What a way to ruin a Sunday afternoon. I popped in a pair of earbuds, highly rated by Consumer Reports for their sound quality. When it came time to remove them? The body of one earbud was in my hand.

Using Q-tips to clean the inside of your ear canal can lead to wax impaction, irritation, and even damage to the eardrum.

If you want to keep your eardrum intact, sticking a Q-Tip in your ear is a bad idea. In 2017, the American Academy of Otolaryngology revised its guidelines for earwax care to advise against using ...

After taking a shower, Abby Hoffman, 27, proceeded to try to clean her ears with a Q-tip, but that was when she discovered something unexpected—a whole trazodone pill lodged inside her ear. Hoffman, ...