Buy it for someone you love
Written: Jul 17 '00 (Updated Jul 17 '00)
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Pros: Small, durable, thins the forest
Cons: Can irritate delicate nostril membranes
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| cwainwright's Full Review: Wahl Wet-Dry Personal Trimmer |
I’m unclear as to the biological purpose of nose hairs whose length exceeds a utilitarian 1/8”, but the fact remains that, as a human of a certain age, they are here to stay until I see fit to remove them.
Being the frugal, prudent consumer my Swedish-Irish mother and grandmother raised me to be, for a time I resisted the urge to buy a product whose area of usefulness was limited to the grooming of such a small bodily surface area. Surely I could make do with implements I already owned; a nose-hair trimmer seemed a ridiculous luxury, with heavy emphasis on the ridiculous.
After five years of ingrown hairs, unsightly inner nostril scarring and spontaneous weeping, I laid down the cuticle trimmers, sewing scissors and yes, tweezers (ouch!) and bought a Wahl Battery-Operated Nose Hair Trimmer for fifteen bucks (plus some juice for the batteries.)
An inherently silly but utterly useful item, the Wahl Battery-Operated Nose Hair Trimmer (also trims ear hair, but so far, I've been spared) is a lightweight, hand-held plastic thingamabobby (technical term) about the size of one of those hand-held portable fans, but with considerably smaller blades. The rotating cutting device—a sharp filament that whirls like a dervish—is sheathed in a slotted metal fitting to protect tender nose membranes from overzealous trimming. It has one speed, it rinses clean under a stream of hot water from the tap and it has been operating on the same “AA” battery since I bought it at Target a year ago.
One word of caution: even the gentlest of trimming is disruptive to the nose’s delicate equilibrium. Use caution, keep things clean up the old honker, and gently swab a bit of petroleum jelly on the denuded surface for a few days post-trimming to soothe the savaged beast.
(Sorry, mom; sorry, grandma. If it’s any consolation, I still don’t own a melon-baller, cherry-pitter, egg-slicer, bagel-cutter, banana-hanger or fingernail-polish dryer.)
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Amount Paid (US$): 15
Noise Level: Almost noiseless
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Member: Colleen Wainwright
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Reviews written: 27
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About Me:
Call me 'the communicatrix.'
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