• Odigo2020@lemmy.zipEnglish
          33·
          5 months ago

          I think watching a couple audiologist videos where they dig out years of compacted q-tip cotton pressed against the eardrum might change their opinion.

          • shinratdr@lemmy.ca
            2·
            5 months ago

            That only happens to people with a very specific type of earwax.

            Source: assumed everyone saying this online was correct and bought the camera myself to look. Sparkling clean despite using Q-Tips every day for most of my life.

          • Droggelbecher@lemmy.world
            4·
            5 months ago

            Looked it up out of curiosity and apparently that cant happen, at least not permanently. Worst thing that can happen is that you form too strong an association between the object and arousal for them to be seperate.

            • brbposting@sh.itjust.works
              2·
              5 months ago

              Thanks. I wasn’t thinking permanently.

              If a vibrator is one’s daily driver, then partner intimacy occurs one day, could have an effect there.

    • DolphinMath@slrpnk.netEnglish
      4·
      5 months ago

      I’m convinced all the people who say that just have dry earwax.

      I have wet earwax, and I’m miserable if I can’t clear my ears.

      • shinratdr@lemmy.ca
        2·
        5 months ago

        Yeah I think it really depends on the type and consistency of your earwax. I’ve been using Q-Tips deep in my ears for my whole life, I assumed now at 32 I had impacted my hearing and had a treasure trove in there, so I bought one of those $20 WiFi ear cams with a scoop you can get from Amazon.

        So disappointed, they were sparkling clean. Turns out my ears ARE effectively self cleaning which is why I use the Q-Tips, it helps clean out what my ears have already started ejecting, because that process is wet and itchy.

      • MonkderDritte@feddit.de
        1·
        5 months ago

        There’s evidence that manually cleaning earwax stimulates production of even more earwax (plus pieces of wool). Though i guess there’s cases where the self-cleaning function of the ear isn’t as effective. Showering in your ear doesn’t help?