Dark Brown Under Arm, Knees, Elbows, Dark Circles, Fair In Color. Is Retinol Good To Get Rid Of Darkness?

Hi Ashwini, Thanks for writing to us. You seem to be having three complaints Dark inner thighs, underarms( could be frictional or due to acanthosis nigricans) Dark elbows and knees Dark circles To treat dark underarms and thighs use a tretinoin and hydroquinone based cream like skinlite ever. It should be used in night and in very small amount. If used in large quantities may lead to redness and peeling For knees and elbows, use xerina cream. It is a moisturising cream with keratolytic property ie it will remove dry dead cells providing smooth elbows and knees. For dark circles- avoid stress Take well balanced nutritious fit, exercise daily. Avoid visual strain in form of TV and laptop. Sleep at least for 8 hours Apply kojivit cream twice in a day. If dark circles are hereditary, these would hardly improve. Similarly never lying cause like iron deficiency etc should be ruled out. Hope that helped. Take care