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Clean the outside of your ear with a washcloth. After showering or bathing, dry your ear as much as possible. You should never put anything inside your ear canal – including cotton swabs. Not only can using cotton swabs damage your eardrum, but it can lead to wax impaction. Signs of earwax impaction include feeling of fullness in the ear, reduced or muffled hearing, and/or an earache.
Using solutions to soften ear wax and help clean your ear.
To help soften wax in your ear canal, you can use solutions such as baby oil, mineral oil, or olive oil. Take a bulb syringe and apply 5 drops of oil into each ear canal once a week to prevent wax build-up in the ears. This helps treat dry, itch ear canal skin, and loosen ear wax.
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