RESEARCH: Picking your nose is not only disgusting - it can also be really dangerous

There's no official figure on how many adults occasionally have a quick pick, but our estimation would be '99 per cent of them'.

But aside from the fact it's seen as a bit gross and uncouth, IS having a surreptitious little pick such a bad thing?

Stop picking your nose

Yes, according to Dr Erich Voigt. Not just bad either - but dangerous.

Speaking on a Business Insider video, Dr Voigt explains how introducing germs into your nose such as Staphylococcus aureus ("a germ which can live in the front of the nose"), combined with picking can cause abrasions.

As a result, these abrasions "bleed, promoting germs, increasing the crust and irritation by picking your nose."

Depending on where you are and where your hands have been, this could introduce some serious nasties into your body.

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