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?