What are people supposed to use if not Q-tips? I’m actually wondering cause I use Q-tips after every shower
Edit: I’ve been informed and read up at bit on it (thank you for the links too). I may also need to look into an ENT Dr. Now haha. So long good feeling of Q-tips
In fact, there’s a lot you don’t need to do nearly as frequently or aggressively unless there’s a specific reason for it. A common one is shampoo, where after a few days of letting it go back to normal your hair will be perfectly fine taking care of itself. I just rinse it every day and that’s been more than enough for many years.
Do you never use shampoo? I personally only even wet my hair once or twice a week, then wash with shampoo though.
I use shampoo maybe once per month, usually only when necessary to remove products such as bleach/dye. Just rinsing it with water is usually enough, but when my hair starts feeling more greasy (maybe once per week), I just use conditioner to help loosen up the dirt. If you’re curious, look up “cowashing” and “no poo” for more information.
Ohh yeah. I’m currently washing my hair once a week on average, cause it gets greasy, but I forgot about conditioner helping that. I hate the few days after shampooing- my hair is so dry and smooth that it won’t stay in a ponytail for very long. Very frustrating.
I’ve got super straight, fine hair (1A), and it sounds like you might, too. If you’re having trouble keeping your hair in a ponytail, can I ask if you’re brushing it thoroughly? Just because mine holds much better if I finger comb it and use natural bristle brush to smooth it where necessary. That only works for me after shampooing when it’s shorter than my shoulders/I use conditioner or a similar product, though.
Yeah I think I have 1A hair. Even when I brush it, the hairtie doesn’t have enough grip to hold it tight. It loosens up overtime.
I’ve tried cowashing before! I have a lot of hair, but thin individual strands, and it kinda made it too hydrated (idk how else to explain) so I lost my waves.
Bar soap top to bottom. Big Shampoo has played you all for fools
Funny, I use shampoo over my whole body because the equivalent soap doesn’t have the menthol in it that I use to wake me the heck up every morning. That tingly feeling of freshness I get is phenomenal.
No, pretty much never unless I’ve really sweat a bunch after a lot of physical activity. I also did say that I rinse every day and I would definitely feel a little gross if I didn’t, but that’s just water.
but it gets itchy
Q tips are wide as fuck to prevent people from injuring themselves easily i think. Really what you need is something thinner that has hook like properties and there are kits with those. Still gotta be really careful with that ofcourse. Make sure no people are around to jump scare you and causing you to accidentally ram that thing into your eardrums.
At some point i just bent a piece of wire into a loop to use that. (toothpick for scale) Thats not stainless steel tho so its gonna corrode.
But going to a professional once a year or so is probably not a bad idea either.
I unfold paperclips and use the smaller end. One caveat that make me realize it’s not the best idea: the point I unfolded can break. I’ve never lost one in my ear, but I could imagine it happening.
You people shouldn’t be trusted with your health.
I just let a goat graze in my ear until it’s not hungry anymore
What… uhh what are you doing with that toothpick?
For scale
Yeah i was expecting someone to be worried about that lol
You jam that into your ear canal in lieu of a q-tip
You really shouldn’t insert anything into your ear canal unless you are a professional, and even then probably wouldn’t recommend doing it on yourself.
If you need to clean your ears, there are products specifically made for that (no, q tips are not made for that). Hydrogen peroxide also works.
I’m not a doctor, but they make ear cleaners that are more of a scoop shape. Imo q tips suck because you are trying to scoop with something that isn’t scoop shaped. The scoop allows you to get the earwax without shoving it deeper into the ear.
One thing to bear in mind is there are two earwax types. I can only speak for my type, which is sticky.
What is the other type?
Dry and flaky I think. I think it’s wet vs dry. Maybe sticky was the wrong word
Thanks for the edification!
I think nothing but if it gets too much get it taken out professionally. I’ll have to recheck tho
try dipping the ends in cold water first
The cap of Bic pens!
Allows you to scoop and clean without the fear of going too deep (adults only).
I got my ears vacuumed the other day at the ENT clinic. Unfortunately I’m one of those people that gets a lot of wax build up. Copying the grown ups using cotton buds to clear the wax just meant I was constantly getting ear infections as a kid. As an adult, I’d get wax build up, I’d try olive oil as my GPs would always recommend, only that would make it clog up more and muffle my hearing. Then the only way to get that big plug of soggy wax out was either to fish it out with a bit of screwed up tissue or a cotton bud, or to blast it with the power shower to dislodge it.
I finally perforated my ear drum in September from an infection that went to the middle ear. Anyway, I got my ears vacuum cleaned on Thursday and was told by the ENT doctor to use a pharmaceutical grade olive oil spray (not drops) every day forever to stop the wax clogging. So let’s hope that works.
I think I was given peroxide based ear drops once when I was 12 or so, but it made my jaw swell so much I couldn’t even eat.
I went to Amazon and got an ear wax removal tool. It has an arm with a soft latex scooping tip and a camera and a light. It has wifi and you hook it up to your phone so you can see the camera. I was having custom ear plugs made and I needed to get things squeaky clean. It worked surprisingly well and is the best way to clear things out completely imo. It’s also pretty interesting to see what is going on in there. I also have a little syringe thing I keep in the shower to use on a more regular basis.
Bobby pins.
I switched to just using toilet paper. Not sure how much safer it is.
I do that too, but I twist it into a screw and then twist it in my ear and it pulls the gunk out.
I wouldn’t take it that far, just as far as my finger can go
It’s called the Q-spot.
BTW if you end up with an impacted ear drum or you just want to deeply clean your ears: peroxide. Just tilt your head sideways and pour it in. Let it sit for a while and it will break up enough wax to dislodge it. You might find that you can hear much better after.
I leave it sit for 23 seconds, then hit it with 1 Tbsp of baking soda and plug the hole.
Good friend of mine for a bit of fibre stuck in there from the Q tip, it got infected and blew her ear drum…
Many people insisting on digging out, others on peroxide. You’re both right.
Use earwax softener in your ears to make the job easier. Then, a day or two later, use a disposable ear cleaning stick, using rotary, not pushing motions. The wax will still be soft and come out much more easily.
That’s gotten huge quantities out for me, saving me from the feeling that I’m underwater.
A squeeze bulb and warm water seem to do the trick for me.
For me, water goes in, stays forever. Something that’s happened since I’ve aged. Swam competitively in high school, never had a problem. Now, if I tilt my head wrong in the shower, good luck.
Oo mox
Glad I don’t have ear wax build up, never even thought to stick something in my ears, seems scary
It is, I hurt my ears several times every year, had to put medicine on it and everything, now I just go to a doctor once a year to do a professional clean up and it’s all good.
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