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If your nose becomes really runny

Submitted by Mary Gold

If your nose becomes really runny, sniff a marker. The fumes will supress the nasal glands from producing mucus. It has basically the same effect as Vick's Vaporub.

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I CAN BREATHE AGAIN Comments By: Morgan THIS TIP IS SO TRUE.THANKS FOR SHARING IT   WOW Comments By: Kristen I cant believe that it actually worked!! Ive been up all night on and off with this terrible runny nose. Benadryl wasnt working anymore, and I couldnt figure out what to do. I decided to look online and found this. I grabbed one of my Sharpies, and sniffed it.. instantly I felt better. Thank you for this great tip!!   concern Comments By: anon sniffing a marker is a way of inhalence i wouldn't do it thats like sniffing white out   Kinda' did the trick Comments By: ANON Tried it right away. It worked, but I wonder, for how long? Do I need to carry a Sharpie aound all day?   Wow Comments By: Phyllis Didnt have no markers man So used some glue blotto or what   Hey!!! Comments By: Booger Dude Well, it worked great, after a few minutes my nose started to burn. i did a small report... actually just letting it run by sticking tissue/paper towel in your nose will absorb the snot and pretty much stop it. Which color marker works the best?   OMG Comments By: The Lynda I had the cold bad, googled on how to stop a runny nose and came across this. I tried it an it worked. I still have to breath out of my mouth though which sucks but at least my nose is not running anymore.   !!!! Comments By: Anon YOU'RE A GENIUS! Although; it didn't quite help with my head ache. but thanks all the same.   God Bless you Mary Gold Comments By: Erica I love you.   holy wow Comments By: Patrick It actually does work... Ive been suffering a runny nose all day long... I googled for crazy remedies, since 3 different types of medicines did nothing, and found this. I rarely believe what I see online, but I was ready to try anything. It totally worked! No more drips! No more kleenex jammed up my nostrils!   WiFe Said She Can BREATHE Comments By: Jim Thanks, first I was using a small tip sharpie. Didn't work. Looked around and there was my Permanent Marker. I told my wife to try it, and it Worked. Thanks!!!   Thanks Comments By: Dan I read this then read the comments about how they found it after searching Google and I tried it and it worked so fast.   you are a life saver Comments By: Lynda Smart I am a heart and diabetic disabled person. I live out in the country and it s about 10 miles to the store. they are open all night but I didnt want to get dressed and go to winn dixie at 2 am. I was mierable my nose started pouring .I got up and couldnt find any cold med s any where. I ran across what you said about the markers .Thank you so much. it works . I dont care if it makes me high just so it stops my nose from running. God Bless you .   sniffing markers ??? NOT SAFE dont do it! Comments By: Anon This is sending our children and even for anyone to sniff a dangerous substance as a naural cure. havent you heard of peoples brains being fried over this and becomeing hooked to this kind of thing. google sniffing markers a little more and you will see its not a safe thing to do.   Brain or Nose? Comments By: Anon Although you may stop your runny nose by sniffing markers, you are also damaging your brain. Think before you act.   Suffer brain damage for a runny nose? Comments By: FREAk like i don't think it's a good idea to sniff markers if u have a runny nose...man just go to the doctors or use some tissuses i mean come one people...would u rather suffer brain damage just to stop a runny nose that can be stopped by the doctor or using tissuses?ur choice i'd rather not suffer from brain damage...sorry for saying that and thank u for hearing me out   We're not stupid Comments By: Rob Its not going to cause brain damage if you do it for a few seconds, the people on the internet talking about brain damage from sniffing markers are talking about if your doing it so much so hard, it wont mess you if you do it for a few seconds every once in a while   ha Comments By: Rebekah well if your brain is already damaged I don't guess it will matter. LOL   Not Sure Comments By: Anon doesnt sniffing sharpie kill brain cells which dont ever grow back? =-(   I approve! Comments By: Neil I've done this daily for the last 2 years, and I feel fine. I tell my employees to do it all the time.   thanks? Comments By: Anon im sick. and i was nearly at my wits end. this helped. even though i knoe sniffing markers is not good. thanks for the tip!   