The best advice is never to put anything smaller than your elbow in them, says a hearing specialist
People want to rid their ears of wax, but it is there to protect the ear from dirt and dust. The ear self-cleans: every time you move your jaw, the skin inside your ear moves and this pushes out any excess wax.
You may have been told that you should not put anything smaller than your elbow in your ear and it is true. If anything foreign is put into the ear to “clean” it, the pH level will change, causing the body to produce more wax. If you use cotton buds, they push the wax down and compact it further into your ear. The same happens with in-ear headphones.
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