Once I got into my mid 30’s, the follicle production in my nostrils became more polific. I have trimmed these hairs using a trimmer but not that often. The hairs don’t grow that fast, and I have found it easier to just pull them, or pluck them as they get to a certain length.
But when I do pull them out, I have noticed that I will always sneeze after the hairs have been removed. I’m sure there’s some sort of nervous system reaction occuring that the pulling the hair from the follicle that triggers the sneezing reaction, but I don’t know, if it’s just me.
So anybody else have this happen? What’s the reason?
I get the same thing. It also triggers the eye-watering reflex, so I guess it affects the same nerves as general irritation of the nasal passages, and your body thinks it has to flush out some irritant.
I don’t think it’s that. Because the plucking of the hairs isn’t the same as when dust or something else get’s in my nostrils. In fact, I don’t normally sneeze when that happens. And if the hair doesn’t come out of the follicle, there’s no sneeze. The sneeze occurs after it is plucked.
Well, except, that it happens to me, too, but when I pluck my eyebrows. Eyes water, I sneeze. Does one of the facial nerves run through the whole general area, maybe?