[Daiel88H]

This is very easy to do at home, without a kit from the drugstore. Just get a bottle of hydrogen peroxide and a syringe. Mix a solution of about half H202, half water (warm is more comfy, but it doesn't really make a difference) and squirt it into your ear pretty hard. Repeat until you don't have gunk coming out (oh yeah, you'd want to do this over the sink). The hydrogen peroxide bubbles and softens the wax, and the pressure forces it out.

I do this about every month, and I'm always surprised at the difference it makes.

 

[monkuboy]

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Originally Posted by Daiel88H This is very easy to do at home, without a kit from the drugstore. Just get a bottle of hydrogen peroxide and a syringe. Mix a solution of about half H202, half water (warm is more comfy, but it doesn't really make a difference) and squirt it into your ear pretty hard. Repeat until you don't have gunk coming out (oh yeah, you'd want to do this over the sink). The hydrogen peroxide bubbles and softens the wax, and the pressure forces it out. I do this about every month, and I'm always surprised at the difference it makes.

Hydrogen peroxide is safe for your ears? (I don't know much about chemicals but it doesn't sound very pleasant).. also, I assume you can just get a syringe from the drug store, couldn't you, instead of paying $50 for the one on that website?

 

[John Buchanan]

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Originally Posted by slowvr4 supposedly using warm or body temperature water will help with the dizziness.. but i don't know first hand or not

Using cold water is the usual cause of dizziness. I syringe my own ears occasionally - a 10ml syringe and warm water run into the ear canal with reasonable force will eventually dislodge most wax (do it over a basin of warm water). It can be pretty gross. It might be worth trying wax softeners first.
Dislcaimer: No reponsibility will be taken for damage cuased to any ears as a result of this suggestion. I am a vet, not a doctor, and I alone am responsible for what I do to my ears.

 

[anyatinagan]

i had it done when i was a kid because of ear infection. i remember being grossed out by it a bit because of the things i saw come out of my ears

. is it safe to do it every month?

 

[Duxxy]

I gey mine irrigated twice a year on average

 

[kwitel]

A close friend just told me about this product that sucked the wax right out, painlessly and easily.
Its some sort of long apparatus that one point is close to the ear canal and the other end gets held up in the air (about a foot long). Then, (bare with me here) you light the top end on fire and some sort of reaction occurs pulling all the wax from your ear into the tube.
I know it sounds nuts but apperntly it works great.
Awaiting info on where to find it...

 

[RP2X]

Its subjective, cos to be honest ear wax is good for the ears it protects against dirt/debri.

I prefer to keep my pugs clean and tidy, id go for the plastic kit off the website but yeah bit pricey but u would only have to do it once.

If I recall as the specialist took the cotton bud wool part from my ear he said my ears were bit dry on the inside but very clean looking

 

[Duxxy]

"A close friend just told me about this product that sucked the wax right out, painlessly and easily.
Its some sort of long apparatus that one point is close to the ear canal and the other end gets held up in the air (about a foot long). Then, (bare with me here) you light the top end on fire and some sort of reaction occurs pulling all the wax from your ear into the tube.
I know it sounds nuts but apperntly it works great.
Awaiting info on where to find it..."

It's called an ear candle, you can do it with a cone of paper as well

 

[smeggy]

Just in case you all haven't seen the reports, ear candles are supposedly not as good as a real flushing and ENT's are finding that warm water works just as well (and quicker) at softening earwax as olive oil. As reported by the BBC.

 

[bpm2000]

LOL did u all read the testimonials to that ear syringe? Some guy claims a TWIG claim out of his ear after use.

 

[smeggy]

Yeah, not sure how you'd fail to notice half a tree stuck in your ear

 

[MD1032]

This blasting of water and H2O2 doesn't affect your eardrums? I'm intrigued... maybe I should try this.

 

[Daiel88H]

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Originally Posted by MD1032 This blasting of water and H2O2 doesn't affect your eardrums? I'm intrigued... maybe I should try this.

Doesn't affect them at all. I mean, don't use a waterpik or anything, but firm pressure from the syringe is fine. It will feel weird and sound crackly for about 5 minutes aftewards, but it feels totally cool.

 

[DougGreenberg]

We had a related thread a few weeks ago. I had just had my own ears "irrigated." The nurse's aide used an ear syringe while I held a kidney-shaped metal pan under my ear to catch the drippings. The results were impressive

, though not as gross as those photos from the ear syringe web site.

I am in the U.S. and I have mediocre HMO health coverage. This is considered a reimbursible "standard" procedure when the doctor recommends it, so it just cost the $10 copay that is required with every visit.

But I agree with the original poster here, i.e., this is something that many of us need every few years. It seems that some people tend to accummulate ear wax, whereas others for whatever reason do not.

 

[sxr71]

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Originally Posted by Mercuttio Called around to Ear Nose and Throad doctors in NYC, none will clean my ears without consultation first. Basically, they could tell me my hearing is perfect, charge me for the consultation, and NOT give me an ear cleaning. *Sigh*

They will usually do it if you ask. Doctors love procedures because they are easy money. All he has to do is ask a nurse or assistant to do it and bill you. A consultation is necessary because the doctor must make sure you have contraindications to having it done.