Poor evidence that Q-tips are harmful

Re:Poor evidence that Q-tips are harmful by tluyben2 on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @04:48PM (#25351832)

There is something in China with airwax treatments and I just heard too many negative stories from foreigners even though Chinese people do it a lot, to not try it. It is just really sensitive equipment up there: not sure what works and what does not.

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Re:Poor evidence that Q-tips are harmful by lemonberry on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @04:54PM (#25351896)

I wonder if this has anything to do with Asian's having a dryer/waxier ear wax? Not something I know much about but I remember learning about it in an anthropology class.

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Re:Poor evidence that Q-tips are harmful by datadawg on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @05:59PM (#25352720)

I wonder if this has to do with different populations having wet vs dry earwax. Didn't realize that until relatively recently!

https://www.livescience.com/593-earwax-wet-dry.html#:~:text=....

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