Nosepicking bad?!


Question:

Nosepicking bad?

My little sister has a bad habit of picking her nose. My mom says that picking your nose can lead to growing a tumor which leads to cancer. Is that true? Is nose picking bad for your health?

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3 weeks ago
Her nails are very short. No unnatural bleeding.

3 weeks ago
my mom says that in the spring, especially with pollen, that it will go down through your nostrils and stick down somewhere inside of you and grow and grow, resulting in a tumor


Answers:

It's just to discourage her from doing it. We all do it, we just shouldn't do it in public.




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