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Study: Cotton swabs prove problematic for ear health
Henry Ford Health System ^ | April 28, 2011 | Unknown

Posted on 04/28/2011 3:07:30 PM PDT by decimon

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To: hellbender
"The wax is there to protect your ear canal from pathogens."

That's why you should never have unprotected aural sex. You might contract hearing-AIDS.

61 posted on 04/28/2011 5:17:07 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Teflonic

I q-tip every day, for years, with no problems. But TWO INCHES IN?


62 posted on 04/28/2011 5:19:24 PM PDT by loungitude ( The truth hurts.)
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To: Joe 6-pack

I almost caught hearing-aids at work today. It was from listening to too many a—holes.


63 posted on 04/28/2011 5:22:18 PM PDT by loungitude ( The truth hurts.)
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To: loungitude
I q-tip every day, for years, with no problems. But TWO INCHES IN?

You put one in each ear. When they meet you stop.

64 posted on 04/28/2011 5:23:46 PM PDT by decimon
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To: decimon

What does it sound like when they meet?


65 posted on 04/28/2011 5:43:21 PM PDT by loungitude ( The truth hurts.)
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To: loungitude
What does it sound like when they meet?

Like cotton bawls.

66 posted on 04/28/2011 5:51:33 PM PDT by decimon
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To: Buddygirl

Seems to me I recall that Zinc is good for Tinnitis.


67 posted on 04/28/2011 6:02:26 PM PDT by WVNan
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To: Calvin Locke

Water picks can be dangerously forceful on something as thin and delicate as an eardrum.


68 posted on 04/28/2011 6:49:00 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Going 'EGYPT' - 2012!)
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To: Joe 6-pack
Yes, your ear is having sex with everyone else who used that Q-tip (and how do you know they didn't?). Not only that, but the brand name has some w'eard associations. Downright eary, in fact:

He started the Leo Gerstenzang Infant Novelty Company to sell his new creation, which he dubbed Baby Gays. In 1926, he changed the swab's name to Q-tip Baby Gays, and eventually the product name was shortened to just Q-tips.

Kamaal Ibn John Fareed, better known by his stage name Q-Tip, is an American hip hop artist, producer, singer, and actor...According to Fareed, he was given his stage name by Afrika Baby Bam of Jungle Brothers who said his voice was soft like a Q-tip.

So even if your Q-tip has been in a rapper, you aren't safe.

69 posted on 04/28/2011 7:32:01 PM PDT by hellbender
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To: Red_Devil 232

bobby pins!

LOL....my dear mother used them on all 3 of her boys! We never had any ear troubles groing up!!

:^)


70 posted on 04/28/2011 11:26:19 PM PDT by The SISU kid (I feel really homesick all the time & so do all the other aliens.....)
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To: Teflonic

What scuba divers use for Swimmers Ear:

1 part white vinegar
1 part rubbing alcohol

Works nicely on my sensitive ear.


71 posted on 04/29/2011 3:09:59 AM PDT by Ladysmith ("There is no right that allows one person to place a burden on another." - Quinn)
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To: brytlea

“I guess no democrat congressperson’s friend or supporter has figured out a way to make money on the idea..”

A very astute observation. Yes, the dirty little secret is that Dems love money. And they are good at devising countless ways to feed at the trough of government spending.


72 posted on 04/29/2011 5:54:12 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Ladysmith

I used to put rubbing alcohol in my ear until I read a news story of a person that went blind from doing that. He didn’t realize he had a ruptured eardrum...


73 posted on 04/29/2011 9:11:40 AM PDT by Teflonic
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74 posted on 04/29/2011 9:26:05 AM PDT by TheOldLady
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