5 Natural And Permanent Ways To Remove Upper Lip Hair At Home

One of the most annoying problems we women face is unwanted facial growth especially upper lip hair. Many visit beauty salons regularly for waxing to remove the upper lip hair. But upper lip hair can be easily removed at home permanently with natural home remedies and I wanted to share all of them.

Excessive hair growth on face and body is called hirsutism and it is caused due to hormonal imbalance and is mostly common in women suffering from poly cystic ovarian syndrome (pcos).

Some hair on our upper lip is normal and is mostly genetic but if the hair growth is dark, coarse and very visible then it is highly likely to be due to hormonal imbalance.

The best way to stop hair growth on upper lip is to treat pcos and you can find how to treat pcos with natural home remedies easily here.

Once pcos is treated, upper lip hair won’t grow as thick and coarse anymore and you can easily remove the existing hair with the remedies given below.

# Nagamotha & Vasambu Powder

Take 100 grams of nagarmotha powder and 10 grams of vasambu powder, mix well and store in an airtight box. To use, take enough powder, mix it with water and apply. Both nagarmotha and vasambu powder have been used for hair removal in Tamil Nadu for many years.

# Turmeric

To use turmeric for hair removal, just take a tsp of turmeric powder and add enough milk to form a paste and apply. Turmeric is very effective for hair removal and you can use either kasthuri turmeric or normal cooking turmeric. If you have oily skin, mix it with rose water.

# Alum & Rose Water

Take a tsp of alum powder in a bowl, alum is called Phitkari in Hindi and Padikaram in Tamil. Alum is sold in block form in India and is called shaving alum as men rub alum block on their cheeks after shaving to heal cuts caused while shaving. Buy alum block and powder it in mortar and pestle and then use. Mix alum powder with enough rose water to from a paste and apply.

# Sugar Scrub

Sugar scrubs if used regularly arrests unwanted hair growth but try to use fine sugar else it will cause skin irritation. To use, take 1 tsp of fine sugar in a bowl, I prefer to use caster sugar that is used for baking as it is very fine. Add enough orange juice to form a paste and apply. This is one of my favorite scrubs.

# Gram Flour

Take 1 tsp of gram flour in a bowl. Add 1/4 tsp of kasthuri turmeric to it. Now add enough milk to form a paste and apply. Gram flour is an another ingredient that has been used for hair removal from ancient times in India and this gram flour mask is especially famous.