This article talks about the gene for determining “wet” vs. “dry” earwax being discovered. It’s an interesting example of human diversity.
But that’s not my question.
My question is - how do you know if you have “wet” or “dry” earwax? I’ve never compared my earwax to anyone else’s, and since the husband is asleep I don’t want to go digging in his ears because it occurs to me that waking up to an ear excavation in progress would be more than somewhat alarming.
The other problem is that between the Asian in my background and the North American Native in his we really could have either version so I’m not sure a comparison would work.
Memories from 9th grade biology suggest that “dry” wax is crumbly, whereas the “Wet” kind is sticky or tacky and wettish.
I suppose you could ask your doctor next time you visit, he may be able to diagnose. What this info could possibly be good for is beyond me, but whatever lets you sleep at night.