YSK that using Q-Tips in your ears acts like a musket-loader, packing wax tightly against your eardrum

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Why YSK: Using Q-tips actually acts like a musket-loader, packing wax tightly against your eardrum. This video breaks down the biology of why this damages your ears and the weird neurological reason we are so addicted to doing it anyway.

https://youtu.be/rs7Ze3_l-fE

Posted Aug 12, 2026, 11:02 AM UTC

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