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What is the best bleaching lotion for very dark armpits that i can buy with out going to see someone?

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Dr. Edgar Mendizabal answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Dark armpits: They might be acanthosis nigricans, something that cannot be bleached and sometimes associated with diabets or polycystic ovary disease. See an endocrinologist.

Dr Jacobson agreed

Answered 11/1/2013

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