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Why is it considered bad to clean your ears everyday?

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Your ears are slowly pouring out a stream of cerumen (earwax). Any pathogens (things that make you sick) that are on their way inside are trapped like a roach in a glue trap. read more

You should obviously clean your external ears but if you are referring to your ear canal you should not be cleaning it. You should never insert anything inside your ear canal - some people use cotton buds to clean their ears but this is a very bad practice - do not do it. Firstly, you ear canal is extremely delicate. read more

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, says the American Hearing Research Association: First, one should realize that wax isn’t all that bad. It keeps your ear dry and helps prevent infection. read more

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