Recently, I heard that you should not wash your ears with sticks intended for this purpose. Is it true? Can it really be dangerous?

We clean the ears with a finger and down to the depth of the fingertip. There is no need to insert the ear buds deeper, this often damages the skin of the duct or the eardrum.

Remember that our expert's answer is informative and will not replace a visit to the doctor.

Krystyna Kizler-Sobczyk, MD, PhD

She is a graduate of the Medical Academy in Warsaw. She cooperated with renowned medical institutions in Poland and abroad, incl. with the Independent Public He althcare Center in Warsaw Wola and the Kuwait Medical Center hospital. He also works at the Department of Otolaryngology, Department of Dentistry at the Medical University of Warsaw.

Specializes in otolaryngology. At the MML Medical Center, he deals mainly with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the nose, sinuses, pharynx, larynx and ears in adults and children, diagnosis and treatment of audiology diseases and surgical treatment of nasal obstruction.

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