= November 28 = == Nasal cauterization == When I was quite young I underwent a few treatments of nasal cauterization. I don`t remember much about them except that they turned my nose a deep shade of purple that needed to be washed off later (?). What method of cauterization was this? Would it have hurt? (I don`t remember—I was quite young, jus..... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacker