Basically. I am wearing old, gunk-ridden headphones that're literally falling apart, and they don't do my ears any favor especially because I wear them for 16 hours a day mostly out of necessity and literally have to HUG them to my ears, CLENCHING them to drown out the noises of my family eating, also not doing my ears any favor, and sometimes when I sleep I also do that with a pillow.
My hair is not very healthy, and this compounds with the headphones to add to the gunk. That, aside from my bad rubbing/scratching habits, which probably also don't do my ears any favor.
Net result: I actually got a bulge which formed in my left ear, similar to the bulges that occasionally pop up on my face when I've gone too long without showering. The sort of thing that is easily fixed with good skincare and which I imagine is common among people who have bad skincare like me.
Soyeah, I decided to try and mitigate that with a basic rinse--no shampoo/conditioner, but if I still take my shower on Wednesday like I am planning to, that's when I will do that.
That did mean I got a late start into the day though, and with that late start...I did basically nothing.
Ah well.