Tips for picking earwax

In the eyes of many people, earwax picking is a trivial matter. When people feel their ears are itchy, they will use an ear pick to clean the inside of the ear, but the itch will come back within a few days after cleaning. In fact, there are skills to digging out earwax. So how do you dig out earwax by yourself? If you can tolerate the feeling of water entering your ears, you can rinse your ears with saline solution. Never use cotton swabs to dig out your ears.

1. Tips for cleaning earwax

1. Clean your ears with salt water. When cleaning your ears. You can clean it with salt water first, drop a few drops of salt water into your ears, then gently shake your head, and then rinse it with water.

2. It will be discharged in due time. Our external auditory canal skin has the function of automatically moving outward. In other words, the external auditory canal skin can transport the earwax outward and excrete it. When we chew and speak, the movement of the mandibular joint drives the external auditory canal.

3. Do not use cotton swabs. When cleaning your ears, it is best not to use cotton swabs or finger lights or other tools to pick your ears, as this may push the earwax deeper into the ear canal (causing your earwax to move deeper into the ear canal) or even touch the eardrum, causing other discomfort symptoms.

2. Clean the earwax as soon as possible

1. Ordinary people do not need to clean their earwax specifically, and ENT doctors do not encourage patients to clean their ears themselves, because the skin of the external ear canal is very thin and delicate, and can easily be broken and inflamed. It is especially against having your ears cleaned in a barber shop, as this can more easily lead to the spread of diseases such as fungal infections in the external auditory canal.

2. However, there is a type of people who have a lot of hard earwax, just like black and hard fermented black beans. This is because the cerumen glands of such people secrete more vigorously. People like this are advised to go to the hospital regularly every 2-3 months to ask an ENT doctor for help. Otherwise, you won’t be able to take it out by yourself. Once water gets in, it’s more likely to get inflamed because it’s swollen by water, so it’s very painful and can easily cause external otitis. Therefore, this kind of people can generally clean it by themselves with a cotton swab, and there is no need to go to the hospital. If it is not very itchy, it only needs to be cleaned once 1-2 months. It depends on the individual.

3. If you are cleaning earwax for a child, it is best to use a cotton swab instead of a sharp ear pick, and the baby's cooperation is required. If he strongly resists, do not force him, otherwise it may damage the external auditory canal or eardrum. If you are afraid to clean it yourself, you should go to the hospital once every six months.

To sum up, these are some understandings and introductions of tips for cleaning earwax. I hope you will find them helpful after reading them. Cleaning earwax is a small thing in life, but if not handled properly it may have a significant impact on our health, so everyone should know some tips on cleaning earwax.