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Using cotton swabs is not a safe or effective method for cleaning your ears. You may have been taught to clean your ears with a Q-tip or cotton swab -- and even enjoy how satisfying it can be -- but Q ...

Hygiene is a major key to remaining healthy and happy. Using the right tools properly is a key. And some experts say Q-tips and cotton swabs aren't a good method for cleaning your ears. These items ...

Dr Saurabh Sethi warns against using Q-tips, citing a study that shows over 70 percent of ear injuries in ER result from them ...

Q-tips are one of a very short list of products that are routinely bought for a purpose they are explicitly not to be used for (seriously—don’t clean your ears with them). But if you’re not supposed ...

Dr Saurabh Sethi, a Harvard-trained physician, warns that Q-tips cause more harm than help. Ears are naturally self-cleaning, ...

Years ago, my mother complained about a terrible earache. The pain was unbearable. And it wouldn’t go away – for a week, she walked around with a debilitating ringing in her head. Eventually, she ...