Xtreme Brite Brightening Gel 1oz

I got this gel because of a youtube video, crazy enough. The woman had really dark under arms and after awhile they brightened significantly. I saw comments saying it did work, and reviews saying the same thing, so I decided to try it out.When I first got it, the tube looks like a paint tube. You have to poke a hole for the gel to come out. But what I really didn't like is that there were no instructions... not even "visit out website on how to use this, and tips!, etc". So I have no idea if one should use a this lightly or as other brands say "generously apply...".Anyway, I have a problem with dark underarms, I'm 20 years old and I just never had confidence wearing sleeveless jerseys. You always see on television people with basically no under arm problems, or even your friends, and here you are stuck with dark looking arms for no apparent reason, and it's embarrassing!So I've been using this gel for about... a month or so, maybe less. I use it everyday AFTER I shower. I've been just applying my deodorant over it, but I have a feeling I'm going to have to switch to a non-aluminum deodorant or something, because I have heard aluminum contributes to darkness. Or just do what my grandma does (SHE HAS NO UNDER ARM PROBLEMS, YET I DO LOL!) and put lemon and water under my armpits, though that can be irritating.At first when I used this for a week, I didn't see much results. But then I started to really look and notice the area was brightening. It also looks natural (so far). My left under arm though doesn't seem to have much improved but I sort of see brightening AROUND the darkened area... so I will update on how that goes. But so far, this does work. I've even showed my mom (lol) and she notices the area is much brighter and it wasn't as ugly as it use to be. I'm confident with my right under arm but not my left underarm... so I could wear a sleeveless with only a right underarm haha.WARNING!!! YOU SHOULD READ THIS!!! ... But I must say, I would be scared to try this on my face. If you have had success with this, good for you. But one day I tried putting the gel under my arms after I epilated my under arms and IT BURNED SO BAD. It also left scrapping marks. Now, I'm an idiot for doing that. But I didn't think it would be so harsh. I immediately washed it off and I haven't had any ugly markings or anything. It disappeared after 2 days or so. But this thing is more harsh than it appears. If you have openings or cuts or anything, this WILL BURN AND LEAVE MARKS!!! If you have acne and you've popped your pimples or still have it severely, your open pores may burn like hell. I would not even attempt this on hormonal acne or anything, this might make it worse. I have acne actually, and I have scars. My acne has calmed down majorly, but before when I had just a small amount of acne, I tried to do something for my scars. It got worse and now I'm back to normal with even more scars... my advice, just leave your scars alone if you've suffered so much pain trying to get rid of them. Maybe if you find something really gentle, give it a shot. But a lot of things nowadays are HARSH and ABRASIVE. It makes everything worse. Just take it from me. My face is okay now but PAIN IS BEAUTY. THAT'S ALL I GOTTA SAY ABOUT THAT!! lolBy the way, if you shave your under arms, you are also asking for trouble if you want to use this gel. This will burn the hell out of your under arms and leave more marks if you apply this after shaving or something. You'd have to wait a few days to even apply this. If you want to get rid of under arm darkness I suggest you WAX or EPILATE anyway. I have to Emjoi epilator (sold on amazon too), and for 2 years of using this, my under arm darkness also lightened significantly because I wasn't shaving constantly and irritating my skin. Shaving can contribute to under arm darkness too!!! When I stopped shaving I saw a MASSIVE improvement. Then this gel just makes it better. BUT again, you're asking for trouble if you put this on irritated, broken skin or anything that was just shaven, waxed, epilated, or is just sensitive in general. BECAREFUL!!!

The reviews got me very excited. So, I bought this thing. I have started using the product. I have applied it on my armpits, knees, lower tummy and elbows. My elbows and knees are naturally black while my skin in general is light brown. I had a bad reaction with one of the hair removal creams and got my armpits all burnt. I am allergic to several metals, this one belt-metallic, I wore once burnt my low tummy region and it's pitch black over there. Nothing (scrubs, lemons, other tangy fruits or strawberries) has ever helped me removing these out-place-natural pigmentation and burns. Let's see how Xtreme Brite fairs in due course of time.First of all this product didn't sting me despite the fact that when I spray perfume over my underarms, it burns like hell. So, this is a good thing, I can apply Xtreme Brite in the morning after shower and forget about it till night time application. This product says that it's for the face to remove acne marks. I haven't applied on my face yet although I do have some marks to worry about. I am using Xtreme Brite on other areas to see if thing works like the reviews claim.Ok so, this is the 5th day of my observation: My underarms were impossibly dark and now I can see a much cleansed one. I still cannot lift up my arm in public but my boyfriend greatly appreciated the improvement. I wasn't embarrassed, some confi was there when I was with him, that's all. So, I can see my actual skin color of the underarm that I had before it got all burnt up. The thing is, you have to apply this gel minimum two times a day and also forever otherwise you will lose the effect. Make sure before applying that you gently cleansed your skin with some light soap, like face wash etc., so this gel is obsorbed evenly on the skin. Also apply it sparingly, like make only one coat over the darkened region. This will make the gel be absorbed by the darkened skin region and avoid the other region to absorb it. Now the gel has no mind of its own, it will lighten any skin it can find, if you will focus on surrounding light skin, it will lighten that up too. The best way is to first apply only on the dark spots/regions and bring those to the level of your surrounding skin and then apply on the entire area to even out the skin color.Hope this helps as it helped me.