Despite tons of people using cotton swabs each day to clean the earwax from their ears, cerumen (as earwax is clinically known) is actually quite beneficial to the health of your ears - and even kind of ingenious as your body's defense goes. Learn more in this classic episode.
This episode deep dives into the surprisingly fascinating world of earwax, covering everything from what it actually is and why your body produces it to the very real dangers of trying to clean it out yourself. Josh and Chuck explore the four critical functions earwax serves, debunk some common cleaning myths about cotton swabs, and then absolutely destroy the pseudoscience behind the trendy practice of ear candling, which they make perfectly clear is hokum that can actually injure you. Whether you've been damaging your ears with q-tips or just want to understand why that stuff keeps falling on your shoulder at parties, this episode will make you appreciate one of your body's most underrated defense systems.
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