Why is it bad to clean your ears with a q tip?

[@a-garden-of-worlds]

I know this but unfortunately I have no self control

[@issacjueshar9430]

Ong

[@bgos4727]

I have no money to do this

[@Shafag-g4l]

@@issacjueshar9430 fr

[@Shafag-g4l]

@@bgos4727 same

[@sweat342]

Samee

[@zskull162]

Every. Single. Time. that they say “don’t use q-tips,” the NEVER give a different solution.

[@tsp8855]

In this case the solution seems to be to go to Dr. Thakkar

[@shanegerman6505]

Use nothing

[@umbreon4369]

@celery7810it’s not non-existent otherwise my doctor who has to drain my ears out wouldn’t be in business.

[@keum8376]

ask someone else to pick the ear wax out for you with an ear wax picker and a flashlight. be very gentle though and don't go in too deep.

[@Pitusha]

I asked my doctors to clean my ears, and they all just said "ah, no need for that". They did not want to provide this simple alternative solution. So I'll just use Q-tip, because I hate when my earbuds get all waxy and gross

[@nuri7538]

If u want to clean it at home you can use a cloth it would help also what my audiologist suggested / for people who are used to the q-tips you still can clean with them but just the out side of the outer ear and be careful

[@casualmobs12338]

I use a bobby pin

[@donhatter159]

Thanks for the tips.

[@TheBongler]

I see what you did there😎

[@milkymama4790]

😎that was cool

[@cheese17382]

The tip was the best part😎

[@jeremyvera1444]

Alright cool, guess I’ll go to the doctor every other night 👍

[@bmo14lax]

No just dont use q tips lmao my ears are never dirty

[@imagine_it_stories6672]

​@@bmo14laxpeople with overworking sebaceous glands would disagree

[@VickyMouseWDW]

@@imagine_it_stories6672your sebaceous glands overwork themselves because you have taught them to do so by constantly removing everything they produce.

[@bigdawgsgottaeat5028]

Use hydrogen peroxide, works really well with cleaning ear wax

[@Mordecrabs]

I don’t have ear wax, I went to the doctors to check my hearing. I have great hearing to this day and q tips if done right way clean my ears perfect.

[@Al-fm8kh]

That doesn't mean q tips are good for you. That means nothing

[@dyronanthony284]

The cleaning the ear with water is such a nice feeling

[@ericandes4288]

That 15 min costed your insurance company $5000.

[@soonerredtx4896]

I suffered from chronic ear infections as a child. They can be very painful. But the warm water clean out feels so freaking good. I highly recommend it.

[@printerink697]

To clean your ears at home you can buy an ear digger, it's a long little spoon thingy that you can use to dig out ear wax

[@t00sa]

wet q-tip is just fine

[@catherinerangasamy8332]

As someone with chronic allergies and rhinitus, my ear canals itch daily. I have to use a black clip to scratch it 😂

[@GLondon93]

That must be really frustrating and annoying to constantly do. I have a friend who also suffers from chronic allergies and he said himalayan salt lamps have helped dramatically. Especially with dust/ asthma.

[@startedtech]

​@@GLondon93placebo is a wonderful thing, having a chunk of salt sitting in a room won't *actually* do anything

[@randomboy9059]

All these people in the comments like “I use qtips and I’m perfectly fine” don’t realize that the box says do not insert into ear canal. I don’t get how you could think that a completely blunt and bulbous object could remove earwax, there’s a reason you only see a tiny bit of residue on the end of it after you’re done, it’s because it exclusively pushed it deeper into your ear and a teeny tiny bit stuck to the cotton

[@delirium789]

I’m prone to infections due to immune suppressing medication and I got a nasty ear infection from using q-tips. Apparently, the wax keeps your skin moist and fights off any bacteria that enters, so when you take it away, you are at higher risk for infection. The q-tip can also cause micro-tears in the skin. So when you use q-tips, you basically cut open your skin and take away your body’s natural bacteria fighting ability.

