Many moms have OCD and want to pull out ear wax when they see it in their baby’s ears! Thinking that pulling out not only looks clean, but will make your baby’s hearing better. Is this really true? What can earwax do? The earwax in your child’s ear contains “cerumen”, which adheres to the dust that enters the external ear canal and the cells that are shed by the local skin metabolism, and plays a role in cleaning the ear canal. Earwax is bitter and oily, which can expel the bugs that fly into the ear and capture the invading bacteria. Moreover, earwax is rich in fatty acids and forms an acid film on the surface of the ear canal skin, which keeps the external ear canal in an acidic environment and has a mild bactericidal effect. 2, earwax can protect the eardrum Children’s eardrum is thinner than a cicada wing, very delicate, once encountered with violent sound waves directly into the ear canal, will damage the eardrum, or even cause rupture resulting in deafness. Earwax protects the eardrum and acts as a barrier. It is harmful to pull out your baby’s ears. 1. Pulling out your child’s ears often will not only make them less protected by earwax, but will also cause damage to the delicate skin of the outer ear canal. If the earwax is hard or too much, it can easily scratch the skin and bacteria can enter the wound and cause infection. Or, if you scratch back and forth, the bacteria can squeeze into the hair follicles and sebaceous ducts, causing inflammation and running water, or in severe cases, boils in the outer ear canal. 2. It is easy to stab your child’s eardrum if you are not careful when pulling out the ears, there is also a risk of stabbing the eardrum. This accident is even more unavoidable if the child suddenly struggles or stimulates a cough reflex in the external ear canal when pulling out his ears. If your baby has ear wax, it is safe to do so 1. If the ear wax in your baby’s ear is visible to the naked eye and is not very hard, you can roll up a wet towel and slowly reach inside your baby’s ear and turn it around to get it out. But the premise is to make sure that the baby will not move around. 2. Prepare a cotton ball with disinfectant and insert it into the baby’s ear while the baby is sleeping. After about 2-3 hours, turn the cotton ball and remove it after a while, so that part of the ear wax will be stained on the cotton ball and brought out, which has less effect on the baby’s ear. Parents should not use cotton swabs or sharp objects to clean the ear wax in the baby’s ear if it is not a special case, because the ear canal of a baby is much shorter than that of an adult, and it is very difficult for parents to sense and control it. If earwax is blocking the ear canal, please go to the hospital. Don’t mess around at home by yourself.