# Why do people continue to wage a war on body hair? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 25, 2018, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-continue-to-wage-a-war-on-body-hair/816725 "2018-06-25T18:23:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 34
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-continue-to-wage-a-war-on-body-hair/816725/34 "2018-06-26T12:51:26Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Please talk to your MD about you pulling your nose hair. It’s not safe. Excellent username/post combo. I’ve heard before that it’s “not safe,” but I have no idea what “not safe” means. Does it mean that if 100 people do it every three months, one of them will eventually die from it (in which case I’ll stop)? Or does it mean that if 100,000 people do it every three months, then one of them will eventually die from it (in which case I’m not terribly worried)? FWIW, [this doctor says it’s a gross exaggeration of a theoretical problem -](https://www.indy100.com/article/danger-triangle-7433291) which brings up the question, are there documented cases of nose-hair plucking leading to life-altering complications? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-continue-to-wage-a-war-on-body-hair/816725)._