re earwax in article stephen mont stephen mont cs missouri edu stephen montgomery smith writes what is the healthiest way to deal with earwax should one just leave it in your ear and not mess with it or should you clean it out every so often can cleaning it out damage your eardrums are there any tubes in your ear that might get blocked stephen the best thing to do is leave it it will work its own way out to the surface anything you stick up there to try and clean it is just going to push the wax up against your eardrum and pack it on there solid thus impairing your hearing sean
