the type of earwax you have comes down in part to your skin type, Dr. Shapiro explains. People with oilier skin may have wet earwax, while those with drier skin tend to have dry earwax, she says.

People of East Asian descent are more likely to have dry earwax, while wet earwax seems to be more common with everyone else

  • Chris
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    304 months ago

    Apparently this is the one thing which is controlled by a single gene, and works as you were taught in school with dominant and recessive traits.

    Nothing else does, including the things you were taught like eye and hair colour - they are much more complicated.

    • @ChicoSuave
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      184 months ago

      I’m going to doubt the single gene hypothesis. I have dry ear wax in one ear and wet in the other.

      • Chris
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        104 months ago

        Hmm, maybe it’s one per ear?!

      • tiredofsametab
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        54 months ago

        Do you notice that the amount and/or scent of your perspiration is different comparing the two sides of your body?