Does it hurt to pick your ears?

Earwax removal is usually painless, and clinically, earwax removal mainly refers to the removal of earwax from the ear canal. When removing earwax from the ear canal in regular hospitals, the doctor will take cerumen out with cerumen hook or otological forceps under the otoscope, or suck out the cerumen with suction. In any case, there is no significant pain or discomfort during cerumen removal. However, pain may occur in the following cases: 1) the operation is not standardized, the operation action is not gentle, if the action is rough in the process of removing cerumen, the cerumen hook or otological tweezers touch the wall of the ear canal, or even the tympanic membrane, the patient will have obvious pain, which is very uncomfortable. 2) ear canal cerumen accompanied by infections, clinically, there is congestion of the ear canal, swelling, erosion, Swelling, erosion of the ear canal, in this case the ear is a little painful, because this swelling of the external ear canal skin once there is a touch, there will be obvious pain, in this case it is recommended to carry out anti-inflammatory treatment, after the inflammation is well controlled and then take cerumen.