Hygiene is a major key to remaining healthy and happy. Using the right tools properly is a key. And some experts say Q-tips and cotton swabs aren't a good method for cleaning your ears. These items ...

CNN — Every Q-tips box has a warning label: "Do not insert swab into ear canal," and if you're going to use it to clean your ears, gently swab the outer part only. But extracting wax from our ear ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - For years, Cleveland’s U.S. Cotton has made most of the cotton swabs sold in the United States. You may have used them to clean your ears, or apply cosmetics. Last week, the company ...

Q-tips were originally invented in 1923 by Leo Gerstenzang, whose wife was wrapping cotton around a toothpick to clean the baby’s ears. I hear on the news that some people still use them for that.

Wipe with a damp washcloth: This is the safest and best method of all. You can't really get inside your ear canal with your finger, and gently rubbing around the outside of it with a damp cloth is ...

Years ago, my mother complained about a terrible earache. The pain was unbearable. And it wouldn’t go away-for a week, she walked around with a debilitating ringing in her head. Eventually, she ...

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Every Q-tips box has a warning label: "Do not insert swab into ear canal," and if you're going to use it to clean your ears, gently swab the outer part only. Every Q-tips box has a warning label: "Do ...