Cotton buds are bad for your ears. Inserting a cotton bud into the ear canal may cause impaction of wax, ear-drum damage and or increase the risk of infection by damaging the skin in the ear canal.

Cotton buds can damage your ears and cause an infection. Find out the real risks, common myths, and safer ways to clean your ears the right way Cotton buds are common in most Nigerian homes for makeup ...

It can be tempting to prod the ears in a bid to shift earwax. But popular methods of dislodging it — cotton buds, fingers and candling — may cause more harm than good, according to NHS GP Dr. Sooj.

You've probably used cotton swabs to clean your ears. Here's why ENTs say you shouldn't. (Getty Images) "Don’t put anything smaller than your elbow in your ear." It's the kind of thing you may have ...

You may have heard the warning never to put anything smaller than your elbow in your ear, or shuddered at the story of a friend’s friend who ruptured her eardrum with a cotton bud. While eardrum ...

Cleaning your ear out and removing ear wax might sound like an innocent act of self care, but one expert is sounding the ...

Ears should never be completely wax free, as the substance is lubricating and helps keep ear canals functioning and healthy. In fact, the rule is just the opposite. Wax plays a vital role in ...

I'm willing to admit that I've done it myself: I've cleaned the wax out of my ears with cotton buds. It's weirdly satisfying, but as we've all been told before, we really shouldn't do it. In fact, the ...

When it comes to cleaning our ears, mindlessly poking at the wax with a cotton bud could be doing more harm than good, a leading GP has warned. Dr Suraj Kukadia, a 33-year-old NHS GP from ...

Many of us reach for a cotton swab (commonly known as an earbud) to clean our ears, believing it's the best way to remove earwax. However, what appears to be a harmless habit can actually put your ...