Self

Watch This Earwax Extraction Video and Try Not to Look Away

If you're one of those people who love extraction videos and follow Dr. Pimple Popper's every move on YouTube, I have a treat for you. No, it's not a new pimple-popping video. (It's not a cyst-popping ...
Consumer Reports

Sorry, but Experts Say You Should Not Be Using Earwax Removal Kits

Ah, TikTok, home of makeup tutorials, lip-syncing tunes, cute animal content and—earwax removal videos? Yes, it’s true: That goopy amber stuff on your For You page is coming out of someone’s ear canal ...
The Atlantic

You Can See Inside Your Ear. That Doesn’t Mean You Should.

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. The ear is a marvelous, humble organ. It powers our hearing and also our balance, keeping us upright and connected to the world around us. In return, ear doctors ...
New York Post

Doctor removes giant ball of wax from ‘deaf’ woman’s ear

Watch the grim moment the “Wax Whisperer” removes a chunk of ear wax that left a woman “deaf” in one ear. The stomach-churning clip shows Neel Raithatha, who runs a hearing clinic in Leicestershire, ...
New York Post

This is what 16 years’ worth of built-up ear wax looks like

We’re gonna need a bigger Q-tip. A UK doctor was feeling queasy after extracting 16 years worth of earwax from a man who hadn’t cleaned his lugs in almost two decades. A Caters News clip of the ...