Doctors IME will always advise not to do it, but also IME it works far better than anything else. I've always had blocked ears, and my grandfather had been an

Doctors IME will always advise not to do it, but also IME it works far better than anything else. I've always had blocked ears, and my grandfather had been an NHS doctor back when this was standard (before the advice not to do it came down), so he was the one who showed me how to do it -- very, very gently and repeatedly, with slightly warm water, don't need to push the point of the bulb/syringe in. And the wax just drops out after a few applications (in big gross lumps if it's bad!). Absolutely not medical advice, but just to confirm that it works extremely well.