Turkish researchers have found that spearmint tea can help remove excess facial and body hair from body. Using women want to get rid of the unwanted hair to look beautiful. This finding will throw new light in the beautification of body.
The study shows that women who have excess body hair (hirsuitism) after drinking 2 cups of herbal tea a day for 5 days showed significant decrease in body hair. Actually it reduces the free testosterone. Testosterone is a hormone secreted in males for development of secondary sexual characteristics like hair. If it is secreted in excess in females, it leads to excess hair known as hirsuitism.
The typical treatment for hirsuitism includes targeting excess levels of testosterone. The doctors recommend oral contraceptives to reduce the hormone secretion. This has been pointed out by Tamer and his team in a journal called Phytotherapy Reseach.