The 1 Thing You Should Never Do When Cleaning Your Ears — 'Horrible Things Happen'boytaro Thongbun / 500px via Getty ImagesThe human ear is a magical organ that allows us to hear and helps keep our balance. Press play to listen to the full episode:“Never use a Q-Tip,” Kasper told us. “And if you just stick that in your ear, all you’re doing is plunging the wax further down into the ear canal. “I’ve seen horrible things happen where people put Q-Tips in there, and then they start brushing their teeth,” Kasper said. “The ear canal itself is just skin tissue and the wax is produced from what’s called sebaceous glands — they’re little glands in the ear canal,” Kasper explained.

Source: Huffington Post January 09, 2025 15:04 UTC