Do you clean your ears with Qtip everyday?

Question

I do 2x a day but they say it's harmful to the ears?

Answer 1

I took an Audiology Anatomy class as an undergraduate student. The professor told us that we should never use q-tips to clean our ears. Q-tips can cause the ear wax to become compacted and then block the ear canal. Left alone, excess ear eax will come out on its own.

Of course I still use q-tips but only once a week. The amount that you are using q-tips will definitely cause you problems eventually. The ear canal needs some ear wax...and if there is too little it can become irritated. Very uncomfortable.

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Answer 2

I usually only do it every second or third day. I think the harmful part is that you risk puncturing the eardrum if you aren't careful. Also, earwax is there for a reason and helps prevent infection, but your body does make too much of it. So clean it out, but don't scrub your ears spicc and span--just stick with the outside of the ear and the very beginning of the ear canal.

If any wax is further in than a tounge can reach, leave it there--no one will see it, and it may actually help you fight infection, gnats, and other things that might try to get past your eardrum.

Answer 3

What's this Qtip, haven't heard of it before. Anyway, I think you shouldn't overclean your ears because having a bit of ear wax is supposed to protect the inner parts of your ears.

Answer 4

everyday after a shower. i hate the wet feeling after you get out of the shower in my ears.

Answer 5

they do say "stick nothing in your ears except your elbow"

unless you have a severe wax problem then no q-tipping is necessary

Answer 6

Once a week is sufficient.

Answer 7

Whenever I can rememeber

Answer 8

No,I do it every other day.

Answer 9

I do! I feel so gross if I don't.