Description

Cotton Buds often are packaged sterile, one or two to a paper or plastic sleeve. The advantage of the paper sleeve and the Plastic handle is that the package can be autoclaved to be sterilized (plastic sleeves or handles would melt in the autoclave).

Cotton swabs manufactured for home use are usually shorter, about 2.5 inches (6.4 cm) long, and usually double-tipped. The handles were first made of plastic, then made of rolled paper, which is still most common (although tubular plastic is also used)..

Plastic stems exist in a wide variety of colors, such as blue, pink or green. However, the cotton itself is traditionally white..

Cotton Buds / Swabs Use

The most common use for is to clean the  Ear Canal by removing  Earwax. are also commonly used for applying and removing makeup, as well as for household uses such as cleaning and arts and crafts. They are also handy for touching up nail polish that gets on the surrounding skin.