Nasal Hair; How Far To Go?

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❝As a man in his sixties I find I need to trim my nasal hair quite frequently, otherwise it sticks out in an unsightly manner. But I’m never sure how severely I should cut the hairs back, or even how best to do it. Please advise.❞

As you might know, those hairs are really important for our health, so let’s start by mentioning that yes, trimming is the way, not plucking!

In an ideal world, we’d not trim them further back than the entrance to our nostrils, but given the constant nature of hair-growing, that could become a Sisyphean task.

A good compromise, if you’re not up for trimming when you get up and having visible hairs by evening, is to put the scissors away (if you haven’t already) and use a nasal hair trimmer; these are good at a) trimming nasal hairs b) abstaining from trimming them too far back.

By all means shop around, but here’s an example product on Amazon, for your convenience!

• Note 1: despite the product description, please do not stick this in your ear (or any other orifice that’s not your nose, for the love of all that is holey)
• Note 2: we chose that one for a reason; the shape of the head prevents overtrimming.
  • In contrast, we do not recommend this cheaper one that has a different shape head for a closer trim, which in this case, is not what we want.

Enjoy!