Great tip Comments By: Happy Person As strange as I found this thread, it really does work. My nose has been red raw from blowing it for the past few days with a cold. Found this thread but couldn't find a marker, however I had an old bottle of poppers (amyl-nitrate). This really works a treat. Thankls for the tip :)   OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MY GOODNESSSSSSS Comments By: NY MANNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!! I JUST SNIFFED A YELLLOW SHARPIE HIGHLIGHTER AND I PROMISE YOU I WAS JUST AS SKEPTICAL AND I NEVER WRITE ON THESE THINGS BUT IT REALLY DID WORK!!!!!!!!! I CANT FREAKIN BELIEVE IT....WOWOW IM BLOWN A FREAKIN WAY! OH AND NO IM NOT HIGH!! IM AT WORK CHILLIN AND FREE OF A RUNNY NOSE HOLLA!   awesome Comments By: StrungOutOnMarkers it works! and i don't like nor trust doctors so if i can get my nose to stop running by sniffing a marker, i'll do it. allegra and claritin don't work for me, neither does benadryl. and it's not like i need a doctor anyway. it's just a sneeze.   Thank you!!! Comments By: jenny I can't believe that actually worked. I'm a nurse, and *NO*, you won't be causing any brain damage with the occasional sniff of a Sharpie. Nor will a brief 4-5 second sniff make you feel and different (or 'high') mentally.   NO Markers! Comments By: Unwell Bear My nose is leaking so bad I want to cut it off! There are no markers in the house! Just my luck!!   OMG!! Comments By: rachel OMG that marker worked! i have the worst cold ever!!! sept now i thinki am high . MEH i have no runny nose!!! YEOOOWWWW i freaking love you!   What can i say Comments By: Mr Dixon UNBELIEVEBLE HIGH AND DRY AT THE SAME TIME LOL JUST TRY TO USE A WEAKER MARKER IF YOU WANT TO. WELL NOT ME I HAVE MY NEW WONDER PEN ITS JUST INCREDIBLE YOUR A STAR!   rescued mom Comments By: Jody OMG! it works, it really works! i'm a stay-at-home and very hands-on mom of a very active boy toddler and i have a very bad caes of allergic rhinitis. so you could just imagine the dilemma i go through whenever i clean up and dust the house. sometimes when my allergy gets so bad, i even ask my husband to come from work (it's that bad) just so somebody can look after our son. so you see, how much thankful i am now for having crossed this very easy remedy! god bless you!   uhh Comments By: still running nose this helps for like 0 seconds and then it doesn't   Right.. Comments By: Matt I think everyone saying this method works is just too high to really know what's going on...   IT WORKS! Comments By: Laura I am a totally normal, mother of 3, who's been suffering all day with a runny nose, just dripping off my face! (2 of my teenagers have the same thing going on) Uck!!!! It's bedtime and I'm wondering how I'm ever going to sleep when I can't stop the running and blowing... so I search online for a home remedy... and I find this... I too, hate to believe weird stuff.. but I'm desperate... I look in the desk drawer, find a short Sharpie permanent marker and give it a whiff... Whoala! It's totally unbelievable...but it really worked! I hadn't gone more than 30 seconds without drippring ALL DAY, stuffing tissue up my nose, etc... and now... I'm going on FIVE MINUTES.. and nothing! Dry and breathing much easier. I agree, just a whiff or two isn't going to give you brain damage. As with anything in life... just use a little and don't go overboard. Honestly.. it's still working for me! YAY!!!!   Surprising Comments By: Mike This actually worked. Don't really know what to say about this sniffing markers is dangerous stuff, and i don't really care. But hey, it worked. Thanks alot.   I worked Comments By: huha i had a very bad running nose tday..... THEN I SNIFFED THE MARKER IT WORKED... THANKS MAN!!! Thank God it lessened the dripping..   Top tip! Comments By: Anon I'm shocked it worked but hapy as can be, except I was hoping to leave work early with it and can't now! Lol!   did the trick Comments By: Richard from United Kingdom so what if it damages your brain cells? fumes from cars do this, deodorants, household chemicals! we dont use masks for those items, a few long snifs on the old marker pens has stopped my nose from running! still a little sniffle but at least its not like a TAP now! its turned off haha   KILL ME IM HERE! DO IT NOW! Comments By: Travis Dude your awesome it worked instantly.   