[@anooa5057]

I used a q tip 3 years ago to clean the wax in my ears. It pushed the wax down the canal and caused a big hole to form in my eardrum. I did a ear surgery and now I'm fine. I totally regret using a q tip because it has affected my hearing a little and caused me trouble for a whole year till I did the surgery. I always get my ears cleaned only at the ENT since then.

[@alissan69]

I do it all the time and i’m fine. I do it cautiously though some people just jab it in there instead of gently twirling it to get every nook and cranny.

[@supreetkaurgill9500]

Its fine to use it once every month. But besides your ears will remove the earwax naturally

[@alissan69]

@@supreetkaurgill9500 Yeah I know that, but still I find it gross and icky and I want everything dirty off my body lol.

[@asianboivin2319]

I need this right now I am currently suffering from hearing loss in my left ear due to ear wax and severe ear pain in my right ear and I went to the doctor just for them to do nothing

[@aparnapatil4474]

What happened then, the same is happening with me I can't hear well with my right ear due to earwax but the doctors are rejecting to clean them

[@itchystick3907]

@@aparnapatil4474why would they reject cleaning them? I went to the doctor as well to get an ear cleaning cuz I couldn’t hear very well and they did it no problem.

[@SuccessforLifester]

He sells ear cleaning services hence he tells us not to self clean

[@marisolamaya159]

Either way… using a q-tip is still not a good idea. There are also over the counter ear drops that one can use to remove earwax.

[@mendolinoo]

Thank god I just used one time q tips those make me a phobia when I was younger

[@LeahDykema]

I need to visit this guy, I constantly have ear wax removing issues!

[@LaNatalia99]

Ive been doing this my whole life just like my mom taught me and im still alive.

[@Jiminstan331]

it's feel so new after the treatment i also had it twice in year😊

[@RealCreativeCarson]

With the amount of stuff I get in my ears, I would gladly take my chances with the q tip. I'm not spending money to get my ears specially cleaned every 2 days.

[@kmsy200]

He is right my husband wasn’t hearing well after he went for hearing test they told him . You have pieces of cotton in your ear and it’s the problem . Went through so much pain for cleaning his ear . And found all because how he was cleaning his ear .that stuck in ear canal

[@sabercat4239]

I had to go get one of my ears cleaned out by a doctor and they used the water technique because it was completely blocked. Man after the cleaning was done I was so excited to be able to hear again.

[@ankitamondal7141]

I have that mini light saber thingy. I use it monthly to lightly scrape the outer ear canal region (till where my fingers reach generally) and viola.

[@deniceiscooking]

I have ocasional very drippy wax due to using inear monitors... I successfully use q-tips every few days. Never had any issues.

[@freddytrinidad8696]

That is why Q-tip's were invented too clean ear.

[@P3cap]

This guy looks rather like an Uber driver then a ear specialist

[@Persy-or1zt]

Very good. Thats what i need and i am going soon to do it.

[@jenniferhughes7770]

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[@theunholybanana4745]

Sometimes you have to use a qtip tho, like when your ear gets clogged with water or your ear has really liquid ear wax

[@Mc_swager]

But it feels so good😩

[@phenomgaming2628]

The feel when using the q tip is out of the world

[@HarrellB_US]

Cost: That’ll be $11,000. Goes back to using Q-tips.

[@Vyron_NC]

Fun fact: there is actually no need to clean them The wax falls out on its own

[@oliverfurre-berger5451]

I don't have the money nor time to go to a doctor to get my earwax out every week

[@YouTube_lyrics]

then what do u use instead ?

[@RogerCollectz]

When I was a kid, I had problems with my ears, I was constantly getting ear infections and other problems as well of hearing loss from it. Three times as a young girl young kid, they had to put me to sleep to put these small special tubes into my ear canals. Idk what exactly they did, but ya. One day in school one of them popped out of my ear and my teacher seen it happen. And called my mom to come and see it. But ya I hated it so much, as in the ear infections.

