I was at a gathering recently when a medical expert was brought to talk on personal hygiene.

He gave the normal and expectedrules except for that regarding the ear.

According to him, cleaning the ear is bad and even harmful to the ear. I went on further research to see if such a claim was true. I ended up googling it up and discovered its validity--its true.

According to The Telegraph:

“In most circumstances, wax is actually beneficial to the ear,” says Simon Baer, a consultant ear, nose and throat surgeon at the Conquest Hospital in Hastings.“It causes foreign bodies to adhere to it, preventing them from going further into the ear, and it has anti-bacterial properties. Removing it is like taking the wax off the surface of polished wooden furniture.It makes the delicate underlying skin of the ear more susceptible to infection.” Of course, some people have way too much earwax, but that’s rare. Certainly not common enough to support the huge earwax removal industry.

“There’s no need to clean your ears with a cotton bud,” writes Dr. Rob Hicks. “The ear has its own internal cleaning mechanism. Fats and oils in the ear canal trap any particles and transport them out of the ear as wax. This falls out of the ear without us noticing.” Besides, ear wax isn’t dirt. It’s supposed to be there.

Source: http://davolu..in/2013/08/medical-experts-reveal-cleaning-inside.html

I agree...!

wow

The proper way to clean your ear is by using hydrogen peroxide, olive oil or specially made solution for removing wax. When you pour it in, it softens d wax. and it pours out on its own.

I've always known this..thanks for sharing though.

But why does wax impaction reduce the sense of hearing and why does nature induce itching when the ear is filled with wax?

honey86: The proper way to clean your ear is by using hydrogen peroxide, olive oil or specially made solution for removing wax. When you pour it in, it softens d wax. and it pours out on its own.

According to the research, the wax is not dirty. It even protects the ear. Its meant to be there. eww

Watermelon: But why does wax impaction reduce the sense of hearing and why does nature induce itching when the ear is filled with wax?

excerpted:
Of course, some people have way too much earwax, but that’s rare. Certainly not common enough to support the huge earwax removal industry.

REMMEI: I've always known this..thanks for sharing though.

You welcome.

gbenga195:
According to the research, the wax is not dirty. It even protects the ear. Its meant to be there. eww

Really? As my ear dey always itch me, wetin make i do? can't do without cleaning my ears with cotton buds.

Last week ear wax blocked my middle ear had to dissolve it with drugs..trust me it was not cool