Yeah, same for me. When I feel that tickling crap, I just grasp whatever is available between my index fingertip and thumb, and yank baby! And as you say, with just a bit of booger material clumping several hairs together, I, too, am able to extract several hairs with a single yank. The secret is to pinch hard so your yank is not wasted by having one or more of the hairs slip from your grasp. So, pinch firmly and yank with extreme prejudice, OP, and you too will find this method to be highly productive in terms of nasal hair removal.

OR....

As an alternative, you could try the "BIC" Method by following these steps:

1. Use index finger to apply pressure to the outside of the non-involved opening to close of air leakage.

2. Hold BIC or comparable butane lighter to the subject opening, forming a seal between the lighter and nasal opening, and press and hold gas button/lever for approximately 5 seconds.

3. Immediately follow the gas injection with a spin of the ignition wheel of the lighter. This will cause the gas previously injected into your nasal passages to ignite in a single, violent but contained explosion.

This ignition will vaporize any and all hairs within the nasal passages. And you will be surprised at the very low level of pain. The flash is so short-lived that no burning of tissue should occur.

NOTE: If the BIC Method is used often enough, a thin layer of scar tissue will eventually grow over the inner nasal lining and kill all hair follicles making nose hairs a thing of the past.