oMq Comments By: miguel anGel cruz I loVe iT   i swear it works Comments By: SVP it might not be that healthy but u know what- since when is everything we do perfectly healthy???!!! it works in like 2 seconds and that's what we all r looking 4- instant relief!!   omg i cant believe i just did that Comments By: Naomi M It actually does work....smells grose but works...hopefully for a while. I have a runny nose for 3 ays straight so far and happy to know it gone for now...thanks hahahahaha   Sharpies are NON-TOXIC Comments By: Anon If you would read the fine print on the side of the marker, they are labeled as non-toxic, so I highly doubt you'll get brain damage. Plus, I can't believe this actually works! Yay! I've been walking around with cotton shoved up my nose at work all morning!   OMFG!!!!!! IT DOES WORK! Comments By: Anon even after reading all the comments, i was still somewhat skeptical.. but it really works quickly. It doesn't stop it 100% but hey i'm not complaining. and no you won't get high unless you really snort it hard.   iam gonna try it Comments By: penboy i tried got to wiat and see. i hope permanent marker is not bad for you?   hehe Comments By: pete your all sick people.. on a seperate note will an artliner whiteboard marker work?   Good stuff Comments By: RoyalWitCheese I'm sure taking 20 Psuedoephederine and 4 Benadryl in 8 hrs is more harmful than a couple sniffs of a marker.   Great stuff Comments By: Anon It actually works. Dont over do it but a few sniffs of the black marker does the nose wonders   WOW!!! Sweet! Comments By: Anon my nose was running really bad and i read this tip and it really did work. it worked in 5 minutes!!!! i can breathe thru my nose now!   wow.. Comments By: wow Works instanly, thanks man!   Vick Vaporub does the same thing... Comments By: DankBudz I was lucky enough to find some Vick around my place...So I just rubbed some in my chest and throat...No more runny nose!!! :D And it smells good xD   Marker pen Comments By: K1M07 OMG I cant believe that actually worked. I wondered how someone worked it out in the first place. Maybe my nose will stay dry enough to let the redness go.   No one knew this already??? Comments By: julia umm I'm sorry but you're not telling me all you people didn't know that this worked beforehand??? I knew that, a lot of the kids at my school who have bad allergys carry sharpies around on their backpacks. and no it doesn't make you high.... people should realize their sniffles would be cured with like 2 or 3 sniffs. it takes way more to get you high.   light headed!! Comments By: jps its works :| buh now ive gone light headed.. was u only ment to sniff once..? lol   thank god for markers. Comments By: Anon, 15, UK i've been variously ill this past week & the latest issue was i woke up this morning with THE worst cold ever. i couldnt even go down the stairs without clutching a tissue, my nose was running non-stop. i tried one of those nose spray things & that just made my nose even runnier. i came across this from google and it actually works. im still a bit sniffly, but at least im not having to grab another tissue every five seconds. and yes, i feel the beginnings of being high, but would you really guess that from the way i type? i wouldn't worry about it affecting brain cells, seriously :)   Holy heck, it really works! Comments By: Andrew Sniffed a sharpie twice. Nose stopped running within 30 seconds.   praise the lord for mary Comments By: jason the world thanks you   Sharpie fix works like a charm Comments By: Laurie My mother's nose has been running like a faucet. I had her sniff a Sharpie and it worked like a charm. Amazing!!   Holy Frick! Comments By: Megan This worked! Thank you so much! I don't care if I look like a druggie - I'm carrying a sharpie with me!   Sceptical... Comments By: Dave,England .....but it worked,had a hellish 2 days,tried Benadryl and all the other usual stuff,I really suffer with this condition,many thanks.   good job!! Comments By: marc worked in a few seconds!! not sure how long it lasts,, but its a great party trick!! >> thanks for the GREAT tip!!   