“Don’t put anything smaller than your elbow in your ear.” It’s the kind of thing you may have heard your grandmother say, but, for the most part, it’s true, says Dr. Bradley Kesser, an ear, nose and throat (ENT) doctor and professor in otolaryngology at UVA Health in Virginia. And yes, that means you shouldn’t […]
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Tips to clean your ears — and why ENTs want you to stop removing ear wax with cotton swabs and at-home irrigation kits
“Don’t put anything smaller than your elbow in your ear.” It’s the kind of thing you may have heard your grandmother say, but, for the most part, it’s true, says Dr. Bradley Kesser, an ear, nose and throat (ENT) doctor and professor in otolaryngology at UVA Health in Virginia. And yes, that means you shouldn’t […]