Some people develop the habit of playing with their ears in order to eliminate the discomfort of inflammation in the external ear canal, often digging their ears regardless of the time and place, whether they have earwax or not, regardless of whether they use clean or dirty objects. Medically speaking, it is not advisable to dig one’s ears or other people’s ears, because digging has many harmful effects and can cause some external ear canal diseases, such as: 1. Infection of the external ear canal: Playing with the ears frequently can easily damage the skin of the external ear canal and cause bacterial infection, and nine out of ten boils in the external ear canal are caused by digging. 2, cerumen increase: due to frequent play, try to play with the ear to the skin chronic congestion, cerumen gland is bound to secrete vigorously, but instead increase the accumulation, more likely to block the external ear canal. 3, external ear canal mold infection: people who have tinea pedis, such as frequent ear digging can bring the mold to the external ear canal, mold in the external ear canal growth, strange itching, sometimes flowing yellow water. Therefore, if you have symptoms, you should go to the hospital and do not take matters into your own hands.