ear wax removal

May 5, 2024January 31, 2023

@tiktok.collegedoc Replying to @laurawatts Trust me, we see the fallout from this all the time! Please come in & we are happy to safely use our cerumen loops to clean out your ears. BTW, Not all wax needs to be removed- it’s a protective substance. Only excessive wax impairing hearing or balance or causing discomfort should be removed. #earscloggedup #collegedoc #collegeproblems #parentingteens #earwaxremoval ♬ original sound – Jill Grimes, MD

Trust me, we see the fallout from this all the time! Please come in & we are happy to safely use our cerumen loops to clean out your ears. BTW, … Read more

In yesterday’s blog I touched on a pet peeve of mine, asking people to NOT put Q-tips in their ears. Inevitably, the next question is, “but Doctor, if I can’t use q-tips, how can I clean out my ears?”
The answer is two-fold:
Number One- most ears don’t need to be “cleaned out”.
Number Two- when you do have an ear wax build up, flush them out with a bulb syringe.

Ear canals, like many other parts of our body, are self-cleaning. The ear wax (cerumen) is made up of dead skin cells, hair, and other debris that enters the … Read more