After learning this, every time I pluck my ears, I feel a sense of guilt

It's cool to pluck your ears, especially when you accidentally pull out a big piece of ear, that sour...

I'm certainly not the only one who feels this way, but it's not so simple to pluck my ears!

Excessive or improper ear droppings may cause a series of problems such as ear canal inflammation, ear itching, ear pain, ear tightness, and hearing loss.

Why is there ear?

Ear feces have a very good scientific name called dīng níng, which is a secretion of the skin glands in the ear, mixed with some dust and dander. On closer inspection, its composition includes about 60% keratin, 12-20% saturated or unsaturated fatty acids, alcohols, squalene, and 6-9% cholesterol.

Ear feces are divided into two categories: some of the ear droppings are dry and yellow, called "chaff ears"; and some of the ear droppings are oily and wet, called "oil ears".

Ear feces have 5 effects

1. Clean the ear canal

Ear feces can adhere to the shedding cells produced by local skin metabolism and the dust that enters the external ear canal, thereby playing a role in cleaning the ear canal.

2. Sterilization

There is an acid film on the surface of the skin of the ear canal, which is the fatty acid in the ear feces, so that the external ear canal is in an acidic environment and has a certain bactericidal effect.

3. Protect the eardrum and eardrum

Ear feces are like sentinels, guarding the gates of the external ear canal, preventing foreign bodies from entering the ear, and playing a role in protecting the ear canal and eardrum. Ear feces can stick to the dust that enters the external auditory canal from the air, thereby keeping the external auditory canal clean. As soon as a small bug flies into the ear canal, as soon as it tastes bitter ear feces, it will fly out immediately

4. Protect hearing

A variety of different sound waves from the outside world are transmitted into the ear, causing the eardrum to vibrate, so that all kinds of sounds can be heard. However, if the sound wave is too strong, such as thunder, explosion, etc., the eardrum will be violently shaken because the sound wave is too strong, and it is very easy to receive damage, and over time, the hearing will decline. The presence of ear feces can reduce the impact of low sound waves like a muffler, thereby protecting the eardrum and protecting hearing.

5. Lubrication and moisturizing

Without the presence of ear droppings, the ear canal will be very dry, which can easily lead to bad reactions such as itchy ears and burning skin.

Ear can drain itself

The ear canal has a self-cleaning function, and most people's ear canal can automatically discharge excess ear feces. The skin of the external auditory canal of the human being can automatically and slowly move outward during the metabolic process, so the ear feces attached to it are "transported" out of the ear canal.

In addition, when we chew, sneeze, open, and close our mouths, we can also discharge the ear droppings that become flaky.

Pulling out your ears at will is not a small harm

1. The skin of the ear canal is relatively delicate, if the ear is not pulled out properly, it is most likely to cause damage to the external ear canal, and then form a boil due to the infection of bacteria, causing ear pain, and in severe cases, it leads to hearing loss.

2. Frequently plucking the ear may also cause the cuticle of the skin of the external auditory canal to swell, block the hair follicles, promote the growth of bacteria, and cause itchy ear canals and yellow water.

3. Frequently plucking the ear can also make the skin of the external auditory canal chronic congestion for a long time, which is easy to stimulate the secretion of cerumen glands, resulting in more and more ear feces.

4. When using a cotton swab to pull out the ear feces, it may also push the ear feces deep into the ear canal, so that the ear feces in the ear canal are tighter and tighter, and eventually cause cerumen embolism and damage hearing.

5. When digging the ear, if the tool is too deep into the ear canal, a little improper control will touch the eardrum. The tympanic membrane is a very fragile membrane with a thickness of only 0.1 mm. Once the eardrum is punctured and perforated, the person loses hearing.

What's so special about pulling out your ears?

1, do not be too frequent

It is recommended that you do not pluck your ears too frequently, under normal circumstances, once a week on the line, if the living environment is relatively complex, or it is easy to produce ear feces physique, you can appropriately adjust the frequency of ear plucking.

2, do not have too much strength

No matter what kind of ear removal tool is used, we must pay attention to the strength, especially those who like to use metal products to pull the ear, if the force is too large, it is easy to damage the skin inside the ear, once the wound in the ear appears, infection will occur if it is not well cared for.

3, do not blindly pluck your ears

Some people in life pluck their ears because of the discomfort in the ears, here to pay attention to, if the discomfort in the ears is obvious, it is not recommended to blindly pluck their ears.

In general, ear droppings can be excreted on their own, but there are some exceptions.

For example, for a long time, the ear feces is pushed into it; or because the ear canal is water, the original loose ear feces condenses into a clump, resulting in difficulty discharging...

If the ear feces accumulate too much, blocking the external ear canal, causing earache, tinnitus, ear blockage, hearing loss and other problems, you need to go to the hospital to deal with, the hospital has ear drops to soften the ear droppings, ear droppings soaked in loose ear feces, can be cleaned up by the otologist.

Source: Family Doctor Online, Jianke New Health