5 Natural Ways To Get Rid Of Underarm Hair

If you thought facial hair was bad, wait until your body hair begins to grow out of control! Everyone has, at least, a little bit of body hair--under their arms, around their genitals, on their legs, and so on. Then there are the people unlucky enough to sprout hair from harder-to-reach places: their backs, their shoulders, their arms, etc.

Some body hair is to be expected, to men and women alike. But what do you do when it darkens, thickens, and makes you look like you're wearing a hair rug on your back or shoulders? Get rid of it, of course!

There are so many ways how to get rid of body hair from shaving to waxing to laser hair removal but what about natural methods? Are there ways to get rid of your body hair using ONLY ingredients found in nature? No lasers, no harsh hair removal creams, and definitely no risk of razor burn!

* Raw Papaya

- Using a knife, peel and chop the papaya into small cubes. Use a fork to mash the cubes into a thick, juicy papaya pulp.

- Grate a knuckle-sized piece of raw turmeric root using the smallest holes. This will give you zest-sized pieces, which you can mix into the papaya pulp. Mix the pulp well to ensure the turmeric is properly absorbed, and apply the paste to the body parts with unwanted hair.

- Gently massage the pulp into your skin, and let it sit for up to 20 minutes. Once the time has passed, rinse the pulp from your skin with warm water. There may be a bit of yellowing of your skin (the result of the turmeric), but it will fade in a few days.

- This is a remedy to repeat once or twice a week. Once the body hair has lightened, you can shave/wax. Give your skin a day to recover, then apply the mixture again. Keep applying it regularly, and you may not have to worry about waxing or shaving for a long time!

* Turmeric

- Mix a tablespoon of turmeric powder with an equal amount of gram flour, and stir well to combine. Pour in the sesame oil until you have a thick paste. Using your fingers, apply the paste to the areas with unwanted body hair.

- Let the mixture dry and sit for about 30 minutes before rinsing off with warm water. Use a gentle scrubbing motion to get rid of the paste, and a bit of hair will come off. You can repeat this remedy once weekly to deal with your body hair!

* Sugar, Lemon, and Honey

- Mix a tablespoon of sugar with a tablespoon each of honey and lemon juice. Place the mixture in a metal bowl, and place that bowl over a double boiler. This will heat the liquid slowly (preventing burning), dissolving the sugar and turning it into a thick wax-like paste.

- Note: Add water to thin out an overly thick paste, or mix in cornstarch to thicken a too-thin paste.

- Apply a bit of cornstarch to the areas you want to wax. This will help to prevent the wax mixture from clinging to your skin.

- Using a wooden spoon, apply the wax to your skin in the direction of the hairs. Pat, a strip of waxing cloth into the still-soft wax, allow it to cool and harden, and rip off. It works like a regular wax, but far more natural!

* Sugar and Lemon

- Squeeze the juice of one lemon. You will need about 2 tablespoons of lemon juice. Stir in 2 tablespoons of sugar and half a cup of warm water. This will form an acidic liquid that you can apply to your face with your hands.
- Apply it in the direction that the hairs are facing, and let it sit for about 20 minutes. You'll feel your skin getting stiff and crackling. After 20 minutes, wash it off with warm water, using a gentle rubbing motion. This will help to exfoliate your skin and ensure the lemon juice/sugar mixture is absorbed into the follicles.

- Repeat this remedy two or three times a week, and you'll see hair lightening immediately. Overall body hair growth will decrease after a couple of weeks.

* Egg and Cornstarch

- Crack the egg white into a mixing bowl, and stir in half a tablespoon of cornstarch and a tablespoon of sugar. Mix well until it forms a thick, smooth paste. Apply the paste to your skin, let it dry (25 minutes or so), and peel it off pulling out hair in the process!

- Choosing these natural methods to remove unwanted body hair proves to be the best not only because these require you to use natural ingredients, they are also highly available.

- The ingredients can mostly be found at home and they contain beneficial natural chemicals which don't have any negative effects on the body.