About
Ear Wax
Glands
in the ear canal produce ear wax or "cerumen".
Ear wax serves an important purpose in that it help protect
the ear drum against injury and infection by trapping dust,
bacteria, and other particles. The ear is usually self-cleaning
and the ear wax will dry up, become flaky, and fall out.
Ideally, you should not clean your ear canal at all. If
you absolutely must, do not use a q tip or, worse still,
bobby pin etc. Q tips will often push more wax in than
they'll take out and block your hearing. Q tips can also
injure your ear canal and cause bleeding and infections.
Q tips can even poke a hole in the ear drum and cause permanent
damage.
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