A Twitch in Time ~or~ The Nose[hair] Knows

Ladies (okay, it happens to men too), let’s face it, growing old in many respects isn’t really so bad, but there are some grim realities we must face! As years gather, so do wrinkles (I prefer “character lines”), unwanted whiskers (I’ve been known to say, you know you’re getting old when you start plucking more hairs out of your upper lip than your eyebrows), age spots, graying/thinning hair…

But practically nothing is more unpleasant than having to pluck those unsightly nose hairs.

Using a magnifying mirror only multiplies the discomfort by over emphasizing the other aging symptoms, such as the sagging, and doubling areas of the face due to drooping (especially if you are looking down at the image). Ugh! Is that what my lover looks at… ewwww!

AND to add extra insult to this blown-up reality shock, suddenly you get a glimpse of an arsenal of flapping upper and under arm flesh. Eww..gross! That’s not me, is it? And I thought I was in good shape?

[She drops and does 20—whew!]

(Aren’t we all glad I don’t have a digital camera to demonstrate proof of this point?)

So, in order to avoid as much of these nauseating vistas as possible, I suggest picking the mirror up, or having it mounted on the wall at eyelevel.

Then yet another drawback to plucking under high-power is the number of flaying follicles forming a moustache from boogerville is now highly visible and also need to go.

Now you may cringe and twitch at the mere mention of plugging those unwanted bad guys, and comment that most people, when nose hair becomes a problem, trim rather than torture. Granted, just using that mirror is torture enough, but plucking? Ouch!

Yep, it hurts like heck, your eyes water and sneezes will abound. But, trimming I find only leaves the blunt ends of the cut hairs itchy for days… way too uncomfortable for too long.

Of course, after you’ve plucked the same hair two or three times, it doesn’t hurt that much anymore… kinda like plucking eyebrows, remember when you first did that?

And the nose lashes take much longer to grow back (I think).

But, it’s almost inevitable that under high-power, you’ll get one or two virgin pluckees and wind up doing the "pluckee chicken" dance.

Just don’t look in the mirror while all your fabulous flab is bouncing up-and-down!

C’est la vie!