As a nurse, I have seen too many times the patient admitted to the hospital with intractable epitaxis (the nosebleed that just won’t stop). Please, if you take a blood thinner such as aspirin or Coumadin (warfarin) and have high blood pressure, refrain from picking! …unless you want to end up in the hospital with a balloon in your nose…
I’ll stop picking my nose when you pry it away from my dead, cold finger.
Dude, they won’t be able to pull it out due to the disfigurment caused by intracranial thrombophlebitis…didn’t you read the column?
Link: Can you die from picking your nose? - The Straight Dope