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asturatoday at 11:56 AM1 replyview on HN

Cotton swabs were/are the problem. Using them can cause impacted earwax.


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bityardtoday at 1:11 PM

If there's enough earwax in there to get pushed around and compacted, then it seems like there is some other issue going on? Is having small mounds of wax per permanently living in the ear canal normal for some people?

I have been wearing ear plugs every night for over a decade and cleaning my ears with cotton swabs at least every other day for my whole life and never once had ear wax build up.

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