Hairdresser's nose collapses from clippings

[ilovelonghair]

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/lifestyl...-1225938563285

We better watch out when doing s&d or self trims!

[nellreno]

Eek. I always wondered about breathing in all the bits of hair.

[evampr18]

Good call on this one ilovelonghair

[FoxRain]

Eek. I always wondered about breathing in all the bits of hair.

Yes me too. I always thought that it might not be healthy. Too bad I was right
Thank you for the link ilovelonghair. When I start trimming again, I will wear a mask!

[Juneii]

woah, that is something I have never thought about...

[Dragon]

Interesting, Thanks for sharing. I have never thought about it.

[Maverick494]

I don´t think we should worry. It is only because she got a wound it got infected (because she ignored it and just kept on going. That's asking for trouble.) I think that if you just pay attention to what you´re doing you´re going to be fine. Once your nose gets slightly irritated, stop.

Besides, it´s not like us LHC´ers trim all that much and all that often. This hairdresser has been cutting hair for 35 years and I take it she did it more than once a week. Most of us don´t trim for months at a time, so I don´t think that´s a fair comparison.

The only ones who should be alarmed by this are people in the same profession who have a tendency to ignore small wounds and irritated patches.

[Tiina]

I do not see any doctors confirming that it was the hairs that did the damage. Noses have methods to take care of themselves. The bits either get sneezed out or eventually swallowed down with the mucus that catches the microparticles. If hair got lodged in her nose and stayed there for 35 years then there was probably some problem with her nose's mucus tissue that didn't let itself be cleaned. Much more dangerous than hair can be the chemicals inhaled. Or nosepicking.

[pepperminttea]

Much more dangerous than hair can be the chemicals inhaled. Or nosepicking.

This. I'd be more worried about breathing in perming solution than bits of hair. Though I do wonder if it'd be less bad if it was your own hairs?

Thanks for the link ilovelonghair - definitely something to think about.

[Maverick494]

I think Mythbusters could do well to inspect this one.

Though I do wonder if it'd be less bad if it was your own hairs?

That doesn't matter. Hair can't be digested by the body, whether it's own hair or someone else's hair. To illustrate: there are cases of people with extreme Trichotillomania (hairpulling) who swallow their own hair (yeah I know, strange idea huh) who needed surgery because the hair couldn't be digested. So though this is a different issue, it serves to prove how tough hair is.

I've heard stuff like this about people who kept an army of cats around the house (who also slept on the bed) and inhaled too many hairs through the nose. It is possible to get problems from inhaling hair, but highly unlikely.