On Wed, 4 Jan 2017 22:51:31 +0000 (UTC), Lacopo Ferrari
wrote:

Why you shouldn't use cotton swabs to clean your ears
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/03/health...ng-guidelines/

"Here's why not: Cotton swabs, hair pins, house keys and toothpicks -- the
many smaller-than-our-elbow-objects we love to put in our ears -- can cause
cuts in our ear canals, perforate our eardrums and dislocate our hearing
bones. And any of these things could lead to hearing loss, dizziness,
ringing or other symptoms of ear injury."

Can it really be that bad?

That only occurs of you use a cue stick (for billiards) rather than a
cue tip. (cotton swab). If you put that cue stick in your left ear, and
it comes out the right ear, (or vice versa), you *might* have ear
damage! Go ahead, give it a try!!!