Dr. Joseph Mercola – Guidelines have recently been submitted that support something you probably already knew, that using cotton swabs to clean your ears isn’t a good idea.

The latest counsel was published in the journal Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, authored by the American Academy (AAO-HNS) advisory panel of the same name.1

You may remember the mantra that’s been repeated since you were a kid: Never put anything in your ear that’s smaller than your elbow.

But why? We all want clean ears; further, being able to hear what’s being said at the dinner table is usually a good thing, so if there’s wax buildup, getting rid of it somehow seems logical. Continue reading →