Sticking things in your ear canals is dangerous. Not like BASE jumping dangerous. Or bull riding dangerous. But dangerous nonetheless. At minimum, it might impact existing earwax. At worst, you’re one hand-slip away from rupturing your eardrum, which could lead to permanent damage.
Please look away from the TikTok creators who are rolling through with videos amassing millions of views showing how they clean out their earwax using cheap ear canal cameras, as if they’re cotton swabs on steroids.
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