No Way! Comments By: Drip Free in NY I have been suffering from a runny nose for a few days now that nothing has worked on. I came across this and decided to give it a shot. Works great!! Just make sure you don't put a black spot on your nose from the tip of the marker.lol   WORKS WONDERS! Comments By: anon do not over sniff..or u will get high lol   100 Dry Miles Comments By: Congestion Free I have suffered from "snot in helmet" syndrome on my 100 mile round trip to London and back (unable to blow my nose through the motorcycle helmet) until tonight. Before riding my bike, one deep inhale of a marker pen up each nostril, a smear of Vicks under my nose, helmet on and a blast into Kent. Best ride home in weeks. 90% improvement, no headache. Thoroughly recommend to all motorcyclist who will, no doubt, suffer from snot in helmet syndrome. Many thanks Mary.   Yeaaaaa!!! Comments By: Aisha Imma go buy me a Sharpie!!!   No one died from sniffing a sharpie. Comments By: Sarah Of course its horrible to make a habit out of huffing/sniffing anything! This is quite a good tip. Sitting at work, runny nose, needed meds but couldn't leave. Sniffed my marker and it cleared me up until I could get off. I didn't die. Feel fine. The author is not advocating addiction. get real people.   What now??? Comments By: maria it worked for about 12 seconds, thanks 4 a great 12 seconds tho!!!!   Purple Nose Comments By: Koko HAHA i just got permanent marker on my nose!   blessed relief Comments By: anon Thanks a million Mary I feel so much better that I could give you a big big kiss   Excellent Post Comments By: Dawigr I was annoyed by this runny nose at work when I came across your post. It worked instantly and only took a few wiffs to work. CERTAINLY not enough to cause brain damage. GROW A SET BABIES. Thanks for the advice   sony dvd marker! Comments By: Bex I dont have a sharpie so i sniffed a sony marker pen instead! worked like a dream.. Thank you. Dont feel high at all btw. So i'm thinking i'll not worry about any brain damage!!   HEEEEELLL YEEEAAHHHH!!!! Comments By: Nessa My partner has had a runny nose ALL DAY,it was driving us both insane.Poor buggar was so miserable..enter THE SHARPIE!!! AMAZING!! now he's snot free but pretty whacked haha the sharpie is glued to his hand,it aint going nowhere soon.   Thanks a bunch! Comments By: Jane My nose has been running for 2 days..its raw..cant honestly tell if its snot or blood from being raw! One Sniff on an old sharpy through each nostril and Im finally dried out! Thanks a ton!   Be careful Comments By: Anon I have not tried this personally as there are no non-toxic markers around the house. However if you are going try this just make sure that the marker or whatever you are using is non-toxic. That way it is absolutely fine to do so. However, if it is toxic or has solvents in, it can kill you instantly. I am not over exaggerating there either, I know somebody who has dies from it and have read many newspaper articles about it happening else where.   Mindwork? Comments By: Anon Hmm...I tried it...and I'm suddenly not AS drippy as before. Yayyy ^^ BUT, could it possibly just be because we're BELIEVING that it's working, so our brains make it lessen? I mean a guy FROZE to death in a freezer...only the freezer was broken and not turned on....but he THOUGHT so.. The mind is an amazing thing. Just thought I'd give my two cents. ^^   well it kinda worked.... Comments By: Alison i can clearly see how this could work.... my nose is so stuffy and runny all at the same time i cant sniff anything through left side.... but on the right it cleared up a bit, not prefect but enough for me not to want to stuff tissue in there so i can fall asleep which is all i truly wanted in the first place... so thank you for that! and about the whole sniffing sharpie thing..... while using a sharpie on a project you would end up sniffing more that way the just a couple sniffs to the nose.... and if they were that truly bad for you they would have banned the markers people....yeah sure u may get light headed if you stand there and sniff it for for like 5 minutes but no one ever said to do that....   