Ear candling is a practice meant to remove earwax but puts you at risk for burns, ear infections, and event temporary hearing ...

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 ...

When my ear, nose, and throat doctor first told me that I should never, ever stick a cotton swab in my ear, I damn near fell out of my chair. I felt like I’d been living a lie, considering that’s what ...

That satisfying feeling when you twist a cotton swab in your ear? It might be setting you up for months of spinning rooms and unsteady walking. Millions of people have an ear cleaning habit that’s ...

Earwax, medically known as cerumen, is a substance naturally produced by glands in the ear canal. It serves critical functions: Trapping dust, dirt, bacteria, bugs (really!) and other foreign ...

If you’ve never heard of ear candling, you’re in for a treat. Some complimentary or alternative health adherents swear it does all sorts of good for the ol’ ear canal, and yes, it involves sticking ...

Cleaning of wax from ears by self-styled quacks is fraught with danger, say ENT specialists, warning that use of a sharp aluminium stick and intervening it into the ear blindly (without visual of ...

Ear wax, medically known as cerumen, serves as your body’s natural cleaning and protection system for the ears. While some odor is normal, understanding when that smell signals a problem can help ...

Many people keep a box of earbuds next to their comb, cream and other daily essential items. They often resort to using these at least once a day to clean the wax inside their ears. However, inserting ...

How many times have you used a cotton swab, or an earbud, to clean your ears? Do you think it helped you get rid of all the dirt and wax from your ears? Or did it leave you with an itchier ear and ...

"Don’t put anything smaller than your elbow in your ear." It's the kind of thing you may have heard your grandmother say, but, for the most part, it’s true, says Dr. Bradley Kesser, an ear, nose and ...