Why does cleaning your ears feel so good?

“A lot of people have a chronic feeling that their ears are irritated or itchy, and feel that a Q-tip relieves that feeling,” says Benjamin Tweel, M.D., an assistant professor of otolaryngology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. “In that sense, it's like scratching an itch. read more

(answers from otologist, Dr. Dennis Fitzgerald of Washington, D.C.) We like to stick Q-tips into our ears because most likely we've already cleaned all the wax out of our ears, and when the wax is removed, our ears start to itch. read more

It's just clean and good after all the shit comes out - a natural feeling! My dad peels out hang nails from his toes till they bleed and there's a gaping hole. He loves it. read more

Pro-tip: Fill your bathroom sink with warm water. Fill the syringe with water from the sink. Step into your shower and squeeze the bulb so you get a firm stream of water going into your ear. Repeat until ear is unclogged (my right ear took about 40 times). read more