What purpose does earwax serve?!


Question: what purpose does earwax serve?

what exactly is earwax?


Answers: what purpose does earwax serve?

what exactly is earwax?

Earwax has several important jobs. First, it protects and moisturizes the skin of ear canal, preventing dry, itchy ears. Second, it contains special chemicals that fight off infections that could hurt the skin inside the ear canal. Finally, it acts as a shield between the outside world and the eardrum. When dust, dirt, and other things enter your ear, the earwax traps them so they can't travel any further.

It protects the insides of your ear

It serves as something sticky for germs and viruses to get stuck to before they make it into your ear and give you an infection. But..I'm not sure exactly what it is made up of..

earwax is the wax in ur ear...
it's like boogers, but in the ear..
and im not really sure of what it serves..

It serves as a barrier for microorganisms that could penetrate your body via ear conducts.

about the same as snot , it carries the waste out

somthing to eat when you have no food in your fridge or cupboard.

It helps keep unemployed Q-tips off the street , ruins pencil erasers, id say its wax from the ear!

ear wax is sweat

so bugs && germies will get stuck in the goos before they can get deep insde the ear. dunno what it made of tho

Keeps most bugs out, and your body just getting oil out...

It keeps dirt from clogging-up your pores so that you don't get ear infections.

Earwax is dried mucus mixed with dirt and other atmospheric impurities. Gross isn't it !

earwax is a yellowish waxy substance secreted in the ear canal of humans..
It assists in cleaning and lubrication .. and it provides protection from bacteria.. fungi and insects.

it prevents you from hearing your wife.





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