MOST EARWAX IS healthy and doesn’t need to be cleaned on a regular basis, Dr. Schwartz says. However, if you want to clean it ...

There are two basic types of inherited ear wax – wet and dry. Dry wax is common in Asia, while wet wax is common in Western Europe. There’s more fat in wet wax. A moderate amount of ear wax is ...

Earwax helps protect the inside of your ears ... In fact, it’s best to keep hearing aids in what’s called a dry storage kit, dry aid kit, or dry box at night. These may be simple (just a ...

As lipids break down, they release volatile compounds—the source of body odor. In people with dry ear wax, ABCC11 is non-functional; this starves some bacteria and greatly reduces the smell of sweat.

The colour of our earwax can mean a number of different things. Whether it is brown or green each has a different possible meaning. Its smell can also show a sign of an infection while dry and ...

People fall into two distinct earwax camps: wet and dry. Wet earwax is orange-brown and sticky; the dry type is translucent and scaly, like dead skin. That is because it is dead skin. People with ...