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 ...

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 ...

For years we’ve all been using Q-Tips to burrow down in our ears and give them a good cleaning. But as it turns out, we’re not supposed to be doing that. Using cotton swabs to clean your ears 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 ...

The human ear is a magical organ that allows us to hear and helps keep our balance. It’s also the production site and happy home of ear wax — the orangey-brown, chunky, funky gunk that’s completely ...

While Q-tip buyers aren’t supposed to use them to clean their ears, one man says he used a whole box to clean his. And he did so unapologetically. In a video with over 2.3 million views, TikToker Hank ...

This is Explainer, a column that answers questions we all have (or should have). As someone who regularly “cleans” my ear canals with cotton swabs, a question hangs over me basically every day: How ...

DALLAS, Dec. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- For more than a century, Q-tips swabs have been the trusted tool for beauty, baby care, first aid, cleaning and the everyday moments that call for a gentle, ...