Cotton bud in ear: Why can't we resist the temptation despite the warnings? | Features | Lifestyle | The Independent
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Cotton bud in ear: Why can't we resist the temptation despite the warnings? | Features | Lifestyle | The Independent
'... "People have been led to think that it's normal to clean their ears – they think that ear wax is dirty, that it's gross or unnecessary," he said. "But that's not true at all."
Fitzgerald likens ear wax to tears, which help lubricate and protect our eyeballs. Wax, he says, does something similar for the ear canal, where the skin is thin and fragile and highly susceptible to infection. "Your body produces it [ear wax] to protect the ear canal," Fitzgerald says. "What you're taking out is supposed to be in there. There's a natural migration that carries the wax out when left alone."
Even if our ears were meant to be cleaned, the truth is that buds would still be a terrible thing to use, he says. The shape, size, and texture are such that inserting them into your ears tends to push wax inward, toward your ear drum, rather than woo it out.
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Cotton bud in ear: Why can't we resist the temptation despite the warnings? | Features | Lifestyle | The Independent
'... "People have been led to think that it's normal to clean their ears – they think that ear wax is dirty, that it's gross or unnecessary," he said. "But that's not true at all."
Fitzgerald likens ear wax to tears, which help lubricate and protect our eyeballs. Wax, he says, does something similar for the ear canal, where the skin is thin and fragile and highly susceptible to infection. "Your body produces it [ear wax] to protect the ear canal," Fitzgerald says. "What you're taking out is supposed to be in there. There's a natural migration that carries the wax out when left alone."
Even if our ears were meant to be cleaned, the truth is that buds would still be a terrible thing to use, he says. The shape, size, and texture are such that inserting them into your ears tends to push wax inward, toward your ear drum, rather than woo it out.
...'
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/the-dangers-of-putting-cotton-buds-in-your-ear-why-cant-we-resist-the-temptation-despite-warnings-on-a6840251.html
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