How often do you use q-tips?

lighterjobs · #1 09-09-2005, 09:32 AM

I was cleaning out my ears every time I got out of the shower but never found any ear wax. Now, I clean my ears about every 3-4 days and find a nice yellow suprise.

#2 09-09-2005, 09:37 AM

Yummy. I'll have to try that.

jakethebake · #3 09-09-2005, 09:39 AM

You realize when you use q-tips you really just jam the wax further in there?

STLantny · #4 09-09-2005, 09:40 AM

I use them after every shower.

Luzion · #5 09-09-2005, 09:40 AM

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You realize when you use q-tips you really just jam the wax further in there?

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Ditto. Its not meant to be jammed deep into your ear.

jakethebake · #6 09-09-2005, 09:41 AM

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I use them after every shower.

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Me too. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

lighterjobs · #7 09-09-2005, 09:42 AM

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You realize when you use q-tips you really just jam the wax further in there?

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I actually had a friend who lost 50% of his hearing because he used them twice a day. He had to start using that suction thing put in babies noses when they are born to suck the wax out.

jakethebake · #8 09-09-2005, 09:52 AM

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He had to start using that suction thing put in babies noses when they are born to suck the wax out.

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Those are really the best way to clean them. Squirt warm water in there.

Also, ear candling rules! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Shajen · #9 09-09-2005, 09:54 AM

The suction thingys are just as bad. You're talking about the ones that blast water into your ears?

I got a nasty nasty infection and a blown ear drum using those damned things. Stupid General Practitioner doctor who didn't know [censored] about ears recommended it to me.

Wax should come out of your ears on it's own. If your ears make a lot of wax, go to a ENT doctor every few months.

Standard disclaimer: Nothing smaller than your elbow should go in your ear. Since your elbow won't fit, that means nothing should. I will agree that Q-tips in the ears feels pretty damned good. Cleaning your outer ear with Q-tips is fine, just don't go digging for gold.

STLantny · #10 09-09-2005, 09:56 AM

I have great hearing, adn use them everyday, and no doctor ever said that there was too much wax. So whatever Im doing is working for me.