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To think unsightly bushy nose hairs should be banned?

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PolllyPockett · 12/01/2024 19:27

Nothing grosses me out more than a person with a full bush protruding from their nose. You just think to yourself how these people get ready in the morning, look in the mirror and then think it’s acceptable to leave the house with disgusting black or grey hairs sticking out. Only takes a few seconds once a month to remove every nose hair you have and for you to look significantly more presentable!

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PolllyPockett · 12/01/2024 20:59

Nose hair trimmers cost 8 pounds

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Northernsouloldies · 12/01/2024 20:56

Waxed nose, flamed ears, bloody hair sprouts when you get older, my Dw thinks it looks hilarious, me with waxed cotton buds up my nose.

LikeagoddamnVampire · 12/01/2024 20:55

IncompleteSenten · 12/01/2024 20:25

Which sounds like a service I'd charge for but I didn't mean it like that

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thinslicedham · 12/01/2024 20:51

There are lots of things about the human body that aren't exactly attractive. We all have our limits to how much we're willing to suffer for beauty. I don't love nose hairs, but a trimmer is as far as I'd go. The thought of pulling them out with hot wax makes me feel ill. I'm not a fan of the idea of waxing at all, anywhere, incidentally. Worse than the hair, by far.

IncompleteSenten · 12/01/2024 20:51

Body shaming is criticising one or more aspects of a person's body, so it could be argued that talking about how gross nose hair is and that people are disgusting fits that term.

It's a broader term than, for example, fat shaming.

Sapphire387 · 12/01/2024 20:50

Chickenkeev · 12/01/2024 20:35

Do you secretly hate him 😂

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Not enough to give him a brain infection, which people are saying it can cause!! Yikes. He's relieved to hear I'll have to stop.

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PolllyPockett · 12/01/2024 20:48

BayCityCoaster · 12/01/2024 20:36

I mean, YANBU, but how much of an issue is this for you, OP…?

I don’t even notice people’s nose hair. Let alone be so bothered that I’m moved to start a thread about it. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Like someone else said. I don’t want fat uncle Harry to give me a kiss on the cheek and my nose is getting a chin tickle but not from his moustache.

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PolllyPockett · 12/01/2024 20:48

LooksLikeIPickedTheWrongWeekToQuitDrinking · 12/01/2024 20:47

What a horrible, body-shaming thread.

Body shaming??? How is it body shaming! I’m asking people to go shave their nostrils of protruding hair.

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LooksLikeIPickedTheWrongWeekToQuitDrinking · 12/01/2024 20:47

What a horrible, body-shaming thread.

greengreengrass25 · 12/01/2024 20:44

Surely you don't want to put your health in jeopardy

Marblessolveeverything · 12/01/2024 20:43

And you overrule their body autonomy how?

Perhaps you haven't been aware but these days it is expected people to not judge appearance, accept people's choices and be less shallow. You may benefit from a bit of reeducation.

WhatNoUsername · 12/01/2024 20:40

"Only takes a few seconds once a month to remove every nose hair you have and for you to look significantly more presentable!"

You've obviously not got PCOS or been through the menopause!

BayCityCoaster · 12/01/2024 20:36

I mean, YANBU, but how much of an issue is this for you, OP…?

I don’t even notice people’s nose hair. Let alone be so bothered that I’m moved to start a thread about it. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Chickenkeev · 12/01/2024 20:35

Sapphire387 · 12/01/2024 20:33

Oh I love it when my DH gets a stray nose hair or five and I can get my tweezers out.

Do you secretly hate him 😂

VeryHungrySeaCucumber · 12/01/2024 20:35

There's nothing wrong with body hair of any type so long as it, and the rest of the person, are clean.

You just have a skewed idea of what 'taking care of oneself' means - many people do.

Lots of articles in the press about why it's bad to pluck nosehairs, by the way. People can trim if they like. Or not. Let them do them and you do you, eh?

Sapphire387 · 12/01/2024 20:33

Oh I love it when my DH gets a stray nose hair or five and I can get my tweezers out.

Thedogscollar · 12/01/2024 20:31

There might be something about you that grosses us all out.
Why are people so judgemental about other people's bodies 🙄

Jeannie88 · 12/01/2024 20:30

Tbh I've never seen this! I would imagine removing those nostril hairs would help one to breathe more easily?

Cuppachuchu · 12/01/2024 20:26

IncompleteSenten · 12/01/2024 20:25

Which sounds like a service I'd charge for but I didn't mean it like that

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Cuppachuchu · 12/01/2024 20:25

There is a good reason we have them, and it's to repel germs and dirt.
Also, plucking them can create infections and can even result in serious illness (your brain is right behind there).

IncompleteSenten · 12/01/2024 20:25

Which sounds like a service I'd charge for but I didn't mean it like that

IncompleteSenten · 12/01/2024 20:24

Moier · 12/01/2024 19:54

You mean on women? Never seen nose hair on females and never had it myself.
On men YUK.. but l don't like beards and mustaches either.. or hairy chests/ backs.. testicles. I think l suffer with chaetophobia.

I'm a woman.
I've got pcos.
I'm fat, have androgenic alopecia, a moustache and beard (if I let the bastards grow), and as I age, my nose hair is joining the party along with my eyebrows. (Heseltine has nothing on me).

God I'm gorgeous. I'm surprised I'm not having to beat men off at the door. 🤣🤣🤣

KnowledgeableMomma · 12/01/2024 20:23

YABU. I don't gatekeep people's nose hair beauty or lack thereof. It's their nose, not mine. There are plenty of places for your delicate eyes to focus on, if someone's nose hair is making you lose your sh*t.

JacquiDaytona · 12/01/2024 20:20

I have AU and not a single nose hair. Now though you can see right up my nose and it’s always tickly and itchy.

Enjoy your nasal hair, it’s more purposeful that I ever realised!!

IncompleteSenten · 12/01/2024 20:18

Nose hair is an air filtration system.
The hairs grow longer as we age because of changes to hair follicles.