Actually, while piercing your eardrum may be painful, it does no long term damage as it regenerates. Q-tips don't clean anything, they just push the wax further. However, a wax-solvent and a syringe with water will clean your ears perfectly. You use the solvent for a few days, then push water in. The water will bounce against the eardrum and push wax out. Some people need to go through this process because their ears don't clean themselves very well.
Physicians look in patient's ears and remove wax all the time. This tool seems very similar to ENT cams, and this person's ears were very clean. This video is simply for the anatomically curious, and similar footage is shown in every medical school.
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Actually, while piercing your eardrum may be painful, it does no long term damage as it regenerates. Q-tips don't clean anything, they just push the wax further. However, a wax-solvent and a syringe with water will clean your ears perfectly. You use the solvent for a few days, then push water in. The water will bounce against the eardrum and push wax out. Some people need to go through this process because their ears don't clean themselves very well.
Physicians look in patient's ears and remove wax all the time. This tool seems very similar to ENT cams, and this person's ears were very clean. This video is simply for the anatomically curious, and similar footage is shown in every medical school.