[@-newhope7687]

I had this problem in the past and now it has been treated by an doctor t, thanks to him

[@OfficialRengoku]

For years i used Q-tips but stopped using them after my ears started making my hand hurt, making me go insane and couldn't sleep so i told my mom and she took me to the doctor about 3 weeks later and i had the worst of the worst of a ear infection in the ear and it was caused by Q-tips so be careful with those things 😄 Edit: i also couldn't hear half of the noise i could so i always yelled

[@Automaticguns1]

Ive been to the doctor several times over the last 5 years just to have my ears checked. i firmly believe the q-tip thing is just a liability problem. my ears are 100% clean and i use q-tips about every 20-40 days to clean wax out i don't have any wax clumps or cotton swab fibers inside my ears. The q-tip myth seems to purely be a liability choice along with a way for doctors to get a easy $100 just to remove a little wax from your ear. My routine btw is olive oil or mineral oil applied with q-tip to inside of ear wait 15 minutes and swab out the wax or hot shower for 10-20 minutes and swab after the shower

[@emilyruales7020]

1st what do you do if you are poor or can't offered the wax cleaning?

[@emilyruales7020]

2nd maybe we just can maybe clean the out?

[@kennyyyy420]

Yup this is true, I got ear infections cuz I keep using qtips now my right ear can barely hear

[@gustavotorresdothe69]

This will diffidently change my entire life cycle .

[@diningwithcorgis1188]

I use Q-tips, but I put it in gently. Then, curving it out.

[@Pitusha]

I asked my doctors to clean my ears, and they all just said "ah, no need for that". They did not want to provide this simple alternative solution. So I'll just use Q-tip, because I hate when my earbuds get all waxy and gross

[@isaacrepresent]

I ain’t going to a specialist twice a week for earwax bro, just make the q tips actually work🤦‍♂️

[@duskyman1]

Q-tips for 50 years here.. .. no problems. Just like 99.99 %. The only people who have a big ear wax buildup are people who never shower

[@7techno77]

You can buy disposable plastic scoopers and also metal ones to scrape it out.

[@hikarigreen5140]

He - Dr thakkar Me - Oooooh gujrati , I mean indian 🇮🇳

[@Katie.R]

Well what kind of psychopath is using dry q tips in their ears 😭

[@Liglerian]

I've been cleaning my ears with Q-tips for 35 years now, and I've never had problems or horrible build up.

[@aezplo7747]

ain’t no way the doctor got a gamin setup 💀💀

[@HOHguy]

I get eargasms, so im never stopping

[@redizrad]

Where do you go for a dr to clean your ears like this? What is it called?

[@levelxxiv]

I don’t have a wax issue but what can I use to scratch my very itchy inner ears?????

[@gaurabsingh9317]

What if someone can't go to doctor and want to clean ear at home . What should we use ? . Alternative of Q tip.

[@captaingoodra]

Not everyone has the money to clean their ears by a professional doctor. And ear wax on ur ears r NOT NICE AT ALL expecially when ur using earphones. We actually need a solution that we can afford not some ear doctor promoting stuff 90% of us can’t afford

[@LoyalCore]

Qtips are for the cartilage of your ear. So you should clean the soft part of your ear with that

[@aquallarine]

I need this procedure 👌

[@alechernandez5506]

How much is this service

[@johnny_ca]

i used to “clean” my ears with q tips til one day the cotton ball actually tore off from the stick and stayed in my ear for a while with me not knowing. days passed and my ear started to hurt very badly, i went to the clinic and the doctor did the same procedure they did to you but only this time the cotton chunk came out with the ear wax

[@AndrewVan07]

That’s crazy, ima still use them

[@13lilsykos]

Did that professional man just say t "itch your ears"?

[@gailbalch2551]

Yep. That's what I use a Q-tip for. Feels SO good to get rid of that tickley itch!

[@luccamartin8197]

My ears bled after I used a q-tip a few times, but I had no resulting hearing loss or infection after this happened.

[@peerlesszseito1456]

How are we supposed to clean them at home? If u let it be that way & not clean them it'll cause hearing loss & severe pain.

[@zachellenburg5738]

I see no reason to clean out the wax inside of the ear. It’s there to protect you, and naturally comes out when there’s too much. When it comes out, that’s when I clean it.

[@redsharky052]

What should I use instead of Q-tips. I’m not going to a doctor every day.

