Using wax softeners can help prevent hard wax formation. A narrow ear canal is the reason you are prone for keratosis obturans. Wax is sweat and sebum accumulation in the ear canal and wax naturally egresses out from a wide normal ear canal. A narrow ear canal is prone to formation of impacted wax/ keratosis obturans and hence the need for regular canal cleaning. A permanent solution to this would be a canalplasty procedure— where a hand drill is used to widen the ear canal
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