# Snotty nose when eyebrows are plucked, why?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snotty-nose-when-eyebrows-are-plucked-why/573989>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 9, 2011, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snotty-nose-when-eyebrows-are-plucked-why/573989 "2011-03-09T01:29:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snotty-nose-when-eyebrows-are-plucked-why/573989/21 "2011-03-11T15:30:08Z")

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> [@kayaker](#):
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> Thanks, man. I thought women did that in their bathrooms.

I knew that some women went out for this sort of treatment, but I guess I assumed it was in private or something. But, now that I think about it, I have seen clips of it on YouTube of all places, so it obviously isn’t that private.

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snotty-nose-when-eyebrows-are-plucked-why/573989/22 "2011-03-11T16:26:30Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> But, now that I think about it, I have seen clips of it on YouTube of all places, so it obviously isn’t that private.

Your spellchecker thought you meant to type “plucking”?😛

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snotty-nose-when-eyebrows-are-plucked-why/573989/23 "2011-03-11T20:01:44Z")

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So, from the medical explanation, I’m guessing that the way the sun makes me sneeze is also related to all these nerves (my grandpa used to do that, too - look up into the sun to bring out a sneeze).

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**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snotty-nose-when-eyebrows-are-plucked-why/573989/24 "2011-03-11T20:46:50Z")

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> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#):
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> So, from the medical explanation, I’m guessing that the way the sun makes me sneeze is also related to all these nerves (my grandpa used to do that, too - look up into the sun to bring out a sneeze).

Yep, I do the same thing (and so does Dad.) I’ve read photic sneezing is suspected to be due to some kind of crossed wiring involving the trigeminal nerve.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snotty-nose-when-eyebrows-are-plucked-why/573989/25 "2011-03-11T23:10:16Z")

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Incidentally, the [Straight Dope](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/527/why-do-some-people-sneeze-when-going-out-into-bright-light) is the fourth hit for “photic sneeze reflex”.

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