This sucks Comments By: Brain this never worked i tried it a million times and dude this sucked   Comments By: sarah I sniffed a yellow highlighter and it worked for 5 min but its back now.. but still Im working and need this to go away so i think ill be doing this all day   Comments By: amanda waw. I didn't sniff markers as I had none in the house. But I grabbed some nail polish instead and took a little whiff. It worked just as good.   oh my god Comments By: Sara I am LOVING this tip!!!!!!!! (i found out that in a pinch Purell Hand sanatizer works well for at least 15 minutes.) thank god for the internet.   what a laugh Comments By: nate this works for all of about 20seconds then the runny snot flows again   It worked for me Comments By: Laura I'm at work feeling miserable and my nose is getting sore from blowing so much. I read this great tip, grabbed the marker and tried it, and my nose has stopped running ... though I was worried it would start again because I was laughing at several of the comments. Thanks so much!   LOL! Comments By: Megan you are a legend! im a student and i have a choir concert tomoroww and i dont want to be seen on stage witha tissue stuck up my nose. exactly, rather be a druggie than a runny :D   Haha! Comments By: Anon It's funny to read all of these kneejerk warnings about the dangers of huffing. Your IQ will go up at least 20 points if you start asking yourself "Why?" about these things, kids. (Which, incidentally, would help that guy who rated this advice low because he couldn't find a marker. Sheesh.)   it actually works Comments By: Anon i can finally talk without sounding stuffed up!   what are you trying to tell people! Comments By: Anon are you trying to get people hooked on this kind of thing? u can get addicted to it an get high all the time... an it all started with a runny nose? WOW... thats lame... dont be stupid... Dont try it!   you're amaziiiing. Comments By: jackie thank you so much. haha honestly-- this works !   You MESS Comments By: Anon I cant believe you would sniff a marker pen to clear a runny nose for just an hour. Its like sniffing glue, druggies do this and it can damage your brain forever. If you want to do something about it, blow your nose really hard so its clear and then sniff some Albas Oil now and again. This works just as good as sniffing a marker pen but does not give you brain damage. DONT MESS YOUR BRAIN UP; MESS THE TISSUE UP!   Comments By: someone grateful Thanks! I've used 10 packs of tissues in the past two days, and now I can use a lot less and breathe without dripping. I'd rather sniff sharpies than blow my nose until it turns red and I run out of money on tissues.   It really works!! Comments By: Anon am at work and ..... just tried it! IT WORKS!!!! no more red sores around my nose from the tissue blowing!! Tried Albus oil.... 2hours ago. Nothing!   1 nostril down, another to go! Comments By: Wowed Welsh Girl been annoyed all weekend at my nose constantly running, so decided to have a look for some tips! came across this tip an WOW it actually worked! me and my dad were sceptical at first, but hey from now on, i shall be reaching for a marker instead of a tissue!!   other methods Comments By: Ken you can also boil water and sniff/breath the hot mist. Anything that will send a signal through the nasal passage to open up.   Gee Whizz Comments By: Emma Thanks heaps dude. That's mad. Totes worked.   WOW!!! Comments By: Fas I LOVE YOU ... its stopped Yay   sharpie marker Comments By: andrew I believe that it actually worked but let me wait over 10 min and test blow with tissue. i check on tissue wow it's dry already. wow that strange i don't understand why people never told everyone about this many years huh? waste of people death for nothing.   Comments By: sniffy nose OMG - I really didn't think this would work. At the risk of looking like a junkie I tried this at my desk. Worked within minutes!!! Thank you!   are you all crazy??? Comments By: lady YES they can cause you harm.......you idiots....unbelievable......GROW UP   New Tip That Works !! Comments By: josh Get some chinese peppermint oil from a helth or herb shop , £6 a bottle , fill a cup 3 quarters ful of boiling water and put 3 or 4 drops in and put you nose over and breath deep through it.You will feel it after 5 min.   