So for many women, a trip to the shampoo aisle is a much more serious purchase than stocking up on toothpaste and Q-tips.

因此对于很多女性，在货架上挑选洗发水比起购买牙膏和棉签来可是一件严肃的大事。

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Most doctors tell people to avoid Q-tips, but there are over-the-counter preparations that soften the wax so that it can be washed out in the shower.

绝大多数医生建议人们不要使用棉棒来清理，但可以使用一些软化耳垢的非处方喷剂。

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Her students drill core samples and swab the walls with Q-Tips, daubing them onto petri dishes.

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Our favorite otolaryngologist, New York City-based Dr. Melissa Pashcow, offers one that pertains to ears: the use of Q-tips to remove ear wax.

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Q-tips only compact the wax like gunpowder in a cannon.

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