India, Dec. 14 -- A cosmetic trend, nasal hair waxing, could be linked to a potentially severe and unexpected medical complication: fainting. Dr Kunal Sood, a Maryland-based physician specialising in anesthesiology and interventional pain medicine, took to Instagram to issue a warning about the procedure, explaining how it can cause a person to suddenly collapse. Also read | Can fainting be a sign of heart trouble? Know from an expert

In a video posted on December 12, Dr Sood explained the mechanism behind this alarming reaction after reacting to a clip of a woman fainting following nasal waxing. "You might not expect something like nose waxing to cause someone to collapse, but the nerves inside the nasal lining can trigger powerful refl...