.

– Since Vitamin B complex (B1, B2, B3, B6, B12, Folate) play very important role in dealing with ADHD I recommand getting B complex with a good quality multivitamin-mineral formula which is high in B vitamins. One of my favourite ones is Healthy Mega (HealthAid) as it is not only high in B vitamins and at the same time it contains zinc, selenium, herbs, digestive enzymes, micronutrients, and few super grasses. Compared with other popular formulas Healthy mega may contain even up to 60 times more vitamins per tablet!

Adults may take 1 tablet of Healthy Mega after breakfast, children 1/2 tablet (or less) crushed and mixed with juice after breakfast.

– Learn to control stress.

SPIRITUAL, MORAL & EMOTIONAL EMPOWERMENT

SPIRITUAL, MORAL & EMOTIONAL EMPOWERMENT

Most of us know from experience that it is very difficult and often even impossible to control stress, overcome fear, anxiety and depression, or to become a positive-thinking person simply because those negative emotions and fears seem to be a part of our nature. The good news however is that many people claim to find inward peace and great improvement in emotional health as a result of daily heart-felt meditation and spiritual communion with a Higher Power. However, according to medical research this kind of spiritual approach is effective only when combined with a sincere faith in a powerful but at the same time loving and carrying God. On the other hand, believing in a demanding, punishing and vengeful God was associated with increased risk of depression and mental disorders.

Also thoughtful reading an uplifting spiritual literature such as the Gospel of John (found in the Bible), which presents God as always loving, saving, healing, forgiving, and self-sacrificing, is another great way to find inward peace, hope and happiness.

In case you lack strong will power, which is required to improve lifestyle, avoid junk food and stimulants, don’t forget about daily fervent prayers and reading or listening to a good spiritual literature (such as the Bible, Desire of Ages > and Ministry of Healing> by Ellen G White available online free of charge). It will greatly increase the effectiveness of your improved diet and lifestyle.

“Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus” (1Thessalonians 5:16-18, NIV);

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:6-7, NIV).

Because from my own experience I know and remember how difficult it was, in my case, to change my eating habits and give up on junk food and stimulants using my own pathetic at that time will power, I recommend to you reading or listening to a book Steps to Christ> and Great Controversy > by Ellen White. If you carefully study all the information presented there and follow the steps, you will not only become victorious but will actually experience an inward peace and transformation which will enable you to enjoy your new lifestyle (including diet and regular physical activity).

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