Host: Wax the ear. It's not a good idea to use Q-tips to get the wax out, why is that?
Ari Goldsmith: Q-tips are now out of use. If you look at the box that actually says in very small letters, do not put them in the ear. What Q-tips do, is they may take out a little bit, but the rest of it they push in, and wax if you leave alone, is a good thing, it protects the ear, and it come out on its own.
Once you put something in the ear like a Q-tip, then the wax gets stuck, and then you got to come to us to take it out.
Host: Is there any way of getting some wax that gets impacted up by you, by doing something?
Ari Goldsmith: They sell over the counter stuff, which are completely safe. Murine ear drops, Debrox, there are certain drops out there to dissolve wax, they can be used for couple of days. You could also, they sell an ear irrigator, which is a little syringe that you can spray some water in, and if you loosen up the wax with the Debrox for a couple of days, and then use a syringe for a couple of days in the bath, most of the wax will come out safely, and obviously the pediatrician can confirm that it's all coming out, and that every thing is safe.
Host: And you would emphasis that you should put nothing in ear, not a Q-tip, safety pin, nothing.
Ari Goldsmith: Q-tips should be out of house, they should be locked up. I have seen a lot of kids, with lot of problems with Q-tips. if the Q-tips is put in, besides, pushing the wax in, and if it goes in really deep, it's going to rupture the eardrum and can actually hurt your hearing bones, and will lead to a permanent hear loss, God forbid. So Q-tips should be out of the house.
Host: Thank you very much.
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