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How do you clean your ears?

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Use ear candles.

Some weird people I used to know did this... it's a candle with the wick sticking out the bottom, you light the candle, and it melts the wax in your ear and draws it out... I don't think I've be comforatble doing that.
 
I've been using q-tips since I was a kid. And I push them in there pretty deep. Nothing bad has happened soo far.

Whats so bad about them exactly?
 
been using qtips inside my ear my whole life, never had an ear infection, never a problem. earwax is the worst.
 
Anyone ever seen someone who thought that you don't need to clean your ears and they had like the nastiest looking ear wax ever half-way out of their ear. Yea, I think I'll stick to Q-Tips.
 
I've gotten an ear infection before from too much cleaning + qtips. It sucked bad... had the feeling of vertigo constantly for 3 days straight.
 
I have to clean my ear canals out after showers... otherwise it tickles and drives me nuts. If I forget to use a q-tip, before the end of the day, I'll usually resort to using a pen cap and scraping the excess out of the ear canal.
Or a car key.

Great hearing, no earaches here.
 
I never stick the q-tip farther than the amount of cotton on the tip. That way i won't be sticking it in too far. I've never had an ear infection becuse of this, however, I have had ear infections because of sniffling my snot instead of blowing my nose. Now I always blow my nose and have never had an ear infection since.
 
Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
PSA, ears are self cleaning...

Need to request a sticky for this PSA.
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I'm disappointed it took this many replies before someone actually said this...
:beer: for you...
 
Just buy a bottle of hydrogen peroxide... use the cap, fill it with the stuff, and then let it soak in your ear for a few seconds... then quickly turn your head (over the sink of course) and you should see some yellow stuff... then go into the shower and let water enter your ear to get rid of the remaining debris and solution. No qtip necessary.
 
I've never ever had an ear infection, much less any problems from q-tips. I use q-tips daily, but I don't put them inside my ear - just clean crud from the outside. Ears know what they're doing, why should we clean out wax? It's supposed to be there and protects your ears from pollutants!
 
after getting wax cleaned out over a year ago, the doc said not to use qtips. the wax should come out by itself as your canal's skin grows outward the ear.
 
i use the metal thing with scoop... my mom always did it for me 🙂
its much harder to pick your own damn ear.. wheres mommy when i need her. bhahaha.
 
Originally posted by: Isshinryu
Originally posted by: mugs
Anyone who has a problem with using Q-Tips to clean their ears is a sissy.
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Yes, everyone knows that using Q-tips makes you a hardcore badass...
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You sir, need a better understanding of logic.

And I was being facetious to boot.
 
Originally posted by: DrPizza
I have to clean my ear canals out after showers... otherwise it tickles and drives me nuts. If I forget to use a q-tip, before the end of the day, I'll usually resort to using a pen cap and scraping the excess out of the ear canal.
Or a car key..
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Yeah, I'm in the same boat. If I don't clean my ears every other day at least, the wax build-up causes a slight but constant irritation. So I Q after a shower.
 
Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: Isshinryu
Originally posted by: mugs
Anyone who has a problem with using Q-Tips to clean their ears is a sissy.
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Yes, everyone knows that using Q-tips makes you a hardcore badass...
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You sir, need a better understanding of logic.
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And you need a lesson in lightening up... (and maybe one looking into how the ear works and the damage that can be cause by sticking thing in them...)

And I was kidding around to boot...
 
Originally posted by: dquan97
I have a metal stick with a small "scoop" on the end of it. Have to be real careful but it works great. You're supposed to leave a little bit of wax/oil in there though... helps prevent infection I hear.
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I have the same thing too! Used it about every month...no problems so far
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Ditto, except I have someone else to do it.
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That's gross!!! Who does it?
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Yo' daddy 😉
 
I scrolled down far enough to make sure that someone else already mentioned the "spoon". 🙂 As far as I know, it's an Asian thing, but who knows, maybe not. I've used it my entire life, although when I was younger, my mom would do it since it's not smart to have a kid stick a long thin object into his ear. 😛

This is gonna sound weird/nasty to people who've never used one before...but does it "soothe" anybody else here? I find that it's like a nice itch sometimes 😀
 
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