You've probably used cotton swabs to clean your ears. Here's why ENTs say you shouldn't. (Getty Images) "Don’t put anything smaller than your elbow in your ear." It's the kind of thing you may have ...

Never use Q-tips or cotton swabs to clean your ears—doing so can push earwax further into your ear and cause painful ...

Nearly two thirds of us admit to using them, even though experts warm they can do more harm than good WHEN you've got an itch or a blocked ear, it can be tempting to grab a cotton bud. But experts ...

DIY earwax removal is cheap and may do the job, but it cannot match up to the benefits of a professional session. Everybody knows what earwax is, but some of us may not know why it’s there. Well, it ...

"Don’t put anything smaller than your elbow in your ear." It's the kind of thing you may have heard your grandmother say, but, for the most part, it’s true, says Dr. Bradley Kesser, an ear, nose and ...