TIL that there are two types of earwax: wet and dry
TIL that there are two types of earwax: wet and dry
Wait until you hear this.
the type of earwax you have comes down in part to your skin type, Dr. Shapiro explains. People with oilier skin may have wet earwax, while those with drier skin tend to have dry earwax, she says.
People of East Asian descent are more likely to have dry earwax, while wet earwax seems to be more common with everyone else
"Earwax is one of those things that you probably think about for around 0.2 seconds every other month, if that."
Article lost all credibility in the first sentence.
“The only safe way to clean wax from the ear canal at home is with earwax drops,” Dr. Tweel says. That means applying a few drops of something like baby oil, mineral oil, glycerin, or hydrogen peroxide in your ear canal and letting it sit for a day or two
That's one way to spend your weekend.
I'll continue to live dangerously via Q-tips. Been doing it since I was a child, and no doctor's told me I've irreparably damaged my ears yet.
The trick with Q-tips is to not go far. I mainly use it to clean the initial part of my ear and only rubbing it in a circular manner to prevent cramming anything in there. If I find myself the need to go deeper, I will use eardrops.
That was done to me and it sounds worse than it is.
For me it was using eardrops and then putting earplugs on and sleeping the night. The next day the school nurse (this was >20 years ago) flushed my ears. Felt orgasmic afterwards, could actually hear properly. After that I learned how to wash my own ears — inside and out.
Apparently this is the one thing which is controlled by a single gene, and works as you were taught in school with dominant and recessive traits.
Nothing else does, including the things you were taught like eye and hair colour - they are much more complicated.
I'm going to doubt the single gene hypothesis. I have dry ear wax in one ear and wet in the other.
Is there any chance you're a chimera?
Hmm, maybe it's one per ear?!
Do you notice that the amount and/or scent of your perspiration is different comparing the two sides of your body?
Did you wash one ear and not the other?
Or did you sleep on one side on a sweaty night?
If you are the wet type you may reconsider buying expensive in-ears. The chance to ruin them quite fast is not that low.
I remember reading a fact that the same gene that leads to dry earwax also leads to higher likelihood of big boobs
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Which tastes better?
I have the ABCC11 gene. I have dry ear wax and no body odor.
Multiple types of saliva too
I use a cotton swab when it becomes itchy or I can feel and hear it moving.
Just like boogers!