What's the deal with ear wax?!
Question:
What's the deal with ear wax?
Where does ear wax come from?
How come it's yellow?
Why is it waxy?
Is it really to keep bugs out of your ears?
Answers:
Ear wax is a normal product of the ear which protects the skin of the ear from water and infection. Ear wax is formed from wax glands in the external ear canal as well as other components such as dead skin, sweat, and oil. The primary component of ear wax is keratin (derived from dead skin).
It keeps your ear dry and helps prevent infection, not just bugs. Ear wax is he ear's natural cleaning system, it traps dust or tiny foergin objects and then gets expelled by itself.
Did you know that in medieval times, ear wax was used as a component of pigment for illumination of manuscripts ? Eww, yes.