What exactly IS earwax anyway?

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2006-09-21 15:51:24 · 6 answers · asked by Tasmania24 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health

wax in the ear

2006-09-21 15:53:47 · answer #1 · answered by sirspadealot1 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋

Earwax is dead ear skin.

2006-09-21 23:01:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

Ear wax or "cerumen" is oil and sloughed off skin from within the ear canal.

2006-09-21 22:54:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

yeah, it's what mensch said! Also, it contains bacteria and it is nature's way of trapping debris so it can't travel into the middle ear canal.

2006-09-21 22:55:37 · answer #4 · answered by blondambition 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Go to kidshealth.com and find it

2006-09-21 22:55:44 · answer #5 · answered by lovely 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

y do u seem to have an over abundance?

2006-09-21 22:55:43 · answer #6 · answered by justmedrt 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