If a patient has pain in the ear during ear picking, the following are the main reasons: 1. It is very likely that the instruments used for ear picking repeatedly enter and exit the ear canal, which can easily lead to congestion and inflammation of the mucous membrane of the ear canal, often due to a large amount of cerumen in the patient’s ear. 2. Sometimes it is also due to inflammation of the ear itself, which can easily be aggravated by the stimulation of some instruments. In some cases, it is because the instruments used to pick the ear are too deep. This will touch the depths of the ear canal or the eardrum, which will cause significant pain. It is recommended that patients clean their ears regularly to avoid the accumulation of cerumen and do not blow their nose hard after a cold to avoid the formation of otitis media.