[Hot Tabasco]

I would get ear infections if I didn’t twirl a cotton swab deep in the ears to soak up moisture after showering.

By doing that you’re damaging your hearing in the long run by damaging the cilia in the ear canal.

If you have a need to clean your ears, use an ear syringe bulb once a week while in the shower. Then if the moisture is a factor use swim ear.........

The ear infections you are talking about are a byproduct of the very item you claim is preventing them. The bacteria is already there and compacted deep into the ear canal by the cotton swabs you are using.............

I used to have the same problem, thinking the swabs were the cure when in fact they were the cause...........

Once I switched to regularly flushing out the ear canal with the bulb syringes I never had a problem again.............

[Teflonic]

I actually haven't had an ear infection in over a decade since I started drying deep in my ears with qtips. My hearing is above average as well. Perhaps I've just found the right way to do it without causing damage? Gotta keep my jaw slack to keep the canal open wide enough and I don't go beyond the cilia cavity about 2" into the ear canal.