I have been having this problem for a few months, but lately its gotten really anoying.
The problem is with the buttons. I have to hit the mouse buttons really hard for it to click. And I don't want to use an external mouse.
I think that it could be that there is dust under the buttons.
What should I do? Get a new touchpad?

If your laptop is in-warranty, send it to the repair centre. If not, you should be able to get a replacement touchpad from somewhere like eBay.
I do not advise taking the touchpad apart to see what you can do about it - I broke my laptop's keyboard twice trying to clean it.

You can also use the touchpad entirely for clicking - just tap it when you want to click. Also, you can set it up so you can tap in a corner of it to right-click.

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