Ears Health

Ears. We all have them. Sometimes attractive people have ugly ears. Sometimes ugly people have nice ears. In this sense, they are an enigma. They’re great for listening out for danger and for listening in to conversations. But it turns out that by doing something that you might’ve thought was good for your ears, you’re actually doing them harm.
According to the Telegraph, every year around 7,000 people in England alone go to hospital with an injury from a cotton swab. That’s more people than are injured by razor blades. Healthcare professionals have been trying to discourage people from cleaning their ears with cotton swabs for years as it can damage the ear drum and push wax deeper into the ear. But fittingly, nobody’s listening.

Using cotton swabs to clean your ears can cause ear infections as well as long term hearing damage. Simply put, you should never insert anything into your ear. Furthermore, earwax (aka cerumen) isn’t necessarily dirty.
Produced by glands in your ear, cerumen has antibacterials proprietress and acts as part of your body's defence system, lubricating and cleaning the ear canal. There are a number of ways to clean your ears without depleting said cerumen (or damaging your ears) and you’re far better off using one of these.

Salt water:

While most people conceive of getting salt water in your ear as fairly horrible, this is not at all unpleasant. By gently dapping in a few drops of salt water, you can effectively clean the recesses of your ear. Use water that’s warmed to 100 °F (37.5 °C).