Pulling out your ears with cotton swabs is not good. Pulling out your ears with cotton swabs can push the earwax deeper into your ears, which may cause hearing loss and even damage the eardrum. It’s best not to use anything other than cotton swabs to pull out your ears. Ears don’t need to be pulled out often because earwax has a protective effect on the ears, and if it’s pulled out too cleanly, it makes the ears more sensitive. The ear itself has a self-cleaning function, and when eating or talking, the ear is carried in motion, so that the earwax can be discharged automatically. In addition, cerumen that is not oily or clumped together does not require special cleaning unless it is hard or oily cerumen is blocking the outer ear canal. You can use cotton swabs to gently wipe away any water that enters the ear canal. If you often use cotton swabs to pull out your ears, it’s easy to get infected, and if you use cotton swabs to pull out your ears, the cotton on the swabs will fall down inside the outer ear canal and need to be removed in the hospital.