Talk:Nasal hair

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[edit] Picture

I removed the picture. It was not fit for the topic.

Please explain why you think it's not fit. Dubidub 07:41, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
How does it add to the article? We've all seen a nose; perhaps a medical illustration would be useful, but a self portrait of someone’s nose doesn’t clarify anything. It’s a picture plenty of people have found when they left their camera unattended at a party.
—the preceding comment is by 67.116.241.29 (talk • contribs) 10:48, 20 November 2006: Please sign your posts!.
An illustration certainly adds to the article. There are far too many articles without any illustrations. I can't see why it is imporytant wether the photographer has taken a photo of himself or someone else. The person can't be idetified from the photo. It just makes it easier to give permission to use the photo. It isn't even a portrait, just part of a face. Dubidub 15:15, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
I dont think it fits either. It should not include the eye or the mouth, just to make it a more generic picture. Yes it does look like some party picture and doesnt fit the article.--Chrisdab 23:20, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
I also feel the picture doesn't suit, it's obviously a party picture. 68.120.195.32 09:57, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
Obviously, a party picture isn't acceptable. But more important than the setting/spirit in which the photo was taken is the fact that a random photograph of someone's nasal hair is amateurish. A professional (or, at least, professional looking) photo or illustration would be suitable though. If a picture is too amateurish to remsemble one that a person would find in a book on the ear/nose/throat pathways of the body, then it shouldn't be used. ask123 03:40, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ear hair?

Here's Nasal hair. There's Earwax. But where's Ear hair? Ewlyahoocom 15:21, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Can always create it. There's an old Straight Dope column which deals with the topic, mostly on ear hair. I get the impression he basically browsed a couple medical texts and didn't understand them. --71.192.117.127 01:09, 12 February 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Removing nose hair

I have been told that you should never remove nose hair by tweezing/pulling because of the possibility of serious infection. You should only trim nose hair. [1]

[edit] nose hair = cilia?

I think there needs to be some sort of confirmation whether when talking about nasal hair and nasal cilia that they are interchangable terms. I'm not an ENT specialist but I would think that hair and cilia are two entirely different things, both on a funtional and cellular level.--209.7.195.158 15:49, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

So do I. Cilia I thought were microscopic. If cilia are the important thing for keeping the nose clean, you'd think that the trimming wouldn't matter much. I'd always assumed nose hair was like eyelashes and eyebrows. Used to keep stuff out, but not so vital now in out hyper-sanitized society. --71.192.117.127 01:09, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
I agree. Cilia are part of the cells in your respiratory tract and are microscopic. Hairs are primarily cellular products (keratins) and can be seen with the naked eye. You can't trim nasal cilia and your nasal hairs don't beat at 16 times a second. This article made me almost laugh because it was so wrong. It needs some serious cleanup. Furthermore, while many credible sources state that nasal hairs act as filters for the things we breathe in, in actuality these hairs do just about nothing in that function. Air filtration is accomplished through the anatomy of the nasal passages. The conchae spin the air through the nasal pathway. The lighter particles (air molecules) easily maneuver this system while the heavier particles (dust and the like) can't. The heavier particles then slam into a sheet of mucus and are trapped. This is called inertial filtration and the air is just about 100% filtered by the time it gets past the posterior nares. Hairs have nothing to do with this.
I moved the stuff about cilia to the correct article's discussion page, and edited the intro to state that nose hair should not be confused with cilia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.74.187.52 (talk) 14:03, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Replacement rate

Does anybody know the replacement rate for nose hair? It seems like I lose it more easily than other hair (which would make sense, as it's in a very dirty part of the body you'd want to replace it as quickly as possible, lose the germs with the hair), yet the amount (fortunately small though I still don't like it) never seems to diminish. Or maybe it's just more loosely attatched. --71.192.117.127 01:09, 12 February 2007 (UTC)


I am amazed. Who writes this pointless stuff?

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Do you think that removing the hair just at the begining of the nose is harmful? I was under the impression that the hair that keeps the dust and dirt from our sinus' is farther up the nasal passage.

I need hair to grow in my nose. Anybody know of anything to replace lost hair in the nose?

--try some Rogaine

[edit] Talk Page Content

This talk page is for discussions about the article ONLY. It is not for discussions about your personal health. ask123 18:22, 15 August 2007 (UTC)