The skin on my knees is several shades darker (I am fair skinned).  How can I lighten it?
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Baking Soda is one of the best cleaners around! It will clean ANYTHING!! Use it all over your body, house, car anywhere you want.  It even acts as deodorant and can soak up moisture. Put some on a damp wash cloth and scrub away the dirt. Lemons are another way to lighten your skin.  Take a nice hot baking soda bath once a week or as often as you like but make sure to wash every day with baking soda instead of regular soap and watch what happens as you are drying yourself off!\nGood luck\nSissy
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My mom works for Elizabeth Arden and she is also dark skinned. She usually uses bronzing powder or cream cover-up. Sometimes the cover-up can get heavy so I would suggest using bronzer or some type of concealer.
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yes it is and there is no real cure except for some very expensive and costly light treatments. I have it, but for me it is patchy and I am so fair skinned that I would never consider treating if.  I heard the light treatments are successful on dark skinned people
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dont do anything to change your skin color. do you know how many people wish they had darker skin. look how many people go to the tanning bed. whoever is making fun of you are just jealous of your pretty skin color. i have indian in me and always get compliments on my skin and how pretty it is. so stay like you are.
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Likely not cosmetics unless it's causing an allergic reaction-if that were the case, you'd likely have some symptoms, dryness, peeling, inflammation, etc. \n\nLook to your ethnicity. Mediterreans, African Americans etc have more melanin in the skin (one of the things melanin does is give color) and as one grows older, these changes do seem to occur. \n\nThis information comes from just being around for a while and being a person of color myself as well as being a medical professional. \n\nIf you are of a lighter skinned ethnicity and the darkness is significant, a visit to a dermatologist may give you a better answer.
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go to tanning bed honey believe it or not it should help you a lot
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We can be, it just doesn't show up as well on our skin.  I have very dry skin on my knees.  When you look close it appears ashy, but from afar, it doesn't.  The dead skin just blends in with my pastey white legs!
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u should get laser treatment that will work. but if u r looking 4 a simpler way then put bronzer on ur legs to cover it up. \n\n(i would go 4 the surgery.)
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it lightens your skin.. it's cosmetic...if you have freckles, you can have them lighten to the point that you don't see them anymore, or if your overall skin color is darker, and you believe the hype that fairer skin is beautiful (like many african actors and actresses), you can take pills, use creams, or have your skin lasored to lighten it...becareful if you are considering doing this...do the research first
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You need to be under a doctors care and by all means stay out of bright light--long sleeves, a hat etc---bright flourescent lighting is also bad for you.  There are many methods of treatment -- you can check it out on line in the medical areas.
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We all have different amounts of melanin in our skin. If we have less, our skin is lighter. If we have more, our skin is darker.
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lotion with bronzer in it will make it seem like your skin is really darker than it is, so when the bronze washes away (approx. 5 days) you'll be like wow, wheres my good tan? Hopefully you put on a tanning sticker so you can see when your tan begins fading back to your skin color :)
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if its very dark then u should go to a good skin doctor .and if its not so dark then its normal because i do have n many people have it .wat happens is that its not an open side for sunligth as ur face do or may because of u will wash ur face a lot than ur boby .or because of sweat .
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keep ur knees in hot water for a few minutes.\nIt will give a lot of relief
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You need a cream with hydroquinone.  Most OTC brands (like Porcelana) are 2%.  Try that first; if it doesn't work, there are stronger prescription-strength creams available.  You *must* stay out of the sun while using this; it can turn your skin blue or black.\n\nTo the poster below:  Some skin conditions leave areas of darker pigmentation.  Melasma, the "mask of pregnancy" is one of them.  It can be quite noticeable on a light-skinned caucasian, and the hydroquinone creams can lighten the discolorations *without* damaging the skin.
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I say this on the Tyra Banks show the other day and it worked!!\nput some vaseline on your elbow and the cut a pair of socks open slide the sock over your elow and sleep with it on overnight or aleast a few hours you will notice a big differnce in the texture and coloring around the skin!
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You will, my dear, have to learn to accept the skin you were born with...Staying out of the sun and religious use of sunscreen will help prevent darkening, but nothing can change your basic complexion... get a makeover in the cosmetic departments of your favorite stores to learn how to make the most of your natural beauty and then revel in it.