You know when you get one of those itsy-bitsy pimples right inside on the upper part of your nostril, and every time you blow your nose or even do something as innocent as splash water on your face, it feels like someone’s sticking a giant pickaxe in there?
Yeah. Ow.
I’m pretty sure “Ow My Balls!” gets much better ratings…
I hate when that happens.
I had a boil in one of my nostrils once. It felt like a darning needle had been shoved in my nose.
And then there’s always the worrying that it will spread up into your brain and make it explode. Or maybe that’s just me.
You know when you sleep with a married woman, and the husband comes home mid-coitus, then punches you in the face?
Yeah. Ow.
You know when a free throw from your teammate bounces off the rim and hits you directly in the boobs while you’re going for a rebound?
Yeah. Ow.
You know when you’re hanging by your feet and knees off the railing of a catwalk to reach a light to replace the bulb and you shift lower down to reach the bulb, replace it and climb back on the catwalk, unintentionally shifting your entire body weight onto your balls for a moment while you do it?
Really?
No one?
I have an obscure job.
Heh…she said boobs…
And if that didn’t hurt enough, it’s probably MRSA.
Does it feel like someone is pulling a nostril hair out? Does it make your eyes water? Yeah, I thought so.
Keep your fingers outa there.
All kidding aside, use a Q-tip and put a small amt of triple antibiotic ointment on it. It will protect it from air passing over it, and irritating it more.
You probably should see a doctor to be sure it isn’t MRSA. If it is, s/he’ll probably give you something similar called Bactroban (mupirocin) that is somewhat more effective on MRSA.
And when you discover that it was an ingrown nostril hair that grew all the way through and emerged on the outside of your nose . . .
And when you later find your eyeball being irritated by an eyelash growing the wrong way through the eyelid . . .
I don’t trust my own hair.
On behalf of Mrs. Piper, thank you for this tip, picunurse. She had this happen just the other day, and has been grumbling about her nose hurting. I said, ‘The Dopers say to put some Polysporin on it.’ She did, and her nose doesn’t hurt.