How to clean your ears safely (and why you should never use cotton buds).
Now that we’ve covered that quick anatomy lesson, let’s discuss earwax, or cerumen, which is probably the whole reason you’re curious about how to clean your ears in the first place. Glands in the skin in your ears secrete this wax, which lines the outer half of your ear canal, the Mayo Clinic says. It may be hard to believe, but earwax is your friend. It, along with tiny hairs in your ears, is meant to protect your inner ear from dust, dirt, and other elements, the Mayo Clinic explains.
As your body makes new wax, older wax gets pushed out of your ear and falls away naturally, the Mayo Clinic says. “You really don’t have to do a whole lot,” Dr. Chang previously explained. You also clean your ears a bit just by living your life. The act of opening and closing your mouth moves your ear canals just enough to shake loose some wax, Erich Voigt, M.D., clinical associate professor and chief of general/sleep otolaryngology at NYU Langone Health, tells SELF.
With all of that said, you might be really keen on knowing how to clean your ears as safely as possible, self-cleaning mechanism be damned. Keep reading to learn how to clean your ears without making them very, very mad at you.Dr. Voigt recommends cleaning your ears when you’re in the shower, using gentle soap and water. “When you’reSpecifically, you can wipe down the pinna, which encompasses those outer ear folds and your earlobe. You should also hit behind your ears.
So, really, stick with Dr. Voigt’s advice and gently wipe down the outer part of your ears in the shower. After you’re done cleaning your ears? “Just dry [them] with your towel,” Dr. Voigt says. Again, Dr. Voigt emphasises staying away from your ear canal. “I tell people to put their finger in their towel and kind of just mark the opening of the ear.
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