Practising good hygiene is an essential task that every human being needs to implement into their daily routine.
There is nothing more embarrassing than making public appearances with smelly breath, your fingernails not neatly cut or having wax attempting to escape your ears.
While it would be ideal to keep those ears clean at all times, Healthline – a website focusing on all things health and wellness, believes that earwax is completely normal, and is good for your ear canals.
According to the publication, it is therefore important to not clean one’s ears too often. Doing so may irritate your ear canal and lead to impaction if done incorrectly.
It is therefore important to note that your ears clean themselves.
Although it seems unhygienic, studies have proven that wax is actually your ear’s natural cleanser. As the wax moves from the back of your ear to the front, it has played an important part in removing dead skin cells, dirt and even hair.
Unless you are experiencing a serious buildup of wax which affects your hearing or creates aches, it would be wiser to wash the outer part of your ear using a wet wash cloth.
Additionally, Peninsulahearing.com – a company specialising in hearing assessments, supports these sentiments and says that cleaning your ears too often can have serious consequences as it strips your ear of this last line of defence. This makes it easier for bacteria to enter and multiply.
It is therefore important to clean your ears at least once in every four weeks.
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