[@attarzam]

That will be 1,000 dollars sir…

[@VickyMouseWDW]

I was at dinner with my in laws one day and somehow the conversation came up around this, and I said I do not use q-tips for my ears and my father in law acted *so* disgusted, he was like “how do you keep your ears clean? That’s gross.” And when I told him how bad it is to use cotton swabs and that your ears naturally clean themselves he refused to believe me 🙄

[@SkyeDaCat]

Bro i wish i could do this bc it feels good

[@Venus-gn5oi]

It’s only bad if you go in like a maniac 😂

[@homagninandy1222]

Me who is cleaning my ears with q-tips while watching the video

[@haruruben]

My doctor told me to use q-tips to clean my ears and I told her this and she got mad at me. 😂 😂😂

[@Abdullah-ik1wj]

How much it cost

[@findjoselyn]

Here’s the thing…it feels AMAZING!

[@sonuandroid9081]

I remember one time my ear hurt really bad and i had trouble hearing i took some medicine and went to one of these doctors and it was like a miracle

[@notfarhankhurshid]

Mini light saber 😂

[@devilish676]

I would be that doctors nightmare bc he would spend 2 hrs everyday cleaning just my ears 💀💀💀

[@strangerthings9339]

Q-Tips aren’t bad They just want you to spend some money trust me ❤by the way ear wax isn’t bad for ears it actually prevents anything small from getting stuck in your ear 👂 or like damage your ear drums

[@MrMilkthe3]

I used q-tips for a 10 years, and I had to get surgery because it pushed ear wax into my ear so much it reached my ear drums and I almost went deaf

[@strangerthings9339]

@@MrMilkthe3 cap 🧢

[@MrMilkthe3]

@@strangerthings9339 ok, what ever you think

[@strangerthings9339]

@@MrMilkthe3 just saying I’ve been using it for my whole life and nothing happened to me

[@strangerthings9339]

Alhamdllila

[@michellelanteri6897]

That is so old fashion that the doctor did on your ears. New way special drops then warm water then it’s vacuum out

[@ljdoske2156]

Watching this while cleaning my ears with Qtips.

[@enpassantyoursoul4410]

You're an angel for blurring that, not because you're gross but because I find those stuff gross.

[@zaidsheikh6362]

everyone be talking here about q-tips while I’ve been here scratching my ears with compass pointy ends, guess i’ve no self control

[@Deighvihd]

Don’t care, feels good

[@Tanjiro_Kamado.....]

Bro I saw this after I just finished using Q tips 💀

[@fyodor_ivanovich]

“Doctor of Audiology” isn’t an Ear Doctor/Expert/Specialist. See an ENT.

[@anonymousdogg1559]

They sell a $3 equate kit and a separate $3 bowl like that to clean your ears. I don’t see how hard it is to do that rather than a Q tip 😂

[@ayiezmaskblack1035]

My ears are dry and can contain earwax in less than a week! It itches leading me to scratch it, i cant control it!

[@ASH_25_]

Bro said tucker 😂

[@aceballeza3804]

I usually use the smaller size for babies..

[@ricardobimblesticks1489]

So the guy that earns a living providing ear cleaning services says we shouldn't clean our ears ourselves?

[@godgrace3568]

Me watching this video while using the Q tip

[@ILikeusingEmz]

You can also use hydrogen peroxide I got 1 from the store and it cleans your ears perfectly

[@Mr.Krishnavenan]

You can use Almond oil too

[@practicaljoker9093]

You can use q tips, just dont go deep in your ear, duhh, just on the outer area

[@sinsinsinat5377]

Definitely an american...dr tucker...😂

[@leslychavez211]

Most satisfying 😉

[@normalchannel2185]

This is all good and all, but please make sure to visit a ent specialist(a doctor for the ears, nose and throat) regularly to clean your ears. I stopped using q tips to clean wax out 1 year ago, and did not visit a doctor to clean them. A month ago, it started hurting like a bitch, and when it was cleaned the wax had turned black and hardened like a rock, I had a BAAAAAD sinus infection and all of my sinus was clogged up

[@snipergaming5743]

Brother of Dr. Karan