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[-] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 16 points 3 weeks ago

you know you are not supposed to put them in your ears, right?

[-] h3mlocke@lemm.ee 6 points 3 weeks ago

Grammy always said never put anything other than your elbow in your ear...

[-] davidagain@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

My grandpa said the same. A year or two later when he said it again. It was then that I tried it. Gramps!!

[-] frezik@midwest.social 6 points 3 weeks ago

Inner ear is off limits. Can still be useful for the outer ear. For most people, cleaning the outer ear will let the inner ear take care of itself.

[-] davidagain@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

You will compact your earwax and it will get steadily more and more blocked up. Don't ask me how I know this.

[-] frezik@midwest.social 8 points 3 weeks ago

Outer ear. Blockages aren't an issue for the outer ear.

[-] davidagain@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

If it's too deep for your finger, it's too deep for qtips. Don't use qtips.

They also irritate the skin in a way that your finger doesn't.

If you have gunk that's not coming out with your finger, pippette small quantities of olive oil in, leave it there for a bit and tip it back out into some kitchen roll. Repeat once or twice a day for a week or longer if necessary.

MUCH, MUCH easier than that is DON'T compact the ear wax by using qtips in your ear.

You think you're scooping stuff out, and it feels so good, but you're compacting it on the way in and irritating the skin on the twist, promoting more ear wax. You'll think you have some hearing loss from noise, but it'll be the compacted ear wax because you didn't listen to the advice everyone gave you to not use qtips. Use your finger, but don't use qtips.