How Cotton Swab Damage The Ears?
How Cotton Swab Damage The Ears? Cotton Swabs Harmful for Us . How Cotton Swab Damage The Ears? How Cotton Swab Damage The Ears? Our ear canal has specializedl cells that produce cerumen, which is commonly known as ear wax. Earwax plays an important role in maintaining the health of our ears. It is slightly acidic, which helps in fighting bacteria and fungus in the ear, and it is also slightly oily, due to which it provides a waterproof barrier for the skin of ear canal and protecting it from dust. We usually don't need to clean wax out of our ears because the ear canal has a natural cleaning system that sweeps earwax out like a conveyor belt. In some situations, the ear produces an excessive amount of wax. An excessive earwax can interfere with your hearing by blocking the ear canal. But using a cotton swab to clean the ear canal, actually, pushes the earwax deeper and deeper into the canal. Indeed, pushing wax deeper into the ear, can also compact it and make a...