Unani Beautician offers tips and answers queries
 

I have lots of brown hair. How can I make it black?
Hair can turn brown due to dyeing, colouring, nutritional deficiencies and excessive exposure to the sun. Sometimes, protein deficiency can also lead to brown hair. Diet is important because the hair is fed by the nutrients in the blood stream. Eat a small bowl of sprouts daily and include curd, paneer, dals and beans in your diet. Mix one teaspoon of castor oil with one tablespoon of coconut oil. Heat this and apply it once or twice a week, the night before shampooing your hair. Do the hot towel wrap for better absorption. When you go out in the sun, cover your head with a scarf or duptatta, or carry a parasol.

My body is dark, but my face is fair. Suggest how I can get rid of dark skin in two months, as I am getting married.
Avoid excessive sun exposure, or carry an umbrella while you are out in the sun. Massage your body dily with olive oil or sesame seed oil. Mix besan with curd, lemon juice and a little turmeric and apply it on the exposed areas of your body three times a week. Wash it off a after half an hour. Or, you can mix rice powder with curd and a little haldi and use it as a body scrub two or three times and week. You can also go for body polish treatments at a beauty salon before the wedding.

I have thin eyebrows. How can I make them thick?
Apply a little castor oil on your eyebrows daily, as it is believed to encourage their growth. Meanwhile, you can make your eyebrows appear thicker by using an eyebrow pencil. Make short, light, feathery storkes with thepencil. Avoid harsh lines.

Does waxing guarantee hair removal? Does it have side effect?
Wasing is a good option for removal of body hair. Usually wax made from a sugar and lemon mixture is used by beauty salons. This is a better option since natural ingredients are used to prepare the wax. Waxing is not a permanentj solution. When the hair grows back, you will have to get waxing done again. However, it removes hair by the roots and is said to gradually lessen hair growth. Therefore, the interval between waxing will keep increasing the effect will last for a longer time.

How can scars left by pimples be removed?
For scars left behind by acne, we recommend clinical Veg Peel treatment. If you do not have any pimples, as a home remedy, apply a facial scrub twice a week. Mix rice powder with curd and a pinch of turmeric. Apply on the areas with scars and rub gently on the skin, with circular movements, first clockwise and then anticlockwise. Leave on for 5 minutes and wash off with water. Once daily, at any time, mix one teaspoon each of honey and lemon juice and apply it on the face. Wash it off with plain water after 15 minutes. Twice a week, mix 3 teaspoons of oats with one teaspoon each of honey, curd and lemon juice, or egg white. Apply on the entire face, avoiding the lips and the area around the yes. Wash it off after half an hour.