Do you use Q-tips to clean your ears?

dighn

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sometimes. but i'm wary of using them because using them can push earwax further up creating plug that's a really tough to remove. happened once and it sucked. even the doc couldn't get it out (thought he got it by syringing but NOT). had to dig it out with one of those metalic thingies
 

BriGy86

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a doctor told me not to use them, try getting drops from wallgreens or somthing, then use some sort of syringe to flush it out with warm water
 

shilala

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Remember the commercial where Q-tips suggested that you use your elbow to clean out your ears?
That was cute.
 

Scarpozzi

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Yeah...but I try not to go too deep. You can actually push wax back into your ear canal without even trying... It's dangerous to. :p
 

meltdown75

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yes, every morning.

i think i shove them in too far. there doesn't seem to be anything in there to impede their progress... :Q
 

Vich

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as someone said before only clean the entrance, many ppl shove it to far and can puncture there ear drum and push wax in
 

Patt

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But of course ... I am gentle, and try to stick to the outside, but it feels so good to dig deeper sometimes.
 

Taggart

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Originally posted by: dighn
sometimes. but i'm wary of using them because using them can push earwax further up creating plug that's a really tough to remove. happened once and it sucked. even the doc couldn't get it out (thought he got it by syringing but NOT). had to dig it out with one of those metalic thingies

Wait, he killed a SPIDER that was in your ear??????

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