Good Hygiene: How to Clean Our Ears?

It is not advised to clean our ears everyday because earwax can be necessary to our system from dirt and bacteria.  But of course, for good hygiene's sake, we need to clean our ears.

So here's an "How to clean your ears" from ehow.com

Good Hygiene:  Steps on How to Clean your Ears.


Step 1
Head to the local grocery store and buy an ear wax removal kit. Murine makes a great kit that comes complete with a soft bulb ear syringe.

Step 2
Follow the directions on the bottle. It usually requires you to put 5 to 10 drops in your ear and lay on your side for several minutes.

Step 3
Hold your head over the sink and rinse your ears out with room temperature water using the soft bulb ear syringe.

Step 4
Clean the outer edges and behind your ears with soap and warm water using a wash cloth. To clean the ear canal use your fingertip and the wash cloth and gently wash without going too deep. Dry your ears.

Step 5
Saturate a Q-tip with rubbing alcohol and wipe the outer folds of your ears. Dip a cotton ball into the rubbing alcohol and wipe behind your ears and the backside of your ears.

Hope this article from ehow.com can help you in attaining good hygiene for your ears.