About earwax
Here’s what you need to know about earwax
What does it earwax do and how is it made?
Earwax actually plays a key role in keeping your ears clean. It protects them every day by reacting to foreign bodies in your ear and swallowing them up! Once surrounded, these microbial organisms, dead skin cells and other bits of dirt and debris are removed by the earwax slowly moving out of your ear.
So how is it made? In your ears, you have special glands called cerumen glands which produce earwax under the skin in your ear canal. Connected to these glands are the cerumen ducts which transfer the earwax to the surface of the skin where it’s deposited in the ear canal through the cerumen pores.
We know that earwax is essential for protecting your ears. It helps maintain normal PH levels, it traps and removes dirt, bacteria and debris from the environment, it protects the skin of your ear canal from water irritation, and it even repels insects.
What is a healthy amount of earwax?
Just how much earwax do you need? Your ears should have a healthy amount of wax as they are a part of the body’s defence mechanism Any excess wax is slowly pushed out of the ear naturally.
The earwax is also helped out of your ear by the movements of your jaw when you’re talking, chewing and so on. When it reaches the outside of your ear, it will simply fall out or be removed when you have a shower or a bath.
But if your earwax starts to build up, you may begin to have problems and need to contact The Sense of Hearing or the Banbury Earwax Removal Centre. On the other hand, if you have very little wax in your ear canal, your ears can start to feel dry and itchy. We can give you help and advice with this too.