# Best way to trim nose hairs? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 15, 2015, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-trim-nose-hairs/717723 "2015-04-15T11:54:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-trim-nose-hairs/717723/21 "2015-04-16T17:57:06Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Vise-Grips. Tie to the door knob and slam it. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-trim-nose-hairs/717723/22 "2015-04-16T18:10:57Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Grab a nose hair with your fingers. Twist it along the shaft by rolling it between your thumb and fingers. Keep doing so back and forth as quick as you can. Eventually the hair breaks off. I never thought of myself as overly fastidious, but if your nose hair is long enough to grab it with your fingers, it’s way too long already, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-trim-nose-hairs/717723/23 "2015-04-16T18:43:53Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > Tweezers. Pluck and sneeze. This. Every couple of months I spend twenty minutes pulling those little fuckers out by the roots. I’ve tried trimmers/scissors, but afterwards I can’t stand the stubble. Tweezing is somewhat painful, but the sneezing and crying are somehow entertaining, and the result is blissfully glabrous nostrils. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-trim-nose-hairs/717723/24 "2015-04-16T19:05:32Z")
[Buck Henry] To all you engineering-types I’ve got two words for you… Nostril FlowBe. [/Buck Henry] ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-trim-nose-hairs/717723/25 "2015-04-16T21:57:25Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > You can get special [nose-hair trimmers](http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000EBFJXS). They work quite well. Blah. Those are awful. They remind one that nose hairs are connected to the back of your eyeballs! I have a Groomsman that has a nose hair attachment. Works well and is pain free. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-trim-nose-hairs/717723/26 "2015-04-16T21:57:36Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > . . . Tweezing is somewhat painful, but the sneezing and crying are somehow entertaining . . . You can pretend that pirates have caught you and are trying to make you tell the location of your treasure. (That’s also a good way to get through dentist visits.) ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-trim-nose-hairs/717723/27 "2015-04-17T14:47:59Z")
[Most beard trimmers](http://www.drugstore.com/conair-all-in-one-battery-operated-beard-and-mustache-trimmer-model-gmt175r/qxp412185) come with a nose/ear hair attachment. ---
**Author:** ![Arcite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-trim-nose-hairs/717723/28 "2015-04-17T17:36:09Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > That’s why the electric ones are (IMO) better, because they go fast, and you only need one hand to hold them, while you (as CandidGamera said) use the other hand to manipulate your nose around to get the tough spots. What are you guys talking about? Are there hand-cranked models? ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-trim-nose-hairs/717723/29 "2015-04-17T17:42:52Z")
> [@Arcite](#): > > What are you guys talking about? Are there hand-cranked models? Steam-powered. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-trim-nose-hairs/717723.md?page=1)