This is why you should NEVER clear out earwax anything bigger than an ELBOW

Earwax is naturally pushed out of the ear, and patients shouldn’t ever stick things in their ears to clear it out, warns the American Academy of Otolaryngology (AAO). The motion of the jaw moving up and down as we chew pushes out old earwax. It’s then washed away when showering, or flakes off and blown […]

Ear infection symptoms: Earwax build-up could be causing pain and itchiness

Ear infection symptoms include a severe pain inside the ear, a fever, and an itchiness inside and around the ear. It could also cause a sensation of pressure inside the ear, difficulty hearing, and scaly skin around the ear. Discharge could run from the affected ear. It may be thin and watery, or thick and […]

Q-tips will never actually get rid of your earwax

Tamaki Sono/Flickr The INSIDER Summary: Using Q-tips to remove earwax is pointless, Dr. Mark Vaughan told INSIDER.  It’s because Q-tips are too big to effectively scoop anything out of your ear canal. Dr. Mark Vaughan is an earwax whisperer. Of course, he treats all types of conditions as medical director of Auburn Medical Group , a […]