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The video, which was taken at the Hear Clinic in Oadby, Leicestershire, shows forceps making their way through the ear to retrieve the cotton bud. Hairs and grissle can be seen throughout the ear ...

Cotton buds are bad for your ears. Inserting a cotton bud into the ear canal may cause impaction of wax, ear-drum damage and or increase the risk of infection by damaging the skin in the ear canal.