Of course this procedure only works if you really have cotton stuck in your ear. My ear canals often itch. Keep your ear pointed down for two to three minutes, and then repeat the drops. Place four to five drops of room temperature oil in your ear, and then quickly tilt your ear down towards the sink--you may want to have a tissue handy to catch the excess oil dripping out. So I thought “I’ll just use the naked Q-tip stick and fish it out. If this does not dislodge the cotton, obtain medical assistance. When cotton gets wet, it shrivels up.Use olive oil or baby oil to wet and lubricate the cotton and your ear canal. If instead you have an ear infection then you might wind up punching out your ear drum. If possible, identify the object before making any decisions regarding care. The stick was naked and the cotton was now stuck in my ear. No worries….” So I try it, but the stick pushed the cotton swab in further. The good news was that my ear was no longer bothering me, and the cotton swab that was now stuck in my ear wasn’t that deep. Identify what is stuck in the ear. If cotton is stuck in the ear, pull the back of the ear toward the back of the head to straighten the ear canal, tilt the head to the affected side, and shake it gently toward the ground, suggests MedicineNet. The majority of foreign objects lodged in ears are placed there intentionally, usually by young children and toddlers. If you can’t see a doctor and want to attempt removing the cotton yourself, lubrication is your best bet. When they do I use a Q-tip and with gentle steps know how deeply I can insert one. The combination of gravity and lubric… We cannot always know how or why something ended up stuck in our ear, but treatment varies depending on what the foreign object is.