Why don't male movie stars have nose hair?

August 28, 2004 10:26 PM

How come those male movie stars never have any nose hair? Is there some magic celebrity nose hair removal technique? Are CGI budgets so high because most of the money is spent removing any hint that Mel Gibson or Tom Cruise has nose hair? Or, do films have a production assistant whose only job is nose hair collection each morning?
posted by neuroshred to Clothing, Beauty, & Fashion (7 answers total)

Maybe This?
posted by Tenuki at 10:36 PM on August 28, 2004

Or good old fashioned these. Beauty hurts sometimes.
posted by ChasFile at 11:10 PM on August 28, 2004

The Brazilian Nose Wax.
posted by mecran01 at 10:41 AM on August 29, 2004

Wasn't there a lengthy conversation about male hair removal here (pubic/butt/back/chest/ nose/facial)? Cursory google searches didn't bring up anything more interesting than facial hair, but I'm pretty sure I read a thread which had more in-depth answers (perhaps too in-depth).
posted by Sinner at 12:03 PM on August 29, 2004

You might be thinking about this thread Sinner. Though there wasn't anything about nose hair removal.
posted by Tenuki at 3:19 PM on August 29, 2004

Don't pluck your nosehair, for a couple of reasons. One, it has a purpose, filtering dust and other junk. Two, plucking offers a high chance of ingrown or infected follicles (partly due to the dust and other junk the follicle is now exposed to).

You should trim nose hairs so that they don't stick out, but, unless you have a real nest, more than that isn't really needed. You don't need an electric trimmer -- most men's toiletry kits will come with a small pair of scissors meant for the job.
posted by o2b at 10:12 PM on August 29, 2004

Scissors up the nose? Yikes! Maybe something like this instead: GroomMate.com.
posted by Tubes at 1:34 PM on August 30, 2004