WEEK 19: COTTON BUDS/Q-TIP

AVOID Q-tips. SWITCH to doing nothing (or cotton/towel + little finger. yep)

1. PROBLEM

Uh. Don’t use it for EARS! It is actually not recommended.

LEAVE THE WAX. Why?

1. The ear canal makes wax for a purpose. The wax in your ear waterproofs the ear canal and keeps water from going in and getting stuck, sort of like wax on your car. If you clean your ear with a Q-tip, that strips the wax and lets the water stay in.
2. It’s also a natural antibiotic. It’s naturally acidic and it prevents infection in your ear. So if you take away the wax, you’re more likely to get a swimmer’s ear infection.
3. At the end of the ear canal is the ear drum, and the ear drum is much closer to the outside than you might think. If you put a Q-tip in your ear so the entire cotton has gone in, you’re probably touching your ear drum. People always say they didn’t go in that far, and they always do.
4. What’s a worst-case scenario? If you put a Q-tip into your ear you could puncture your eardrum and that may require surgery to fix it. It can even make you lose your hearing in your ear forever.

Yep. You could lose your hearing ability.

2. SOLUTION

Don’t use anything! Simple.

I can suggest safe ways but I’m no doctor. The best thing to do is to save time and not give a damn.

3. CONCLUSION

Your ears will do just fine without any cleaning. :)