If you want to be a perfectly groomed man, it's time you learned the right way to use tweezers. Here are some tips and instructions on safely trimming facial hair.
Between the eyebrows you'll often see a stray hair that isn't exactly on the right brow's or the left brow's team. When a few other hairs join the one rebel, you might start noticing that people are looking at your eyebrows rather than your eyes. Hold the tweezer at the rubber grip, or about two-thirds of the way down on tweezers with no grip. Look in the mirror under very good lighting and position the tweezers to where one side of the tweezer is on one side of the hair, and the other side of the tweezer is on the opposite side of the hair. Grab the hair close to the skin, but not right next to the skin. In getting too close to the skin your risk pinching yourself, but in pulling the hair too close to the end, the hair will sometimes break in half rather than come out completely. As you get older, more and more of the hairs can appear, making it necessary to pluck 7 or 8 at a time. A dot of lotion can be rubbed between the eyebrows to soothe any irritation from the plucking.
Yank a hair from a nostril and you likely won't do that again. One of the most painful things in the world is to pull a nose hair out by the root. One hair can cause watering eyes, a runny and red nose and the determination to never pull that stunt again, as long as you live. There are implements made especially for trimming nostril hair, but if these aren't available to you, wrap an ice cube in a washcloth and hold it to the nostril area until somewhat numb. Now pluck the hair and any others that need it, while you're there. Always keep personal utensils sterile by rinsing them with alcohol before and after using.
