Surely this thread will go off the rails. But in the dry season anyone do this? Does seem the provide relief.

Not since my mom did that to me when I was 5....

Must be a northern thing, you get heat running in the houses and buildings, it dries you out...

We have so much humidity here, nothing ever dries out.

It is so fricking dry here its unbelievable this early. Its bad.

No, but I use a little in my ears occasionally.

The earpieces on my hearing aids irritate my ear canal.

No.

It's been a long time.

One factor, is Houston is extremely humid so it's a rarity my nostrils dry out. However, on the few days a year we run the heater then I do begin to feel dry. Quite the contrast to the number of heating days I experienced living in Alaska and Canada 2009-2016.

The 2nd factor is, I switched to saline gel called Rhinase that is purpose made for this and is rated for daily internal use. On the other hand, petroleum jelly does have hydrocarbons in it and I'd rather not put any more hydrocarbons in my body. If I were a betting man, I'd bet I switched to Rhinase gel after a Sigforum thread about CPAPs or winter nose bleeds.

It lubricates the chopsticks.

Never thought of doing that,

but now I'm wondering if Hoppes #9 is soluble in petrolatum.

NEVER!

Somewhat seriously (w/ just a hint of sarcasm) - I did NOT realize there was a ‘dry season’ in the PNW, and if I were to venture a guess as to when such low humidity conditions would/could occur, I’d lean towards winter being the likely calendar season (like pretty much anywhere else in the Northern Hemisphere), definitely not mid-spring, heading into Summer.

Use Aquaphor cream instead. Water based. My derm recommended it to me for bloody noses.

Extreme winter dryness lead to nose bleeds, some that took a long time to stop. Just a little Vaseline eliminated the problem.

I will have to get some Rhinase and try that.

I stuck a screw up there one time when I was 6 years old. Gonna be a robot, bleep blorp.

Luckily, it wasn't too far up for my dad to retrieve with a pair of tweezers.

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Not since my mom did that to me when I was 5....

Just from the subject line this was 100% my planned response.

Neosporin, once in a while, here in the desert.

I do use saline spray on occasion, wonder if Cosmoline would work.

I use Brylcream. Keeps the hairs whar's I combs 'em.

From time to time. When it’s dry around here in the winter. That doesn’t happen often

Sometimes. You can also use Neosporin if you suffer from dry nostrils.

Thanks guys, I do like vaseline
Local pharmacy had some Ayr Saline nasal gel with aloe vera. Might try some of that.

I use Ayr Saline Gel every night during the winter months. It definitely helps prevent nose bleeds. I apply it with a Q-tip in each nostril.