Yes, earwax is gross. But should you really stick a candle into your ear to get rid of it? Lots of people say yes. They swear it can get rid of many problems, from wax buildup to ringing in their ...

As ear wax accumulates, it may be tempting to stick a cotton swab in your canal to clear it out. But the medical experts we spoke to said that can be dangerous and damage your ear canal.

Indeed, there are people who stick the candles in their ears, light them, and wait for the warmth of the candle to draw out wax and other gunk from the ear canal.

Cotton swab fibers, while appearing “nice and fuzzy,” she said, are “actually quite abrasive.” And that can cause your ear to produce more wax to protect the now-vulnerable skin.

While it may sound gross, ear wax could provide an inexpensive way to detection the disease early, before motor impairment ...

It's surprising what people stick in their ears to dig out wax, but don't do it, new guidelines warn ...

Any wax that you see on a Q-tip you have stuck into your ear is regular, healthy wax that did not need your assistance in being removed.

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Got an ear itch? Excessive ear wax? Got a cotton swab? Problem solved, right? Wrong. "People should absolutely not stick Q-tips inside their ears," says Arnold Henry, M.D., and ear, nose, and ...

TikTok loves high-tech gadgets for scraping out ear wax. Doctors? Not so much.

"She takes an iron rod and puts it gently into her ear," Fente said. "She moves it around to loosen the wax. Then she takes a chicken feather, cuts the soft end to a point and sticks it into her ear.

A PAIR of bizarre ear wax cleaning headphones are going viral and they’re not for the faint-hearted. The unusual invention could be more effective than the classic cotton bud but they’r… ...