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<\/h2>\nWashing your face and body every day is important for your physical and mental health. But there is one body part that does better when not regularly cleaned and simply left to its own devices \u2013 the ears.<\/p>\n
<\/h2>\nYour ears produce earwax. Known medically as cerumen, the wax is created by glands in the skin that lines the ear canal. Earwax has several important purposes, including:<\/p>\n
Your body is constantly creating new earwax. As new wax is made, the older earwax is pushed out of the ear and falls out naturally. As Dr. Christopher Chang, an otolaryngologist in Warrenton, Virginia explains it, \u201cgenerally speaking, the ear canal is self-cleaning.\u201d<\/p>\n
The act of opening and closing your mouth when chewing and talking can also help eliminate old ear wax<\/a> as it moves your ear canal just enough to shake loose dried wax.<\/p>\n If you do want to clean your ears<\/a>, do so when you are washing your hair in the shower, making sure to wipe down the outer folds of the ear and the earlobe. Don\u2019t forget to get behind your ears as well.<\/p>\n Clinical associate professor and chief of general\/sleep otolaryngology at NYU Langone Health, Dr. Erich Voigt explains that this is the only part of the ear you should be cleaning. Never stick anything inside the ear. Instead of helping clear out excess wax, all you\u2019re doing is pushing the earwax further into the ear; this can create an earwax blockage and cause temporary hearing loss. Some even tear or puncture their eardrum by using too much force. This is known as a perforated eardrum<\/a>.<\/p>\n Dr. Voigt emphases, \u201cI tell people to put their finger in their towel and kind of just mark the opening of the ear. This way you\u2019ll remove any unsightly wax from debris and any material that would be visible, but you\u2019re not going into the canal, which would disrupt the natural cleaning process.\u201d<\/p>\n To learn more about cleaning your ears or to schedule an appointment with a hearing professional, contact Albany ENT & Allergy Services today.<\/p>\n Washing your face and body every day is important for your physical and mental health. But there is one body part that does better when not regularly cleaned and simply left to its own devices \u2013 the ears. Do Ears Need to be Cleaned? Your ears produce earwax. Known medically as cerumen, the wax is…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1870,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"Albany ENT & Allergy Services - How to Safely Clean Your Ears","_seopress_titles_desc":"Albany ENT & Allergy Services | But there is one body part that does better when not regularly cleaned and simply left to its own devices \u2013 the ears.","_seopress_robots_index":"","header_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albanyentandallergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1868"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albanyentandallergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albanyentandallergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albanyentandallergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albanyentandallergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1868"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albanyentandallergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2382,"href":"https:\/\/albanyentandallergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1868\/revisions\/2382"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albanyentandallergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albanyentandallergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albanyentandallergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albanyentandallergy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What if You Still Want to Clean Your Ears?<\/h2>\n
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