Brown skin under my underarms and belly.

[wowiekls]

My armpits are completely brown and have been for a couple of years, however in the past few months there have been brown spots that seem to be spreading from my armpits.  There are also a couple of brown spots under my breasts along my bra line.  And in the past month I have notices under my belly (i am overweight) there has been this growing patch of brown skin.  It is not spots like what is spreading from my armpits, it is just solid light brown.  It has grown from a small area and now it is starting to be on the inside of my thighs.  It looks dry and most of the time it does not itch.  The brown skin and spots under my arms never itches, however sometimes the brown skin under my belly will itch.  It is very unsightly.  I would greatly appreciate any suggestions.

Thank you.

[panda_99]

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[Girl001]

You sound like you also have alot of they symptoms of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, you should ask an endocrinologist about that as well

[shellfaulk]

Oh, this is so funny, as my skinny 15-year-old daughter whose tests came back negative for diabetes has these brown splotches on the back of her neck, both of her armpits, in between and under her breasts, and in the crook of both of her arms. The front of her neck looks a little swollen and feels velvety. She takes Lithium for bipolar, and her primary doctor flipped when she found this out! She said Lithium kills and probably is the cause of her brown spots. I have done so much research on the Internet and can find nowhere of any documented cases of Lithium causing this type of skin condition.

[nervousmummytobe]

I have this also! and seems to have started since i was pregnant . Is pregnancy related to this ?

[mstdg]

My son has the same spots we went to a dermatoligist  use all the meds nothing worked but we tried something different antifungl cream generic
for athletes feet and the brown is going away. You can not use reg. deoderant you have to use a spray because the rub on kind just makes it come back. This is what is working so far good luck.

[Kemaebe]

I have had these for years. They are called Seborrheic Keratosis and are not cancerous. They do tend to run in families. Also are common on overweight people, especially where skin rubs or where clothing rubs like bra lines, between the legs, under the arms, etc. You can have them removed if they itch but it's generally better to leave them alone. Check with your dermatologist.