Why You Shouldn't Use Cotton Buds To Clean Your Ears

Have you ever been tempted to clean out your ears with cotton buds ?, Sometimes you could even go the extra mile of using Fowl feathers(sweet feeling right?), some prefer keys, biro covers and some other stuff. 

However, experts have one word of advice: don’t!. Here's why:

The ears are a very delicate part of your body which aid hearing and maintenance of body balance. As delicate as the ear is, it has its own way of protecting itself from germs and other unwanted particles. It achieves this by the production of Cerumen (earwax) which is the substance found in your ear.

It's duty is to keep your ears healthy by trapping dust and dirt so that they don’t travel deeper into your ear. Having a waxy coating on your delicate ear canal skin also helps to protect it. The inside of your ear doesn’t need to be cleaned because earwax is the cleaner.

Your body already has a way to deal with earwax it no longer needs. Chewing, other jaw movements, and skin growing inside your ear will push old earwax out naturally. Using cotton buds, however, can push the wax deeper into your ear canal. You might also seriously damage sensitive ear canal skin or your eardrum.

Infact, here's a video of what happens when you use a cotton bud in your ear.

(watch video below)

If you however feel like you have excess earwax in your ear, you need to go to a hospital and seek professional advice from a doctor. That way your ears will be properly taken care of.

I hope this article was helpful, please drop your comments below and share your personal experiences because I'd like to hear from you.