Keeping your ears clean is key for good ear health and to help prevent problems like infections or impacted earwax. But with ...

It’s essential for protecting and lubricating the ear canal, but occasionally it can build up to the point where you may feel the need to clean it. Everyone deals with earwax buildup at some ...

More than 35 million Americans have to deal with compacted earwax, according to studies by SafKan Health. This medical device ...

Cleaning your ears can often feel like a gamble — without knowing exactly what’s happening inside, it’s easy to use too much ...

Cotton swabs are probably the first thing you use to clean your ears However a doctor advises against it as it can cause ear damage and increase infection risk ...

We’ve all been in a situation where we’ve satisfied an itch in the ear by scratching it with a cotton bud or used a swab to ...

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You guessed it – by going all out with a cotton bud in my ear canal. And despite knowing the risks, I recently fell off the wagon again, cleaning my ears so vigorously that I made them bleed.