There are over-the-counter eardrops that can help break up excessive earwax. Water-based options contain ingredients such as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You've probably used cotton swabs to clean your ears. Here's why ENTs say you shouldn't. (Getty Images) (LaylaBird via Getty ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You probably don’t think much about your ear wax, unless you see it collecting on a pair of earbuds or earplugs. That buildup ...

Some people say that cleaning ear wax is quite a pleasurable experience, others practice it as a ritual and end up cleaning their ears with anything they find including ear buds, safety pins and hair ...

Earwax, scientifically known as cerumen, is technically just skin cells that have fallen off inside the ear, bits of hair and secretion from the ceruminous glands mixed together. Although earwax is ...

During the rainy season, the risk of ear wax swelling increases due to itching, infection and water entering the ear. In such a situation, when you clean the ear or remove the wax, it can cause an ear ...

Although our ears are designed to be self-cleaning, ear-cleaning advice is currently going viral on TikTok. Videos on how to remove earwax yourself, using tiny tools, olive oil and even harsh ...

"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 ...