Worked! :D Comments By: Marc... love the internet   Best Day Ever! Comments By: Savannah Me and my friend had been trying everything so that we would stop the snot in time for our competition (We street race!) We were sitting in vibrating chairs, shoving ice up our nostrils, everything until she looked online and found this. I took a Sharpie from my brother's room and smelled it. She asked me if I felt dizzy and I felt great!!!! So when she tried, we were totally ready for the race. We wouldn't have to stop skateboarding to blow our noses and we would be able to possibly make the race to the G50. Well, thanks, Mary, we will try this everytime we come back from surfing in the Pacific (Talk about an icepack lost at sea!) and to all those morons who claimed they got "High" because of this, that's because they became addicted. No addict (To anything!) knows what they're talking about, so try to "detox" Kay? Thanks. Peace, my sniffling people and wish me and Aijha luck on our next race!   Lifesaver! Comments By: Anon OK so we all know that sniffing a marker isn't the most sensible thing to do and if I was just at home with my cold, I wouldn't bother but I have a date tonight and was so worried about my runny nose, but tried this and it works! Yay! Thanks so much :-)   Wot are you talkn bout Comments By: Roger Harris I got sick cuz i sniffed a marker...Dnt do it its a scam   Believe it! Comments By: Mike Yes sniffing markers can be bad, but not one brief time now to help with a runny nose. I've had a cold etc and today my nose will not stop running and it makes me sneeze too. Sniffed a marker, couple of seconds in each nostril and now the its stopped running. I'm sure it will only last for a few hours, but it is certainly helping me get through the day. Try it! Just dont abuse it!   love ya Comments By: diego Im free of runny nose   works! Comments By: Paul This actually does work. I used a red sharpie   omg sharpie buzzzzzzz Comments By: bitch29 cant belive it work cheers mary xxxxxx   didnt work Comments By: Anon didnt work, where did i go wrong, now ive gone bk to stickin tissue up my nose :(   Worked great for me! Comments By: o0dakaros0o Wow this tip really did work! I get a bad runny nose at this time of year so I sniffed my sharpie and the runny nose stopped after one big blow! Thanks for the tip, I dont know how u ever thought to do that lol.   well half the nose is clear Comments By: lollljesse I didnt think this would work even though i read almost every comment. Then i did it... I have horrible seasonal allergies, sniffed up the right nostril.. stopped immediately, went for the left.. well its all clogged up and i cant breath through it so that side wont stop!   can't believe it worked Comments By: DC I so didn't think this was going to work! I have a cold and basically had a river flowing out my nose, it was driving me crazy. so typed "how to stop my nose from running" into google and this came up...so i had a few sniffs of a sharpie and the river stopped! nose is still a bit blocked but i can deal with that. thanks so much!!   Such a relief! Comments By: Phoebe Whenever I have a runny nose there's never a permanent marker around, but I sniffed white out, and it solved it for about an hour. It was such a relief!! And no, I am NOT addicted from sniffing white-out ONE time.   brilliance Comments By: Liliane I sniffed, it worked. Still can't breathe, but it works. I'd have to say it's much better to have JUST a stuffy nose, rather than a stuffy nose that is dribbling with snot, and not being able to feel the snot dribbling because there is no sensation around your nose area from blowing it so hard into tissues....   Thank God For That!!!!!!!!! Comments By: Anon Brilliant, I can put thoses tissues away!!!!   halleluah! Comments By: Caz Thanks! It's worked & i am not running to every few mins to get a new box of tissues! Hope it lasts! Fingers crossed! X   hhmmmm Comments By: bob how can you sniff a marker if you have a blocked/runny nose?   ula Comments By: kelly i know yer exactly, you cana smelly thing that you smell or this wipe thing that you smell and its stops your nose from running, the fumes are really strong thow. you can get them from basically any super market :)   woo hoo! Comments By: Tawny Worked for me a little bit!! im so happy i found this!   okay not very good Comments By: 2pac shakaur i got blocked nose n nuttin happen man   Worked for me! Comments By: me Seriously, it worked. You should get a knighthood or something.   because i got high Comments By: anon ahah its amazing. im trying to do homework and everytime i look down my nose runs. i looked this up. and bam it works like a charm. because i got high now my nose is dry ahha. awsome. also i think everyone has such good comments on this because there all high so they just feel all happy. ahahhaha. sickkkkk.   