Medically reviewed by Dale Garber, MD Water can get trapped in your ear from any water exposure, including showering.Tilting your head and gently pulling your ear can drain trapped water.Avoid using ...

“My general recommendation for people is let the body do its job,” Lustig said. “Let that skin migration with the wax come out on its own. Take a wet washrag onto your finger and clean out whatever ...

Cotton swabs “really weren’t made to clean your ears — all they do is just push the wax deeper down into your ear canal and this causes an impaction,” Dr. Tonia L. Farmer, who goes by Dr. Nose Best, ...