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 ...

We all know that you’re not supposed to clean your ears with a Q-tip. And yet, people still do it all the time. Surely you’ve heard the horror stories about a friend of a friend of a friend piercing ...

Most of us have done it. After a shower, you grab a cotton swab, tilt your head, and twist it gently inside your ear. It feels satisfying, almost like a ritual. The cotton comes out with a hint of ...

While most of us do this, it is not safe. Cleaning ears with cotton swabs may lead to fatal ear infection! As per doctors, this practice may affect your hearing ability and can even give you a ...

Raise your hand if you've ever been personally victimized by a cotton swab. (Hi, yes, my hand is raised.) The story goes like this: When I was in college, I was cleaning my ears out in my typical post ...

Safe ways to clean ears: If your earwax is built up and impacting your hearing, see a doctor. The doctor will professionally clean your ear, using syringe to gently pump warm water into the ear (Image ...

Is it safe to use cotton swabs to remove earwax? Most of us have seen or used the earwax-cleaning products all over social media — high-tech lavage kits, spoons equipped with smartphone cameras, ...

I'll warn you now: This is a topic that's not exactly, as my mother would say, "dinner table conversation." But I know that doctors caution against using cotton swabs to clean inside your ears—they ...

A real-life horror tale that’s gotten renewed media attention this week is sure to make you think twice about digging earwax out of your ears. An Australian woman says she developed a life-threatening ...

The advice from doctors is clear: Don’t use cotton swabs to clean your ears. But people continue to use a soft-tipped plastic or paper stick to dig out the wax from their ear canals – and it’s a ...