Everything was going well: I was thirty-one years young and busy taking pictures of girlfriends and babies when one day a small sore appeared on the bridge of my nose. Without thinking about it, I ignored the inconvenience until the injury got bigger. Two days later, it was the size of a dime and looked terrible.
Very concerned, I approached a local pharmacist and asked for his opinion on a remedy. He said it sounded like a bacterial infection and asked me how I have treated it so far. I told him the names of the salves and salves I used (to no avail). He immediately came up with a new type of antibiotic ointment from Upjohn called Mycetracin. It contained three different antibiotics: Mycetracin, Teramyacin, and Bacetracin.
Three days later, after several applications, a scab formed. The edge of the sore was now only half an inch from my eyes. A few days later, the scab fell off and new pink skin appeared. I later found out that this type of staph infection can be started by pulling nose hairs out by the roots. The nose is teeming with various bacteria that can use the opening left by the missing root as an easy entry into the bloodstream. The infection that spreads can reach the eyes, which can be fatal. Since then I have used Mycetracin for each and every skin abrasion with wonderful results and now I am cutting my nose hairs instead of pulling them out.