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In Reply to: Clean your ears! posted by Christine Tham on April 26, 2007 at 17:54:28:
Curiously Japanese researchers studied ear was and released their findings about a year ago. Dry ear wax was genetically linked to mainly Asians, while the wet/sticky type to Caucasians. The ear scrapers, despite the admonitions of most western doctors, is very common in Asia and, if carefully used, should present little or no problems. I've been using them for 4 decades.
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I far prefer the design of the Japanese ear scraper I bought than the Chinese ones I have seen before, which, frankly, look dangerous.Anyway, probably a good idea to sterilize these before use, as I imagine they increase the chance of an ear infection.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/522706
You can do medline searches for abcc11 polymorphisms if you want more information and have access to scientific journals.... ;)
No links, but it was published in our local newspaper, more as a curiosity than anything else.
Never, never, press hard enough to draw blood. A bit of alcohol will sterilize the instrument. You can also use a cotton swab and gently swab your eaer also. If you irritate the sensitive lining a bit of baby oil on the swab will sooth ethe tissue (not dripping!)
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