Why using Q-tips in your ear can be dangerous?Using Q-tips in your ear can:👂 Damage the ear drum.👂 Push wax even deeper in.👂 Irritate the ear canal.👂 The cotton from the Q-tip can get stuck in the ear canal.At a party yesterday, our friend explained that while cleaning her ear the end of the Q-tip got stuck in her ear. She tried to remove it herself but this lead to pain, and the cotton tip being pushed even further into the ear canal. My husband Dr Graeme Mulholland is an Ear Nose and Throa

The reality of earwax removal. You might ask why does it take 15 minutes to clean someone’s ear out? It might not take this long at other places, but I work in a way to keep patients completely comfortable because the ear canal is an extremely sensitive part of the body. When you get closer to the eardrum the canal turns to a bony portion, which it can be very painful when working in that area. As I am removing wax I am also looking at the patient’s face to tell if they are uncomfortable so, eve