They were originally designed for cleaning ears by someone who didn’t know how the inside of an ear worked.
That said, I’ve used them twice today already to clean the outer ear area AND to fish an errant piece of wax out of my ear canal.
One problem is that part of a functional ear that helps it self-clean is a bunch of tiny hairs that a Q Tip can damage. Another problem is that you don’t want to poke anything solid anywhere near your ear drum, because tou can permanently damage the sensitive components at the end of the ear canal.
They were originally designed for cleaning ears by someone who didn’t know how the inside of an ear worked.
That said, I’ve used them twice today already to clean the outer ear area AND to fish an errant piece of wax out of my ear canal.
One problem is that part of a functional ear that helps it self-clean is a bunch of tiny hairs that a Q Tip can damage. Another problem is that you don’t want to poke anything solid anywhere near your ear drum, because tou can permanently damage the sensitive components at the end of the ear canal.