How to clean dirty skin

[Brut]

hey, i have done a search but have found nothing regarding this topic..

the area around my groin region, waistline and arm pits are dirtier than the rest of the body... i have tried scrubbing and using many soaps, but none seem to remove any of it.. if there anything i can use to clean this?

Would be greatly appreciated as this is a very embarassing problem.. :(

Cheers in Advance..
Brut

[guapagirl]

Hi Brut

You could do a mix of sugar, honey and olice oil. Mix to a stiffish paste and massage into wet skin and then rinse off. this is a very gentle body scrub and if the dark areas ARE dirt it will come off.

That said, I think the Doc's right and it is not muck at all. It could be discolouration due to chaffing, especially if you live somewhere warm and perspire a bit (My OH has a similar discolouration due to this). This can cause the skin to become a bit dried out. Gentle exfoliation and thorough drying after washing should sort it out. I really don't think that being a soap dodger in your youth would have had any impact :D

[Guest]

what happened to the other posts in this thread?

So, with gentle exfoliation and drying, and moisturising i should be able to get rid of the discolouration?

[drtodorov]

Whether this works or not will depend on the cause of the discoloration - whether it is chaffing, hyperpigmentation, etc. For chaffing, that might work but for hyperpigmentation - not likely.

[Danna]

Hello,

I'm new here and I did not see the answer about what to do if the skin is actually dirty. I was homeless for a while and as a result I did not get to bathe as often and as I would have liked and as a result my skin is literally dirty. This is pretty embarrassing so any info as to special soaps and stuff would really be helpful. Thanks for your help.

[drtodorov]

Skin's surface is regularly renewing itself. So, if it just dirt, a regular washing with a soap and a scrub should eliminate all the dirt -- if not immediately, at least over a period of some days.