Thread: Nasal hair -- burning tapers

I remember somebody talking about having their nasal and ear hair burned off with a burning taper in a Turkish barber-shop. Does anyone here do this or know how it's done (like where those tapers can be obtained or at least what kind of wood it is and how it's treated and the procedure itself)? I wanna become independent of the electric trimmer.

Originally Posted by FiReSTaRT

I remember somebody talking about having their nasal and ear hair burned off with a burning taper in a Turkish barber-shop.

Call me crazy, but I find my 3/8 French point is safer and probably smells better too.

X

A cigarette might work nicely, too. Just don't inhale or you'll get hooked.

I already am hooked but the point of contact is too large to safely depilate human nostrils. A cool-burning flame would actually be LESS dangerous.

Originally Posted by FiReSTaRT

I remember somebody talking about having their nasal and ear hair burned off with a burning taper in a Turkish barber-shop. Does anyone here do this or know how it's done (like where those tapers can be obtained or at least what kind of wood it is and how it's treated and the procedure itself)? I wanna become independent of the electric trimmer.

This was probaby me, I had this done following a "Turkish Bath" in a Hamam some years ago, I seem to remember it looked more as if it was made of paper rather than wood, also I believe they may have dipped it quickly in some sort of alcahol first, but this may just be my mind playing tricks after time.
I have searched on the internet a few times trying to find them as it really was a quick, painless and very effective treatment , if any of you guys have pulled nasal\ear hairs with tweezers you will know exactly what I mean . $%&
It may be that this is just a Turkish culture thing which is why I have had problems finding anything useful on the internet, might be worth doing a search in Turkish ? Now where is that Turkish Phrase book .

Cheers

Dunk

It could have been alcohol to drop the burning temperature. If you'd be willing to roll up the paper the way you remember them doing it and maybe even take a picture, I'm crazy enough to give it a try as soon as my nasal hair grows back. This thread was inspired by another electric nose-hair removal lol.

Serioulsly, I didn't get a good enough look to remember just how they were composed, I remember they were white, about the same diameter as a pencil and maybe between 2" & 3" long. they were very very quickly "touched" to just inside the nostrils and ears.
Thinking about it, It does makes sense lowering the temperature by dipping in alcohol.

I would just like to say at this point that I take no responsibility for any result of your actions , but would advise that if you do try it , then to do this in your bathroom next to a full sink of water so as to be able to quickly dip your head & certainly nowhere near curtains\drapes etc. There is something about your Usename that is worrying me .

All the best.

Dunk

Lol. I was planning on doing it in the bathroom more to extinguish the taper than to extinguish the nasal hairs as they'd be gone once they burned up, which is the point of the exercise.
Even though I like playing with fire, I like to do it in a useful and SAFE manner. That's why I am always in charge of camp fires, bbqs, fireplaces etc etc etc. Never had one get out of hand. I'll actually play around with various taper designs in front of the sink with running water before I actually try using one for depilatory purposes lol.

I seem to remember a similar technique being used to remove excess wax from the ear canal. Apparently a piece of paper was rolled up into a cone shape and the wide end was lit on fire while the narrow end was placed in the ear. The resulting heat melted the earwax and caused it to run out into the cone. There must, however, be more involved in this than just rolling up any old kind of paper and sticking it in one's ear and torching it. Probably some sort of specially treated paper but it sounds similar to this nose hair thing. So... I suggest being careful and getting the full story before actually trying it or 1) Your friends and neighbors will start calling you "The Human Torch". And 2) You will find stories of this event posted on News of the Weird.

That technique is used after every shave in Turkey, and couple of my friends tried it. It is done with bringing a piece of cotton soaked in alcohol next to your face, and "blowing" or waving at the flame with the other hand to make it touch the face. It's cool and a bit scary.

The other method is to depilate the area using thread, the way Eastern women use it to depilate their body hair. The thread is held in the mouth, rolled, and worked with the hands.

There was a video somewhere (BB, SRP, SMF) of a guy getting straight razor shave in a barber shop in Afghanistan (or close) and the Barber used that method to remove his fine face hair.

As for the nose hair, I don't think there is alternative method. You have to SUFFER like the rest of us, muhahahaha...


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