No Judging: At one point you've probably put a finger in your ear and dug out some rather unsightly ear wax, but why does your body produce this yellowy substance in the first place? Hosted by: Michael Aranda ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters—Alexander Wadsworth, Kevin Bealer, Mark Terrio-Cameron, KatieMarie Magnone, Patrick Merrithew, Charles Southerland, Fatima Iqbal, Sultan Alkhulaifi, Tim Curwick, Scott Satovsky Jr, Philippe von Bergen, Bella Nash, Chris Peters, Patrick D. Ashmore, Piya Shedden, Charles George ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: www.britannica.com/demystified/why-do-we-have-earwax www.nature.com/ng/journal/v38/n3/abs/ng1733.html medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000979.htm academic.oup.com/qjmed/article/97/8/477/1588624/Impacted-cerumen-composition-production commonhealth.legacy.wbur.org/2012/11/q-tips-ears-danger www.entnet.org/content/earwax-and-care www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16835926 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.a.20356/full europepmc.org/abstract/med/1870171

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