Do electric ear cleaners hurt your ears?

In order to get the dirt out of the ears, people will use a variety of tools. The most common one is the traditional ear cleaning tool. In addition, there are electric ear suction devices on the market. This type of ear suction device will generate a suction force and can directly suck out the dirt in the ears. It is also very convenient to use, so many people will use it. So will using an electric ear suction device cause damage to the ears?

Do electric ear cleaners hurt your ears?

Don't do it too often, because the capillaries in the ear wall are very thin.

Put the soft head into the ear canal, and it will use its own vibration to remove the earwax from the ear canal, and at the same time absorb the earwax into the inside of the machine. After using it a few times, you just need to clean the inner compartment regularly. Compared with traditional ear picks, electric ear picks are not only more efficient and easier to use, but also do not damage the skin of the ear canal. Many children are afraid of pain and are unwilling to clean their ears. Mothers can use an electric ear pick to clean their ears. During the cleaning process, there is no need to worry about hurting the children because of their movements.

The ear is an important organ that is easily overlooked. Although the ear is a self-cleaning organ and earwax plays a positive role in protecting the inner ear, if the accumulated earwax cannot fall off naturally, it will block the ear canal and affect hearing over time. That is why it is necessary to clean earwax regularly. When cleaning the ear canal, try to avoid using sharp objects such as metal ear picks or nails, as they can easily break the skin of the external auditory canal and cause bacterial infection.

It is better to have an ENT check-up. If you use too much force, it will inevitably cause damage to the eardrum, which will affect your hearing. The imbalance of pressure inside and outside the eardrum can easily cause the eardrum to rupture, which is a very dangerous behavior! Don't try.

The skin of the ear canal is an extension of the outer skin of the human body. It will metabolize and age. It has pores, endocrine and sweat glands, and absorbs dust. It needs to be cleaned and maintained just like taking a bath every day.

"Earwax" is also called "ear cicada". There are many sweat glands and sebaceous glands in the skin of the external auditory canal, which continuously secrete fluid into the external auditory canal. The amount of these fluids is small, but the viscosity is very high, which can stick together dust and skin debris. After a period of accumulation, "ear cicada" is formed. The medical term for earwax is "cerumen", which is usually flaky, but can also be sticky and yellow. Like body odor, it is secreted by glands! To put it completely, "earwax" is a mixture of cerumen, dust, and dead skin flakes produced by the metabolism of the ear canal. The main components of cerumen are rich in nutrients such as amino acids, fatty acids, cholesterol, triglycerides, saccharides, lysozyme, immunoglobulins, glycopeptides, etc., especially affected by human sweat, humid weather, water in the ear canal, polluted air, etc., plus the temperature of the ear canal itself, it is easy to breed bacteria and other microorganisms, and the ear canal is very prone to inflammation; similarly, the surface of the eardrum is also easily contaminated with dust, air pollutants, etc., over time, it will cause tympanitis and tympanic membrane perforation, leading to symptoms such as deafness and tinnitus; when "earwax" accumulates more, it will cause itching and blockage in the ears, especially fungal infection, which makes people feel extremely itchy; blocking the external auditory canal can also cause hearing impairment, so it should be taken out.

If you do not clean your ears for a long time, cerumen embolism may form, compressing the eardrum, affecting your hearing (and even damaging the brain and cerebellum). Some ears are connected to the flesh, and it is difficult to take them out by yourself. You should go to the hospital to use special instruments to remove them (it is very painful, and some ears may be bleeding). After a period of time after removal, you need to insist on using ear drops to avoid infection. On the other hand, it is more likely to cause calcification and even decay of the ear canal and tympanic membrane epidermis, leading to a series of ear diseases.