I have become acutely aware of my nasal habits now that I am snuffing. I’ve noticed that throughout the day one nostril will be clogged while the other is clear and they will switch it up about every 20 minutes. Occasionally I’m breathing with double-barrels, thats a good day. So usually I can only get snuff in 1 nostril at a time. Do others deal with this issue?
I do, but when I snuff I just hold the open nostril closed with my finger while I use the clogged one.
Same here, Nachman -Kidnapper
Yeah this is always the case with me also, and nearly everyone I imagine.
I actually find a semi-clogged nostril to be helpful when sniffing fine, dry snuffs.
It’s typical. In fact some people think that your body will alternate for some reason related to health. It happens to everyone. I do have to say I do find it awesome that snuff causes one to focus more on their nostrils and their functions.
My left nostril is the good one, always open, and I always serve “him” first! What’s left of the pinch, goes up the right side.
I do a test sniff, without snuff to find out which one is more open. It goes first, then the clogged one. If I use the clogged one first the snuff always goes to far in the open nostril.
Yes I have one nostril blocked from time to time, could be the left, could be the right. I have a technique that in most cases works to unblock the nostril. Take a fine dry snuff to the unblocked one, close it with a finger and gently blow a down the blocked on. Like taking snuff backwards if you understand what I mean.
I use both every time. If one is blocked, a good toot of Rooster fixes that promptly.
Likewise…might be clogged at first but a pinch of Scotch could blow a safe…
Left is the slow one, never changes.
My right nostril cloggs quite easily so I kinda have a half pinch there and proper one to left. This has nothing to do with snuff, it’s been always the same. Nanny dropped me when I was baby, maybe that’s the reason, or sports and fights.
I have heard the tale of sniffing Cayenne pepper to clean out sinus issues. Seems a bit much. I mean I wouldn’t use pepper spray to solve bad breath or clean my eyes…?!? Ken
you mix the cayenne with water and snort the liquid. Works like a charm. really only recommended if you really need to get stuff out of there. You know like if you have an infection starting or something like that. Snuff works good too so.
I sniff Cayenne pepper same as I do snuff. Not only clean out your nose but your eyes as well. I’m serious about this. I do it about once a month.
Well I am going to grab a Neti pot and go with that for now. Honestly since starting on snuff I have actually found that my overall nasal and sinus “feeling” is better. Less drip, less mucous and clogging. Of course a lot of this could stem from also not smoking cigarettes as well. Ken
Nah snuff is really good for your nose and sinuses. Seriously I’ve always had terrible problems with my sinuses. I can breath much better. And it isn’t just from not smoking anymore either. Snuff is very cleansing very much so. The fact that it seems to agree with me better now then ever maybe from not smoking but it’s been years since I’ve smoked (sure I’ll have an occasional pipe or cigar but no cigs.)
Same here, on the occasional pipe. Snuff really “agrees” with me so far. I hope it stays that way. I need to stay the heck away from cigs. When I smoke them I smoke too much of them. They are expensive and even in a tobacco state like NC there are fewer and fewer places to smoke. On top of that the way my throat and general breathing feels while smoking is bad. Snuff has been a refreshing change for the better thus far. Ken
Cayenne pepper!!! Well there goes the whole “Snuff takers tend to be above average in intelligence and education” myth. OK so while some of you are busy making nose tacos let me throw this out…do you find one of your nostrils to be more perceptive than the other. I seem to always pick up more from my left nostril than from my right. As far as alternate clogging goes, I seemed to have that much more at the beginning of my snuff venture. I think my mainstay of toasts keeps me pretty evenly open for most of the time. That said I do still get clogging from some of the coarser snuffs. Santo Domingo gets me every time as does AO and AP but not bad enough that I would ever hesitate to reach for one of them. ……….Now back to the nasal fiesta already in progress