Is it bad to use Qtips to clean your ears?

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yes !

ear wax in a gift from god.
it stops dirt from infultrating and infecting your inner ear

it also stops water from doing the same thing

your ears should be cleaned only by a doctor

or with a eye dropper filled with
olive oil or mineral oils.

No.

yep, but everyone does, don't they?

No. Just don't stick them into your ears.

Use a Qtip to clean the outer parts of your ears, but don't put it inside your ear hole.

no thats why they invented them:)

No m,just dont go into the canal.

Yes you can puncture your ear drum or shove the wax deeper into the canal. Your ears need a small amount of wax to help keep dirt and debris out of your ear canal. It constantly makes wax pushing out the old wax and replacing it with fresh wax. There is no need to clean the ear unless you have a buildup of wax and that would be taken care of at the doctors office.

Yes, I heard that before from my doctor. The reason is that it pushes back down the earwax that you are trying to remove. He told me to just use a washrag to clean the surface but not to push anything inside.

doctors say it is the q-tip was intended to clean around the ear if you clean the inside of the ear it does get some of the wax off but it also pushes some of it in and it starts building up

It is bad b/c it pushes the wax farther into your ear and you could puncture your eardrum. I still use them though. I also put hydrogen peroxide in them, this works the best at getting all the was out.
The original use of Q-tips is to apply makeup, touch-up paint and stain on walls, cabinets, ect., clean musical intruments, apply creams and ointments, clean cuts, clean between toes, and care for newborn's umbilical cords.

Not if you're careful and just clean out the superficial excess wax. Don't go in too deeply or use a lot of force, this can damage sensitive areas and cause a high pitched ringing sensation in the ears.

no i use q-tips all of the time to clean my ears but dont clean your ears to often that is bad for your ears.

Yes its bad to clean your ears with Q-tips. To clean your ears you would want to get an eyedropper and some hydrogen peroxide and drop the peroxide into your ear and allow it to bubble the wax loose and it will fall out , You can use Q-tips safely if you do not go in toward the ear canal.

The past 20 years, I've heard things like, "Don't put anything in your ear, smaller than your elbow." -seriously, how ridiculous is that? They invented Q-tips for a reason. BUT the problem is that, if a person has severe wax build-up, using a Q-tip can shove the wax further in, and cause more problems. AND some people let children get ahold of them, and they puncture their eardrums! THE POINT IS, IS TO BE VERY CAREFUL using them! Use them moist from water or alcohol, but NOT dripping wet, blot them first on a tissue or towel. USE VERY VERY SLOWLY! get clean tip for every time you go in. A good time to use is after a hot shower, where the steam has softened the ear wax. --ALL this, I told my teen son, just the other day....

It is bad to insert q-tip into ear cannal. Not only to you push wax back into ear you run the risk of rupturing your ear drum. Wax flows out of ear and when you use q-tip it pushes wax back and increases the chance of wax impaction.
It is ok to use them around the ear canal opening though.
They have a product called debrox which is good to remove wax. You can find it at any drug store. It is peroxide with oil and you put it in affected ear for 3 nights in a row and then rinse with bulb syringe. It is very effective.

Besides pushing ear wax up against the eardrum, q-tips also cause irritation to the canal and ear drum. This can lead to external ear infections. My husband is still recovering from these problems.the consequences of his aggressive ear cleaning with q-tips. We still don't know if he is going to recover the hearing he has lost from it.

as long as you do not push it too far in
you could puncture your eardrum

yes. you cant hear ppl tell you that it is harmful because you have already became deaf.

however i would recomend using toothpicks instead

yes, it is better to carefully use a bobby pin or something like it. A Q-Tip pushes the wax and compacts it against the ear drum until eventually you will hear nothing because of all the build-up.

but everybody does it so it really doesn't matter what anyone tells you, you will still use them.

Is it bad to use Qtips to clean your ears?

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