Here at Styledash, we rarely bring up the issue of unwanted hair. It's sort of the great taboo of the beauty industry, and even though women spend millions on hair removal each year, no one seems to want to talk about it. Keeping that in mind, I did stumble across a fascinating story about unwanted hair over on the BBC website.

A team of Turkish researchers recently discovered that drinking two cups of spearmint tea each day reduces the production of male hormones in women. Hirsutism, the condition associated with excessive hair in women, is often the result of an overabundance of androgen or polycystic ovary syndrome.

Spearmint tea is known to reduce testosterone in men, so the researchers conducted a study to find out if the imbibe would have a similar -- but therapeutic -- effect on women. The researchers found a significant decrease in testosterone and an increase in several female hormones, which minimized hair production in the volunteers.

If you were looking for a reason to replace your afternoon cup of coffee with an herbal tea, this is certainly good motivation to ditch the caffeine. But don't get ahead of yourself quite yet -- more research is needed to determine whether or not this could be a natural alternative remedy for people suffering from hirsutism.