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This is how you really should be cleaning your ears—no Q-tips required

Never use Q-tips or cotton swabs to clean your ears—doing so can push earwax further into your ear and cause painful ...
Yahoo

Tips to clean your ears — and why ENTs want you to stop removing ear wax with cotton swabs and at-home irrigation kits

You've probably used cotton swabs to clean your ears. Here's why ENTs say you shouldn't. (Getty Images) "Don’t put anything smaller than your elbow in your ear." It's the kind of thing you may have ...
New York Post

I’m a doctor — this is the correct way to clean your ears to avoid injury

This is the way to be ear-responsible. A UK doctor is sharing sound advice about how we should be cleaning our ears. “How should you keep your ears clean? You don’t,” the 31-year-old general ...
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You Shouldn't Be Using Q-Tips in Your Ears. Here's How to Clean Your Ears the Right Way

Earwax is just a fact of life. We need it to protect the inner ear and lubricate the ear canal, though honestly, excess earwax can be annoying. Not only can it make it difficult to hear what's going ...
Rolling Out

The ear-cleaning habit that’s causing chronic dizziness

That satisfying feeling when you twist a cotton swab in your ear? It might be setting you up for months of spinning rooms and unsteady walking. Millions of people have an ear cleaning habit that’s ...