Try removing ear wax at home with ear drops, oil, or a baking soda solution. Here is a step-by-step guide on how to use each one.

An Ohio-based ear, nose, and throat surgeon is revealing how to properly clean wax out of ears -- and it doesn't involve cotton swabs. Listen up! An Ohio-based ear, nose, and throat surgeon is ...

Investigative research team leader with 18 years' experience covering health at Which? and a background working for the NHS and Social Services. Ear-wax build up or blockages can be frustrating, and ...

Earwax plays an important role in protecting the ears from water, infection, injury and foreign objects. Most of the time, the body can easily discharge it naturally, but sometimes a buildup occurs ...

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

It may seem puzzling that your ears — which of course operate best when they’re not clogged up — produce a waxy substance that sometimes seems to do just that. But earwax actually plays an important ...

Is it bad to clean earwax with a cotton swab? Yes. Wax protects your ear canal, and some amount is normal. Cotton swabs can irritate, scratch, or push wax in too deeply. If it gets impacted, only a ...

Keeping the ear clean is essential to maintain a healthy organ. The ear comprises three main parts: the inner, outer, and middle ear. These parts play a major role in converting sound signals to ...

I know it’s disgusting — and maybe a tad embarrassing — but can we all just cop to feeling a giant sense of satisfaction when we dig a big, honking ball of wax out of our ears with a Q-tip? Surely I’m ...

Cotton swabs “really weren’t made to clean your ears — all they do is just push the wax deeper down into your ear canal and this causes an impaction,” Dr. Tonia L. Farmer, who goes by Dr. Nose Best, ...