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Do you clean your ears with Q-tips?

Posted on 2/16/23 at 8:21 pm
Posted by Sandtrap
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2006
2399 posts
Posted on 2/16/23 at 8:21 pm
The other day I was bored and read on the box you shouldn’t clean your ears with them. What else can you use to do the job as well as a q-tip?
Posted by MattA
Member since Nov 2019
1899 posts
Posted on 2/16/23 at 8:22 pm to
Pretty much the only thing I use them for.
Posted by Sandtrap
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2006
2399 posts
Posted on 2/16/23 at 8:23 pm to
Yeah a box lasts me years because that is all I’ve ever used them for as well.
Posted by Hulkklogan
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Oct 2010
43472 posts
Posted on 2/16/23 at 8:24 pm to
Yes. I know it's horrible for your ears and I have had my ears cleaned by a doctor so I know it's true it causes buildup

But man it feels so good, I can't help it
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora
Member since Sep 2012
70268 posts
Posted on 2/16/23 at 8:26 pm to
If you ever get really really bored, read the instructions on a box of pop tarts.
Posted by Major Dutch Schaefer
Location: Classified
Member since Nov 2011
35344 posts
Posted on 2/16/23 at 8:27 pm to
Posted by Gaggle
Member since Oct 2021
7278 posts
Posted on 2/16/23 at 8:27 pm to
They should be illegal. They don't have any other use. They scrape and damage the sensitive ear canal, pack in ear wax and cause tons of infections especially in kids. Adults ears are scarred up from them by then

In normal situations excess earwax should fall out on its own and not build up. Q-tips create the problem. And they will never get the packed earwax

You should use debrox or have a doctor do a warm water flush a few times to get that packed stuff and then never use them again
Posted by 0x15E
Outer Space
Member since Sep 2020
14390 posts
Posted on 2/16/23 at 8:27 pm to
Yes.

It’s not hard to use them properly and NOT frick up your eardrums
Posted by facher08
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2011
5087 posts
Posted on 2/16/23 at 8:30 pm to
Shoving a Q-tip inside your ear does nothing but pack the wax further down inside. Cleaning inside of the ear doesn't mean inside the ear canal.
Posted by MattA
Member since Nov 2019
1899 posts
Posted on 2/16/23 at 8:30 pm to
quote:

They should be illegal. They don't have any other use. They scrape and damage the sensitive ear canal, pack in ear wax and cause tons of infections especially in kids. Adults ears are scarred up from them by then In normal situations excess earwax should fall out on its own and not build up. Q-tips create the problem. And they will never get the packed earwax You should use debrox or have a doctor do a warm water flush a few times to get that packed stuff and then never use them again


Well…… frick.
Posted by BeachDude022
Premium Elite Platinum TD Member
Member since Dec 2006
36298 posts
Posted on 2/16/23 at 8:33 pm to
Nah, I spread peanut butter on my ears and let the dogs clean em
Posted by Nawlens Gator
louisiana
Member since Sep 2005
5910 posts
Posted on 2/16/23 at 8:33 pm to


Q-tips work great for cleaning your ears. They're the best thing to use.

Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
82923 posts
Posted on 2/16/23 at 8:34 pm to
Posted by Sandtrap
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2006
2399 posts
Posted on 2/16/23 at 8:34 pm to
Now I’m curious…
Posted by Sandtrap
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2006
2399 posts
Posted on 2/16/23 at 8:37 pm to
A doctor will clean out your ears? What kind of doctor? ENT? And I call and make an appointment specifically to have my ears cleaned out?
Posted by BHM
Member since Jun 2012
3580 posts
Posted on 2/16/23 at 8:37 pm to
I use them for painting small items.
Applying oil to small parts.
Clean one way bearings.
Posted by lsufan9193969700
Madisonville
Member since Sep 2003
55702 posts
Posted on 2/16/23 at 8:38 pm to
My ears and my handguns.
Posted by el Gaucho
He/They
Member since Dec 2010
56786 posts
Posted on 2/16/23 at 8:39 pm to
Just use candles like shrek
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora
Member since Sep 2012
70268 posts
Posted on 2/16/23 at 8:39 pm to
quote:

Now I’m curious…


Comedian Brian Regan lays it out nicely.

LINK
Posted by LSU Coyote
Member since Sep 2007
54916 posts
Posted on 2/16/23 at 8:40 pm to
Can't imagine life without them..
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