when in the shower, make it super hot and just blow and blow and blow. rinse your nose, gargle the hot water. Vaseline or Vaporub are your best friend for raw nose skin. hydrate with tons of water so you can keep snotting everything out to get it over with. also whatever you do, AVOID SNIFFLING OR SNORTING DOWN SNOT. it is easier sometimes to sniffle and sniffle and not blow, but then the mucus runs down your throat into your lungs and you'll be coughing it up later for an extra week bc your body didn't get it out with a sneeze