# Is there a good alternative to stuffing wads of Kleenex up my nose? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 17, 2004, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-good-alternative-to-stuffing-wads-of-kleenex-up-my-nose/250910 "2004-06-17T19:41:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-good-alternative-to-stuffing-wads-of-kleenex-up-my-nose/250910/21 "2004-06-18T20:35:24Z")
_eyeballs her DivaCup warily_ ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-good-alternative-to-stuffing-wads-of-kleenex-up-my-nose/250910/22 "2004-06-18T21:31:02Z")
A good altertative would be stuffing them down your bra. well, someone had to say it ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-good-alternative-to-stuffing-wads-of-kleenex-up-my-nose/250910/23 "2004-06-18T21:50:44Z")
> [@Doctor Jackson](#): > > Nah, I’m gonna invent a smaller, nostril friendly version of the menstrual cup just for Opal. It’s been done. Just use two of those little plastic caps from the top of disposable 20-oz water bottles. Shove one up each nostril. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2004, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-good-alternative-to-stuffing-wads-of-kleenex-up-my-nose/250910/24 "2004-06-19T23:47:29Z")
I said: > [@](#): > > Buy a WaterPik and get an attachment for spraying it up your nose. You dissolve about a teaspoon of salt in 100 ml of warm water and then gently blow out while shooting it up your nose. In case anyone’s playing along and might be interested in the WaterPik method, this should be 1 teaspoon dissolved in **1000 ml of warm water**. Possibly the less-metric challenged among us already realized this. However, my husband says that 1 tsp. per 800 ml is actually a better starting point; adjust water and salt to individual preference. Hope you’re better **OpalCat**. ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-good-alternative-to-stuffing-wads-of-kleenex-up-my-nose/250910/25 "2004-06-20T00:00:24Z")
Sinus Rinse. [http://www.neilmed.com/](http://www.neilmed.com/) And you don’t have to buy it over the internet, I got mine at the local Food Coop. Call around until you find someone who has it, and send your honey out to buy one for you. Seriously, you won’t believe how well it works. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2004, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-good-alternative-to-stuffing-wads-of-kleenex-up-my-nose/250910/26 "2004-06-20T00:44:29Z")
[Atrovent nasal spray](http://www.drugs.com/PDR/Atrovent_Nasal_Spray_0_03_.html) works like a charm. It’s prescription only, and can actually make you too dry if you’re not careful but it sure as hell shuts the faucet off when it just goes drip drip drip drip drip endlessly. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-good-alternative-to-stuffing-wads-of-kleenex-up-my-nose/250910/27 "2004-06-22T06:44:44Z")
After seeing the glass-teapot-up-the-nose thing, I wonder why you need a 50 dollar teapot when you can get a much cheaper china teapot. I picture the user singing, “I’m linnle sneefot, snort an snout, pickkkk me uff an four me oud.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-good-alternative-to-stuffing-wads-of-kleenex-up-my-nose/250910/28 "2004-06-22T12:41:36Z")
If you’re going the nasal irrigation route, for heaven’s sake, don’t spend $50 on the pot - go to the health food store and buy a Neti or Neti-imitator for $12 or so. It sounds weird, and it’s a little awkward at first, but it’s a great product. For me, saline sprays seem to go up the nostril and straight down the back of my throat. The Neti pot gets the saline into the upper sinuses, where I need it. The reason it’s better than a regular teapot or a bulb syringe is that it’s designed to form a seal in your nostril, which helps ensure that the saline goes up and through to the other sinus, rather than dribbling back out. Sometimes it is reminiscent of a faceful of pool water, and sometimes it’s totally comfortable - probably due to my novice technique. The other thing I use is NasalCrom spray - not perfect, but keeps my allergies from taking over my life. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-good-alternative-to-stuffing-wads-of-kleenex-up-my-nose/250910/29 "2004-06-22T13:51:36Z")
Rather than having to buy one of those mini teapots, you could borrow my pressure-washer, **Opal**. Opal? Opal?? Why is she waving her arms and running away? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2004, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-good-alternative-to-stuffing-wads-of-kleenex-up-my-nose/250910/30 "2004-06-22T21:57:52Z")
I think I know why Claude is still hiding. You didn’t try to get more kitty barf off of him, did you? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-good-alternative-to-stuffing-wads-of-kleenex-up-my-nose/250910.md?page=1)