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If you frequently get large amounts of ear wax buildup to the point where it is blocking your hearing, there is a product called Maurine ear wax removal kit, wh
by derekp7 11y ago
If you frequently get large amounts of ear wax buildup to the point where it is blocking your hearing, there is a product called Maurine ear wax removal kit, which does work effectively (I have to use it about once every couple years).
It is sort of an oily type of drops that you put in your ear, leave it (with your head tilted sideways) for a half our or so, and it ends up crystallizing the wax so that it will fall out naturally. You can actually hear it working, ind of like a bubbling sound. Afterwords you use the bulb syringe that comes with the kit to flush out the ear canal.
- rdancer 11y ago... or you can just use a Q-Tip.
- Scoundreller 11y ago... which just mixes and pushes it in more into your own personal fatberg...
- rdancer 11y agoI want to please see a video showing how you do it to achieve that. Never mind that it'd be bad technique. I posit that it's actually not possible, that it is a scary story for kids on par with getting blind from masturbation.
- jtheory 11y agoEh, they really don't work well for cleaning the ear canal, though. I have ear canals that I thought needed to be cleaned regularly, until I stopped using Q-tips. Now they only seem to need to be cleaned once every 4 years or so (if I notice sound getting a bit muffled), with a syringe and sink full of warm water. I had thought the Q-tips were cleaning them, but were definitely causing more problems than they solved. (Ditto for ear drops, which didn't seem to help much. Just taking the time with a syringe & warm water is better). My pediatrician uses little metal tools to clean out the kids' ears if needed. Better than a blunt, soft thing that can't easily get wax out rather than push it in, though of course you'd better hold still.
- platz 11y agoI bet hydrogen peroxide works too
- goldenkey 11y agoAll the ear wax removal products on the market are just carbamide peroxide which is a mix of urea and hydrogen peroxide. Thats why they smell awful. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_peroxide_-_urea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_peroxide_-_urea
- ljf 11y agoBe careful, if you have inflamed ears already then this can really aggravate your ear. I just use olive oil drops in the same way, and if that doesn't help after a week or so I pop in to the doctors to get my ears syringed, but since using the oil I barely ever have to.
- NamTaf 11y agoYes it does. That chemical reaction is the popping sound you hear (like popping candy).
- StavrosK 11y agoThat works wonders, I love it. No need to be deaf any more.
- koliber 11y agoMy daughter had an ear wax build up. The doctor said that I should put a few drops of olive oil in her ear, or alternatively use an over-the-counter oily type of ear wax removal solution (not sure of brand name). I went to pharmacy and checked the ingredient list of the ear wax removal solution: olive oil! Note: This happened in Poland, about three months ago.
- apricot 11y agoI had the same problem when I was young. So much ear wax after a particularly bad cold that it prevented me to hear clearly. It lasted a long time, definitely more than a day. My mother put a few drops of olive oil in my ear, and told me to lie down so the oil would stay in the ear. After a few minutes of this, suddenly I heard crackling in my ear. I decided to yawn... and I heard this huge "CRRRRACK" sound from inside my ear, felt a very weird sensation as the oil found its way past the wax buildup, and suddenly I could hear clearly. It was glorious.
- mchahn 11y agoMy daughter and her husband put hydrogen peroxide in the ears and claim that it makes a big difference. I was skeptical, to say the least, but after reading all this I think I might have been wrong. It might do something.
- mchahn 11y agoMy daughter and her husband put hydrogen peroxide in the ears and claim that it makes a big difference. I was skeptical, to say the least, but after reading all this I think I might have been wrong. It might do something.
- snarfy 11y agoYears back, I was standing near my wall mount heater on a cold morning, and the heat was running up my back, around my neck and ears. A minute later my ear wax completely melted and dripped out of my ears. I don't have the heater anymore but found I can replicate the effect using a hair dryer on low speed/high heat.