cotton buds

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what wiLL you use in cLeaning your ears and nose.??

janebeth @janebeth (2032) • Philippines 3 Aug 09

i used cotton buds in cleaning my ears not everyday, i think 4 times a week, because it's not good to always put some things (specially cotton buds) on your ears everyday, give your ears a quite rest from buds, lol.. based on the...

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How often you clean your ear with cotton buds?

zearah @zearah (5381) • Philippines 29 Jun 09

Do you clean and roll a cotton bud in your ear daily? Some would say it's not healthy to do it everyday? Why?

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Do you feel the cotton buds to remove wax from ear are safe?

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! @krupesh (2608) • India 17 Feb 09

Some say that the cotton buds when pierced inside the ears makes the wax hard though it gets out some wax outside.The hard wax which accumulaes might be one of the reasons to the hearing problems in future.whatz your say?

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Black cotton buds

2timothy @2timothy (794) • Philippines 16 Oct 08

The first time I saw one, I thought someone used a cotton bud to shine his shoe. After a couple of encounters with it in the trash can, I was already having doubts about my assumptions until recently I found one whole pack on a...

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removing your ear wax and dirt - how?

izathewzia @izathewzia (5134) • Philippines 22 Oct 07

Cotton buds is a common tool in removing ear wax and dirt. But doctors said it is not advisable because the more it pushes the dirt deep to our ears and closer to our ear drums that may causes damage. If not cotton buds, what...

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cotton buds..

vonn1378 @vonn1378 (706) • Philippines 16 Jul 07

How many times do you clean your ears using cotton buds? Did you know that it is not a good habit if we clean our ears everyday? I've read that cleaning our ears as often as everyday using cotton buds remove the natural wax of...

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Do you "cotton buds" your ears after taking a shower?

smints8985 @smints8985 (1594) • United States 13 May 07

Is it or has it been a part of your routine to use cotton buds on your ears after shower? I am just curious if this is just a habit of few, or something everyone does. I am not comfortable when I do not use cotton buds on my...

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Cotton buds maybe harmful when you thinks its good for cleaning your ears.

Abbypia @Abbyey (760) • Philippines 6 May 07

I heard from a nurse that cleaning our ears with dried cotton buds can damage some parts in our ears more over leaving small parts of the cotton inside. He said it would be best to clean our ears with wet cotton buds preferably...

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Cotton Buds

marief2rnurse @marief2rnurse (2704) • United States 28 Jan 07

Do you use cotton buds to clear your ears or are you afraid of them? I don't know why but every morning after my bath I like to wipe my ears with my towel then I clean my ears with cotton buds. I don't feel ready to go out if I...