Schwartz emphasized that the main issue with Q-tips is that you really don’t need to clean wax out of your ears yourself, with a Q-tip or anything else—so why risk the potential complications ...

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 ...

And some experts say Q-tips and cotton swabs aren't a good method for cleaning your ears. These items may damage ear drums and leave more earwax than they remove.

Worse still, if you push a Q-tip too hard or too far into your ear canal, you may actually puncture your ear drum. The ear canal is only about an inch (2.5 centimeters) deep , so there's not a lot ...

The cotton swab, better known as the Q-tip, is the most common device used for cleaning your ears. Its shortcomings illustrate the basic problems with using these types of instruments for earwax ...

If you use Q-tips to clean your ears, it can cause ruptured eardrum. A study from 2017 looked at cotton swab–related ear injuries in children between the years of 1990 and 2010.

Introduced in the 1920s, the original Q-tips were merely wooden sticks with cotton wrapped around one end. Today, the improved two-sided version with its flexible paper applicator has become a ...

The idea that Q-tips are designed to ear canals is a misconception and a potentially harmful practice. Here's what could happen. Why using Q-Tips to clean your ears can be more harmful than helpful ...

Worse still, if you push a Q-tip too hard or too far into your ear canal, you may actually puncture your ear drum. The ear canal is only about an inch (2.5 centimeters) deep , so there's not a lot ...