It turns out, you shouldn’t use a cotton swab to clean out your ears. Your ears are self-cleaning machines, with very little maintenance required. One of its best defenses? Earwax. Earwax is a ...

Identify which is the biggest red flag ear cleaning mistake that can make you deaf if you are not careful.

Ear wax might not seem like a big deal, but for people who are hard of hearing or have issues with their middle ear, a build up of the substance can seriously impact their quality of life. Many people ...

DEAR DOCTOR K: I’ve always used a cotton-tipped swab to clean earwax out of my ears. My husband says this is dangerous. I think it would be more harmful to leave the wax in my ears. Who’s right? DEAR ...

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-tips aren't the safest method and can actually harm your ears. After all, ...

It seems that icky mix of sweat, dead skin cells, dust, dirt and hair holds untold secrets on everything from our stress levels to our ethnicity, and even our smell. Sorry to say, but if you’re one of ...

Digging in your ears to remove ear wax is a sure way to cause problems. Ear wax is composed of secretions from tiny glands in your ear canal, dead skin cells, and water or small debris that gets into ...

STRESS and ear wax are linked, a doctor on This Morning explained today. Dr Philippa Kaye revealed that ear wax could provide a "concrete measure" of the stress hormone cortisol. Cortisol is created ...