Fantastic Comments By: shay I did not beleive that a marker could stop my runny nose. But the comments encouraged me to do so. As I was desperate, I emptied the tissue box in couple of hours. Sniffed the marker(parminent one) and now feeling ok. I dont know how long it will last but fingers crossed.   Works great Comments By: Sir Drips Alot I have a weird condition where only one side of my nose drips constantly all year long. It's annoying and I've tried the strongest of prescription allergy meds with minimal results. I just tried this and I think it's working...or maybe I am high? But I would know if my nose was dripping and it's not!   HOW THE FLIP DOES THIS WORK!?!? Comments By: JJJH I have a Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer look going on after two days of a leaking freaking nose where I've been blowing it every 2 minutes or so. In desperation I VERY skeptically tried this and OMG! It worked...Hilarious!   help me :( Comments By: sjs its not working for me :( all i want to do is chop my head off bad times :o(   Try Mustard Comments By: Karen I read comments on this site, after a day of non-stop runny nose but thought marker pens an unsavoury option. But it reminded me of when I had recently consumed too much mustard in a meal - aside from making my eyes water, it made my nose tingle. I had a crazy idea of inhaling mustard and - within a minute or so - my nose gradually stopped running. There is some science behind this too - details not to hand as this was a couple of weeks ago. Has anyone else tried this? Specifically I used pot of ready-made Dijon mustard. Don't inhale deeply (it isn't the lungs you want to fill), just the sinus area, to breath in gently. Give it a minute to work. Safer than marker pens I hope!!   WOW!! Comments By: Anonymous im sitting here at work, at a front desk where all sorts of executives are running around. and i can't stop blowing my nose..and everyones looking at me funny..i just tried the marker idea and im not doing as much..it hasn't stopeed clompetly cuz i keep sneezing..but it worked for the most part   WHATS WRONG WITH MARKERRS!! Comments By: noname im not being funny but how stuck up are some of you lot to kick up a fuss about sniffing a marker ! it doesnt get you high , i used to try my best , poppers now theres an answer too about 20x as strong as any marker or deoderant & they are sold legally.. to be fair just about any drink or drugs will sort out your blocked nose.. coke always makes my nose dry, weed clears my throat & helps me breathe better, all of these things dehydrate you so its only natural that they will dehydrate your nose too. anyway my point is with all the stuff around kids these days from about the age of 12 where does anybody get off ranting about a marker !?   Very nice Comments By: candice Thanks a sniff!   worked nicely Comments By: Brandy have had a runny nose all day.. and this stopped it in its tracks thanks =) oh and for the people who keep saying its dangerous. it would bemore dangerous to be cleaning with windex than sniff a simple sharpie   Eucalyptus Oil Comments By: Bernie Twist open a bottle of eucalyptus oil and sniff from there. It is safer and worked!   worked for me Comments By: ahmed had runny nose from 2 days.lemsip n other medicines didnt helped alot but this one .ohh my god worked instantly and finally i can sleep tonight...thanks alot   Sort of Comments By: Stephanie It did work, it gave me a good twenty minutes of relief or so, but as I sit here typing this, I can feel my nose running again. So good for short term relief when you really need to be able to think about other things in the meantime, but not good as a runny nose remedy.   What the. :o Comments By: NanaseChan Does any marker works for that? O_O A-M-A-Z-I-N-G o.o But it doesn't work on my sistah D: I'm suspecting my sharpie though :/ Aw I feel it, running nose is like hell ._. As for me I'd rather prefer fever or headache instead of running nose xD   I wouldn't do this if I were you. Comments By: Manley E. I never tried it and never will. I'm not going to risk my life so I can breathe on my nose. Think about it, what are you going to pick? Breathe easily, and get hi all the time. Or deal with stuffy nose, and it will go away eventually. So think before you act!   