The swab, which sells for $12, is made of a stiff nylon rod, thermoplastic elastomers (TPE) and polylactic acid (PLA). To clean it, you are instructed to wash it with soap and water.

3. Clean Up Messy Manicures A cotton swab is the perfect tool for cleaning up at-home manicures. Simply dip a Q-tip into some nail polish remover and use it to wipe away any errant bits of polish!

A study from 2017 looked at cotton swab–related ear injuries in children between the years of 1990 and 2010. They found that about 73 percent of ear injuries from cotton swabs were associated ...

Woman Who Cleaned Ear With Cotton Swab Left With 'Paper-thin' Skull From Bacterial Infection That Ate Away Bone Published Aug 12, 2019 at 4:18 AM EDT Updated Aug 13, 2019 at 12:00 PM EDT By ...

After using a cotton swab to clean his left ear, a 31-year-old man had a seizure and was taken to the emergency room, where doctors said he had an infection at the base of his skull, according to ...

aluminum foil a cotton swab scissors tape water 1. Remove the ink from the pen so it's just a hollow tube. 2. Cut the cotton swab in half so it's a ball of cotton at one end and a stick at the other.