# Do rotary nose-hair trimmers actually work? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 5, 2022, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-rotary-nose-hair-trimmers-actually-work/972775 "2022-10-05T19:31:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 26
**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:** [October 7, 2022, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-rotary-nose-hair-trimmers-actually-work/972775/26 "2022-10-07T01:43:09Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Plucking nose hairs is supposed to be not a great idea; the nose is a dirty place and an exposed open follicle can get infected pretty easily. Quoting from a post of mine a few years ago on this topic: > [@Why do people continue to wage a war on body hair?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-continue-to-wage-a-war-on-body-hair/816725/34): > > I’ve heard before that it’s “not safe,” but I have no idea what “not safe” means. > > Does it mean that if 100 people do it every three months, one of them will eventually die from it (in which case I’ll stop)? > > Or does it mean that if 100,000 people do it every three months, then one of them will eventually die from it (in which case I’m not terribly worried)? > > FWIW, [this doctor says it’s a gross exaggeration of a theoretical problem -](https://www.indy100.com/article/danger-triangle-7433291) which brings up the question, are there documented cases of nose-hair plucking leading to life-altering complications? The article I linked to seems to be gone now, but I still haven’t heard of any actual cases of infection that could be tracked back to plucking nose hairs. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-rotary-nose-hair-trimmers-actually-work/972775)._