My nose knows now! Comments By: Snotty You all love this person because you're all HIGH! lolol It works...but now not only is my nose red...but has little black dots all around the openings.   UNREAL Comments By: Karen I have a BAD cold and my nose was DRIPPING.. I sniffed the blck sharpie for like 10 seconds, it went away... I still have a cold, but the runny nose GONE! WEIRD!!   It did work! Comments By: Tracey I've been dieing all day, went through an entire box of tissues. Eyes are watering, under my nose is all red. Vick's, neti pot, steam, sudafed nasal spray, nothing has worked. Tried it, then read through the comments, it's already slowed WAY down. That's amazing. Hey I sniff them when I don't have a runny nose. At least I have an excuse now!   Awesome! Comments By: B Wow... not only has this dried up my leaking nostrils, but it smells SOOO GOOOD! I've been giving my marker a good long whiff every couple of minutes and haven't felt better in aaaages! Seriously, this has changed my life!   Seriously Comments By: Anon I've yet to try it, though my nose is runny. My friend told me about this a few days ago, and my other, very intelligent friend tried it, said her nose felt better, but immediately asked me an extremely stupid question quite uncharacteristic of her (We're the ones that ask her about chemistry work more often). I'd rather not kill my brain cells.   OH MY GOD Comments By: ANON I FEEL GREAT! NOSE STILL RUNNY. BRAIN IS GOOD. FEEL GREAT.   going strong Comments By: Very happy 17 yr old :p i think its working, i just blew my nose before i tried it and i doubt it'll last more than an hour but i suppose its better than nothing, thank you tho, brilliant idea :)   oh geeez Comments By: nicole My nose has been running allll day non stop and it's not the kind you can just sniff up. it's like a never ending waterfall so i look on here having huge doubts that it would work. and it did. amazing. thanks :)   Live a Little Comments By: Anon I by no means condone the taking of drugs, but if it works - then why not? as for damaging brain cells etc are you planning to ignore the multitude of studies relating cell loss to mobile phone use, cancer etc to coffee intake and even worsening of ones site through even the minimal use of a laptop/tv - please grow-up and stop being a bunch of scaremongers. thanks.   KIDS! Comments By: Phil Stay in school ;)   A Little Relief Comments By: Philemeski (AUS) It worked. I woke up with a burning/ tickling sensation in my nose ( like if you were going to sneeze etc) i have had a shocking flu so wondered if it was contected. My nose is still running but it has helped. My eyes have stopped watering though thank god.   Sucks Comments By: Anon doesn't work at all.   Eh Comments By: Erin Don't know if it worked or not. My nose is too sore to tell anything right now but when my nose is runny I would rather be knocked out then have a runny nose. Will tell you this, chemicals can do a lot to make you feel better for a while...especially the ones that get you high. XD   holy crap Comments By: MIA I can't believe it worked... but it DID!!! It's been about 15 minutes since I sniffed the marker, (only a few times) and my drips have not come back yet! They have had me miserable all day, and kept me from sleeping last night. I took 3 different OTC pills and NOTHING worked. I do this marker trick, and almost instantly, the drips stopped. Bless you!   Worked :D Comments By: Anon Wow, actually worked! :)   OMG Comments By: Anon Your a genius you should be a expert at this, this is fantastic thanks thanks thanks :) FEELING GREAT   Hello, breathing! Comments By: Sunflower This method ACTUALLY WORKS! Originally, I had a stuffy nose. I iced my sinuses (held ice under my eyes) and this gave me the ability to breathe, but made me drippy. I took 2 3-second sniffs of the Sharpie, and guess what? SNIFFLE FREE!!!!! HALLELUJAH!   But... Comments By: Sunflower Wait... Your nose is running, but do your feet smell? If your nose runs and your feet smell, you definitely have a problem. The problem is that you are upside-down.   IT REALLY WORKS!! Comments By: Robert I was googling how to stop a runny nose and this was the first site I came across. When I read the fist comments I thought it was a joke but when I saw how many people said it actually worked, I decided to try. So guess what? It works, no sneezing no runny nose anymore! THANKS!!