At first, it felt like I was helping. The swab came out a little dirty—proof that I was cleaning, right? But within hours, my ear felt worse. More clogged. More pressure.
Turns out, cotton swabs don’t actually remove wax. They just push it deeper.
And once that wax is shoved too far in? It hardens. It traps bacteria. It builds up until it blocks your hearing entirely.
Infections. Eardrum damage. Even temporary hearing loss.
That’s when the real panic set in.
I started reading horror stories—people who lost hearing because they ignored their ear health. People who needed expensive procedures just to remove compacted wax.
And the worst part? I had no way of knowing how bad my ears really were.