How to Hide Nose Hair

Use scissors to reduce the appearance of your nose hair.

Nose hair serves a purpose. It is primarily designed to filter the air we breathe to help prevent illness and infection. However, long nose hairs can be unsightly and unattractive. The easiest way to hide long nose hairs is to remove them completely or to trim them past the line of your nasal opening. Products are available that safely remove nose hair without causing irritation. Avoid using hair removal creams as the fumes can make you sick and cause severe irritation to your mucus membranes.

Things You'll Need

• Nose hair trimmers
• Tweezers
• Sanitizing solution
• Facial soap
• Small hand mirror

Instructions

1. Wash your face with facial soap.

2. Sanitize your tweezers, scissors or nose hair trimmer with a sanitizing solution such as isopropyl alcohol or salt water solution.

3. Tweeze your nose hairs by carefully gripping each hair and gently removing it by pulling it out of your skin. Use small scissors or a nose hair trimmer instead of plucking.

4. Trim your nose hairs by inserting the tip of the scissors or trimmer into your nasal passage and clipping the hair close to your skin. Take care not to cut yourself. Use a hand mirror to ensure that you have trimmed all visible hair.

5. Blow your nose to remove any hair that may have been trimmed and become trapped in your other nose hairs.

6. Rinse around your nose with clean, cool water. Clean your scissors, tweezers and trimmers.

Tips & Warnings

• To avoid injury, do not to insert the scissors, trimmers or tweezers too far into your nasal passage.

References

• Daily Glow: How to Deal With Pesky Nose Hairs
• My Health and Fitness: Learn to Clip Nose Hair With Nose Hair Trimmers
• YGOY: How to Get Rid of Nose Hair