# Plucking nose hairs.

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 8, 2001, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plucking-nose-hairs/53656 "2001-02-08T17:41:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plucking-nose-hairs/53656/41 "2010-07-24T21:02:49Z")

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Thumb and forefinger works for me, too. I don’t find it very painful, and I’ve never gotten a nostril infection. Plus, I only get the worst offenders that stick out or are near sticking out from my nostrils, leaving the ones farther in to their filtering duties.

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