To provide a swab that has a composition of free bend deformation that can flexibly correspond to target parts such as an intraoral, an ear hole or a nasal cavity of an individual user when being used and that is convenient.

A swab 1 is configured such that a cotton ball 4 is attached to one end or both ends of a shaft 2, wherein the shaft 2 is formed to be a hollow shape by a plastic, and the shaft 2 is provided with a bellows 4 to compose the shaft 2 to have free flexion deformity. The cotton ball 4 can adopt a cotton ball for cosmetic formed to have a cone point shape. Moreover, the bellows 4 are formed in a plurality of places of the shaft 2. In addition, the shaft 2 can be formed by coupling two or more shaft materials 2a to be mutually extensible.