how often do you clean your ears?

United States
February 15, 2008 7:32pm CST
most people say that cleaning your ears is bad. and that it will ruin your ear drums. So how often sould you clean them?
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6 responses
@aminion (129)
• Canada
22 Feb 08
Just a little hint. If you want to clean your ears without damage. told by a doctor to me about my child.... put babyoil in your ears. When you take a bath everything in your ears will come out in the water. It is safe and works wonders.
@ayou82 (3450)
• Philippines
23 Feb 08
Whenever I feel the wax i always want to clean my ears.. Because you just dont know when you will have an ear check up and it is disgusting if you dont clean it.
@dianagnes (1088)
• Singapore
23 Feb 08
yeah..its kinda true..if we clean the ears often,it may ruin the ear drums.i almost everyday clean my ears..once a day at least..its kinda a habit for me.its bad i know..i need to get away from it.
16 Feb 08
I guess once every 3 days .I dont think it is bad to do it
@punlonnjack (1308)
• United States
22 Feb 08
at least twice a week.
@miller1978 (1101)
• United States
16 Feb 08
I usually clean mine 2 times a week. It's not bad if you do it right though. There are products out there that can help with cleaning your ears and not make it bad. Using Q-tips is bad on your ears because you end up pushing the wax back down in there which clots it up and blocks your ear drum. They have an ear washing kit nowadays, plus they have a special kind of candles you can buy to put in the ear and light, it then sucks the wax out of the ear without doing any damage.