You can see white pieces of earworms in your ear canal and you want to pull them out. However, the doctor thinks that it is not good to take out the ear, so will the earworms in the ear accumulate and block the ear? Earworms, called earwax, are dried secretions from the cerumen glands in the external ear canal. Under normal circumstances, the cerumen fragments in the ear canal will be discharged naturally along with chewing, opening the mouth and other jaw joint activities. There is no need for people to purposely pull out their ears to remove it. Pulling out the ear increases the chances of bacterial infection and inflammation, which can be painful in case the ear canal becomes inflamed and forms a boil. However, there are also several cases where the ear canal needs to be cleaned: some people have soft, thick yellow-brown cerumen instead of dry white flakes, which is normal, but it cannot be removed naturally. If you have too much cerumen, wipe it off gently with a cotton swab soaked in 75% alcohol. In some people, cerumen gland secretion increases due to ear canal inflammation or other stimuli, and the epithelium of the ear canal is shed, forming a dark brown hard mass. However, it is usually not possible to pull it out by yourself, so you should go to the hospital for treatment. The otolaryngologist should also soften it with medicated water and use special instruments that have been sterilized before pulling it out. There is also a kind of ear canal mycosis. There is a mold infection in the external ear canal, and the film grows along the wall of the ear canal, gradually forming a cylinder and clinging to the skin of the ear canal, making it itchy and unbearable. Treatment requires the complete removal of the film, and then the application of 3% salicylic acid alcohol and other drugs to kill the mold to give treatment.