No one needs to clean their ears on their own

Otorhinolaryngologist: self-cleaning of the ears should be prohibited.

It was once believed that cleaning the ears was necessary regularly to maintain personal hygiene. The otorhinolaryngologist said in an interview that it is not necessary to clean the ears yourself, this procedure is contraindicated for almost everyone.

Many people think that it is important to clean their ears regularly, but this is a serious mistake. Self-cleaning of the ears is actually strictly prohibited.

According to the doctor, there are a number of health risks associated with trying to clean your ears yourself. In particular, it is possible to cause damage to the delicate skin of the auditory canal or injure the eardrum, provoke inflammation of the ear canal. In addition, such cleaning promotes the advancement of sulfur deep into the ear canal, and in such cases, even doctors do not always get it out.

The expert emphasized that the ears do not need to be cleaned of sulfur, which protects them from the penetration of pollutants and pests from the outside environment.

"Sulfur is removed independently from the ear together with water, during chewing actions and the movement of the hairs in the ear canal," explained the specialist.

The otorhinolaryngologist added that people who regularly use cotton buds to clean their ears run the risk of "earning" hypersecretion, in which sulfur masses in the ear canal are only produced with greater activity.