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Dip a cotton swab or toothpick in dish soap, then encourage your child to swirl it around the colorful milk.
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Nicole Harris, Parents, 22 May 2024
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How to Safely Apply Neosporin in Your Nose
To safely apply Neosporin inside your nose, Villegas recommends following these steps:
Wash your hands with soap and water.
Apply a small amount of Neosporin to the tip of a clean cotton swab or pad.
—Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 8 May 2024
Avoid spreading it too widely or harshly on the skin or pushing it too far into the nose.
Dispose of the cotton swab and wash your hands again.
—Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 8 May 2024
Use a damp cotton swab to clean the tight spaces, crevices, and corners of your pendant light fixture that have gathered dust or debris.
—USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2024
Use a cotton swab to apply milk of magnesia on your sore.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 18 Mar. 2024
Earlier this year, veterinarians and zookeepers fashioned a brace from a cotton swab for one of the zoo's female Peruvian jumping sticks.
—Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 25 Mar. 2024
Apple recommends against trying to insert a cotton swab or any other foreign object into your charging port.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 29 Feb. 2024
Most of these devices can be cleaned using a microfiber cloth, cotton swab, water, isopropyl alcohol, or a disinfecting wipe.
—USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2024
Nicole Harris, Parents, 22 May 2024
The Best Ways to Manage Allergies With Natural Remedies
How to Safely Apply Neosporin in Your Nose
To safely apply Neosporin inside your nose, Villegas recommends following these steps:
Wash your hands with soap and water.
Apply a small amount of Neosporin to the tip of a clean cotton swab or pad.
—Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 8 May 2024
Avoid spreading it too widely or harshly on the skin or pushing it too far into the nose.
Dispose of the cotton swab and wash your hands again.
—Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 8 May 2024
Use a damp cotton swab to clean the tight spaces, crevices, and corners of your pendant light fixture that have gathered dust or debris.
—USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2024
Use a cotton swab to apply milk of magnesia on your sore.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 18 Mar. 2024
Earlier this year, veterinarians and zookeepers fashioned a brace from a cotton swab for one of the zoo's female Peruvian jumping sticks.
—Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 25 Mar. 2024
Apple recommends against trying to insert a cotton swab or any other foreign object into your charging port.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 29 Feb. 2024
Most of these devices can be cleaned using a microfiber cloth, cotton swab, water, isopropyl alcohol, or a disinfecting wipe.
—USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2024
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“Cotton swab.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cotton%20swab. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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