You can clean your ears at home with a damp washcloth or over-the-counter drops. If your ears are impacted, a doctor can remove wax buildup. Do your ears feel blocked up? Excess wax can accumulate ...

Try removing ear wax at home with ear drops, oil, or a baking soda solution. Here is a step-by-step guide on how to use each ...

Earwax, medically known as cerumen, is a substance naturally produced by glands in the ear canal. It serves critical functions: Trapping dust, dirt, bacteria, bugs (really!) and other foreign ...

Cotton swabs “really weren’t made to clean your ears — all they do is just push the wax deeper down into your ear canal and this causes an impaction,” Dr. Tonia L. Farmer, who goes by Dr. Nose Best, ...

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Lots of people grew up thinking Q-tips were meant to clean the inside of their ears, but Dr. Uma Darji says that method can “do more harm than good.” See: The risk of everything from blockages and ...

You've probably used cotton swabs to clean your ears. Here's why ENTs say you shouldn't. (Getty Images) "Don’t put anything smaller than your elbow in your ear." It's the kind of thing you may have ...

If you can see wax in the outer part of a child’s ear, you can wipe it away with a damp flannel or cotton wall ball, she noted. “Don’t use soap” and “never poke anything, including a cotton bud, down ...

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