I never need to. The one time I needed to clean an ear was when I came off a flight with a mild ear infection. I went to the doctor a week later because it still hurt. He looked and said it was packed with wax because of the infection. He suggested that I first go home and put a couple of drops of olive oil in it, come back if it doesn't help. Turns out it worked, my ear was completely cleared up after that.
Occasionally I get a flake on the outside or some leaks out from the shower so I'll give my ears a wipe around and a little into the entrance with tissue paper, but I never properly stick anything in there.
I never clean out my ears.
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I never need to. The one time I needed to clean an ear was when I came off a flight with a mild ear infection. I went to the doctor a week later because it still hurt. He looked and said it was packed with wax because of the infection. He suggested that I first go home and put a couple of drops of olive oil in it, come back if it doesn't help. Turns out it worked, my ear was completely cleared up after that.
Occasionally I get a flake on the outside or some leaks out from the shower so I'll give my ears a wipe around and a little into the entrance with tissue paper, but I never properly stick anything in there.