When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images If you need to clean a dog’s ears, you may be wondering how on earth you go ...

It's common nowadays to wear something in or over your ears to listen to music, a podcast or talk on the phone. Some people ...

We all know that you’re not supposed to clean your ears with a Q-tip. And yet, people still do it all the time. Surely you’ve heard the horror stories about a friend of a friend of a friend piercing ...

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An essential part of maintaining proper ear health is ridding your ears of wax buildup. Many people use cotton swabs to pull wax from their ear canals, but there are safer ways to clean them. The ...

Earwax, medically known as cerumen, is a substance naturally produced by glands in the ear canal. It serves critical functions: Trapping dust, dirt, bacteria, bugs (really!) and other foreign ...

Bones the Basset Hound is much like his doggie brethren. His adorably large ears drag and collect dirt and debris, leaving ...

What is an Ear Wax? Ear wax or Cerumen is a sticky, yellowish fluid that hardens and turns to wax over time. The body secretes this in order to protect the ears. However, this protection might not be ...

That satisfying feeling when you twist a cotton swab in your ear? It might be setting you up for months of spinning rooms and unsteady walking. Millions of people have an ear cleaning habit that’s ...

Earwax is a fact of life. We’ve all got it, and sometimes it gets a little gross. That leads many people to feel the need to clean out their ear canals. Show of hands, how many of you reach for a ...

My son often wears earphones all day, and I wonder whether wearing unclean earphones could harm the ears and what kinds of ...

Don't stick anything smaller than your elbow in your ear. We've all heard the warning, yet many of us still reach for the cotton swab when we feel a little plugged up. So obviously, the message is not ...