answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

Sticking a cotton bud in your ear can damage it.

You risk bleeding, a perforated eardrum, or damage to the bones in the ear, which can cause permanent deafness.

User Avatar

Wiki User

12y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: Does sticking a cotton bud in your ear damage it?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

Removing ear wax?

you use a cotton bud


How do you remove cotton bud from the ear?

just pluck it out from your years and enjoy


How do you look after the human ear?

You do nothing but you could use a cotton bud but medical proffesionals say that you should NOT put anything smaller than your elbow in your ear


What's the best way to clean out your ears?

The best way to clean out your ears is with a washcloth and warm water. Sticking anything inside of your ear may cause damage to the ear drum.


Do Q-tips damage the ear canal?

If you jam a q-tip into your ear and perforate (put a hole in) your eardrum, then you will experience severe pain and will lose hearing. Another way a q-tip in the ear could cause hearing loss is if it pushes wax further into your ear and blocks your ear canal.


Is sticking lead in your ear hole bad for you?

Yes, it can cause an ear infection


Could i injure my baby's ear by cleaning it with an ear bud?

Earache in babies is associated with many reasons and one of them is injury to the ear canal from cotton buds or other objects. So you must be careful. If the crying persists take her to the doctor.


Why is there something sticking out behind your ear?

  There is this thing behind my ear and it is sticking out. I have been getting headaches all week long. is this bad?


Loud pulses in ear?

nice grammar there bud.


How do you care your ears?

The correct way to care for your ears are to pour a cap full of peroxide. It is better to do that than sticking cotton swabs/cue tips in your ear. And when you pour the peroxide it will make you hear better.


What is the first aid to be given if a cotton piece enters the ear canal Reply required urgently Please?

get to a Doctor because if you do it you self you could damage hearing


How Big Must You have your ear stretched to be able to put a ear bud through?

5/8