[mcphage]

> the body's own wax removal process is good enough

It really isn't, though. If I go more than a few days without cleaning my ears they get really crusty and it gets harder to hear.

[zbentley]

Fascinatingly, you are probably suffering thus due to very specific genetics, not bad hygiene, personal variation in earwax, or an inherent quality of earwax: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earwax#Physiology