Category: General Health
Question: Hi is it necessary to be using cotton board to be cleaning the ears
Answer: Hi Joseph 

Cotton buds most times seem harmless however there have been many cases of significant long term damage from their use in cleaning the ears Damages such as punctured eardrums to impacted wax etc have been reported 

Earwax is actually a good thing it lubricates the ear canals to keep them functioning properly keeps insects from crawling inside our ears and prevents microbes from growing around our ear drums There is no medical need for the use of ear buds in cleaning the ears as wax is naturally removed by our ears themselves
However if you feel like theres too much wax in your ears put in 2 or 3 drops of olive oil this softens the wax and works its way out