Never use cotton swabs to clean your ears

Earwax in the ears is very distressing to many people, because it not only affects hearing, but also sometimes produces a foul smell that makes people feel very disgusted. Using cotton swabs to clean ears is the most common way in daily life, but many people don’t know that using cotton swabs to clean ears may cause certain damage to the ears and is not good for ear health, so try to reduce its use.

1. Do you always use cotton swabs to clean your ears?

If so, then you should pay attention: earwax is a kind of body fluid in our body. It is usually invisible. You know, you can only find it when you put a cotton swab in your ear. Of course, earwax is not cute. If you are very concerned about having this sticky substance in your ears, what you should do is take out the cotton swab now and then see what is the correct way to clear earwax.

In fact, it is not as dirty as we think. The ears have the function of self-cleaning, and many people do not need special cleaning in their lifetime. Earwax is an ear secretion that can kill bacteria and protect the ear canal. Cleaning it all out will be harmful. Some people have a lot of earwax, so it's best not to use cotton swabs

II. Suggestions

Clean up. It is better to go to the hospital to seek help from a doctor. Earwax usually appears in the external auditory canal. But because people always use cotton swabs to clean, the earwax is pushed deep into the ear and causes blockage. Just use cotton swabs to clean around the ear and don't let it enter the ear canal.

In most cases, earwax does not need to be cleaned intentionally. The bacterial community in the ear canal has its own ecological balance. If you destroy them, it may cause pain or even damage to the ear canal and cause inflammation.

In addition, earwax actually has many benefits. The dissolving enzymes in earwax mixed with fatty acids from the sebaceous glands can create an antibacterial environment, thereby protecting the ear canal and avoiding bacterial infections.

Moreover, the smelly earwax also has a moisturizing function. Without earwax, the external auditory canal would be thirsty. Therefore, it is best to use cotton to clean around the ears and not insert it into the ear canal.