EPTQTips (Do you use them inside your ears?) - Page 6
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Zack1900
United States211 Posts
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Ursad0n
United States523 Posts
On May 05 2010 18:09 LaSt)ChAnCe wrote: using q-tips to clean your ear out can pack in the wax - which can cause ear infections - which tinnitus is a symptom of So if i already have tinnitus then i have nothing to lose right? Yes, i use Q-Tips. Also, what is the actual use for them? | ||
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Mohdoo
United States15460 Posts
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ironchef
Canada1350 Posts
On a related note, how about them wooden ear pickers! Dont know the proper name, but its like a rounded flathead screw driver curved up at the end(probably a bad description lol). Thats not gonna push anything in! I love those too. | ||
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M155_G33k
United States470 Posts
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Ghostcom
Denmark4782 Posts
On May 06 2010 02:44 Ursad0n wrote: So if i already have tinnitus then i have nothing to lose right? Yes, i use Q-Tips. Also, what is the actual use for them? You do have something to lose as you could in fact go deaf from it... And an infection in the ear isn't something to ignore really, though they aren't all that lethal  | ||
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LaSt)ChAnCe
United States2179 Posts
On May 06 2010 02:44 Ursad0n wrote: So if i already have tinnitus then i have nothing to lose right? Yes, i use Q-Tips. Also, what is the actual use for them? you can lose your hearing altogether. | ||
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Louder
United States2276 Posts
On May 06 2010 01:53 Judicator wrote: You messed up the mixture and "dosage" then  It's suppose to be like 10% HP iirc. Water alone runs the risk of loose wax being pushed onto the membrane, which is fucking painful to remove with any method. Like someone is pulling out a hair in your ear, slowly. Yep. Just a little HP. | ||
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SichuanPanda
Canada1542 Posts
Considering the other two options are A. get a doctor to do an ear-pump on you (I had to have this once due to an infection - VERY unpleasant, I don't recommend it). or B. deal with wax in your ears, or try using tissue wrapped around your finger, so I'll take C. Use Q-tips and take a slight chance on ear damage. | ||
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bdams19
United States1316 Posts
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SichuanPanda
Canada1542 Posts
On May 06 2010 04:30 bdams19 wrote: I don't really understand the whole earwax digging... how much build up could you possibly have? I use a Q-Tip after every shower just to get the water out of my ears. You're not drilling for oil so don't press hard. Well if you use them daily you won't notice build up because you are cleaning tiny amounts out each day. However, if you let it go for even a week I guarantee your ears will feel cruddy. | ||
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Lobo2me
Norway1213 Posts
On May 06 2010 04:30 bdams19 wrote: I don't really understand the whole earwax digging... how much build up could you possibly have? I use a Q-Tip after every shower just to get the water out of my ears. You're not drilling for oil so don't press hard. Youtube "ear wax removal" or something similar Looks disgustingly satisfying | ||
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bdams19
United States1316 Posts
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SleepSheep
Canada344 Posts
it feels amazing yeah but it actually pushes in the wax further a lot of the time, and it also has the possibility of damaging your inner ear. the safest thing you can use is your pinky finger | ||
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semantics
10040 Posts
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Reason
United Kingdom2770 Posts
I dunno, put it slightly inside, then spin it round between forefinger and thumb... surely there's no harm in that. Don't go rampaging around inside your ear with one of these things trying to clean it out, just put it in and spin. Edit: I use these things like less than once a year.... and from the sounds of it you guys properly go at it... and to the guy who likes the feeling of water draining from deep inside your ear !? ugh.... I HATE water getting inside my ear.... I don't clean my ears for months at a time (other than outside) and I don't get wax build up or feel "cruddy"... I'm actually surprised how many people here seem to do it after shower as part of daily routine... | ||
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Foreplay
United States1154 Posts
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zoLo
United States5896 Posts
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Zato-1
Chile4253 Posts
On May 06 2010 06:20 Daimon wrote: DONT DO THIS!!!! it feels amazing yeah but it actually pushes in the wax further a lot of the time, and it also has the possibility of damaging your inner ear. the safest thing you can use is your pinky finger But then my pinky finger feels all gross >< | ||
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matjlav
Germany2435 Posts
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