Question: Why do our ears produce earwax? Answer : That's a great question! Is earwax anything other than gross? Actually, earwax has a very important purpose.
As I found out on The
Yuckiest Site on the Internet, earwax (or
cerumen) protects the inside of your ear. Your earlobes direct sound waves into your inner ear canal, but they also bring dust and bugs! Earwax picks this gunk up and protects the delicate inner lining of your ear. It's so important that 2,000 special glands in your body do nothing but make earwax all day long. Earwax also has special enzymes that help kill germs. Old earwax usually just falls out of your ear in tiny flakes, so don't worry about getting it out yourself!
