How to Keep Your Ears Clean
What is earwax – and how can I safely clean it?
First of all, earwax is natural and necessary – our ears evolved that way for a reason.
Earwax acts as a natural lubricant that protects the sensitive skin in the ear canal. It also creates a natural barrier that prevents dirt and foreign objects from reaching the eardrum.
What’s more, earwax is a key component of the ear’s self-cleaning mechanism. As skin inside the ear canal grows outwards, it carries earwax with it. During this process earwax captures dirt and dead skin, this all naturally exits the ear together with the wax.
If you find it annoying, chewing and yawning also help to move the wax outwards along your ear canal.
First of all, earwax is natural and necessary – our ears evolved that way for a reason.
Earwax acts as a natural lubricant that protects the sensitive skin in the ear canal. It also creates a natural barrier that prevents dirt and foreign objects from reaching the eardrum.
What’s more, earwax is a key component of the ear’s self-cleaning mechanism. As skin inside the ear canal grows outwards, it carries earwax with it. During this process earwax captures dirt and dead skin, this all naturally exits the ear together with the wax.
If you find it annoying, chewing and yawning also help to move the wax outwards along your ear canal.