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It’s still free on the NHS. Had mine done in Edinburgh a couple of months ago.
Hey @BoardinBob - this you?
https://twitter.com/fesshole/status/1645417609096056833?s=46&t=We7m9sBVLviPIp_wY7u5lQ
hahaha. Sadly not, though I have had a look up my nose with it!
KennyP - I suspect thats a Scotland thing
Before I double-checked the usernames I thought that was a reply to MrSparkle.
I don't have a wax issue, but i used to get recurring very painful earaches in the winter when i was run down - something like Otitis Externa. Bloody painful.
When i moved to the sub-tropics it got way worse in the humid summer. I was referred to an ENT specialist who basically said most of his patients come to him because they've put something in their ears they shouldn't!
He actually advised against the prescription eardrops and gave me a recipe and a prescription for boric acid from a compounding pharmacy.
18 years later and at the slightest hint of an earache i use this and it clears up within a day:
"70ml methylated spirits
30ml de-ionised water
1 heaped teaspoon of boric acid
2-3 drops each ear.
You may feel heat in the ear, but they should not sting. If they sting, see a doctor."
If they sting, see a doctor
and tell them that you've put a mix of meths and boric acid in your ears on the say so of a random bloke's anecdote on STW. You'll be a page in their autobiography in no time!
If you don't clear out properly, what happens if you then go to a Turkish barbers and get your earhairs done with the springy ball of flaming meths.....at what temperature does meths infused earwax ignite? I'm imagining something like the RHCP flaming hats effect?
If you don’t clear out properly, what happens if you then go to a Turkish barbers and get your earhairs done with the springy ball of flaming meths…..at what temperature does meths infused earwax ignite? I’m imagining something like the RHCP flaming hats effect?
Lolz.
Should this be avoided if you have tinnitus, does anyone know?
CG I saw the doctor as the ringing in my ears is mental at the moment. He said they are bunged up and has booked me in for a hoover
My pal blames a botched syringing for his tinnitus.
Should this be avoided if you have tinnitus, does anyone know?
Mine started with tinnitus - wasn't wax related.
Syringing no longer carried out here in Inverness.
No1 daughter ended up with blocked ears after a trip to the swimming pool a couple of weeks ago.
Shifted the blockage with this:
Express not the standard stuff mind. The later didn't work at all.
Lucky daughter has inherited her waxy ears from me. I've had mine syringed quite a few times over the years but now its a paid for procedure I've opted for Otex Express preventative measures and it works a treat.
When I used otex it was like sticking expanding foam in my ears.
Never again.
Back in the 60’s my dad was made deaf by his doctor stringing. Seems it takes some skill.
The Japanese have a kind of salt water aerosol product with a vented cone like nozzle that prevents any pressure build up.
Maybe worth a look.
70ml methylated spirits
30ml de-ionised water
1 heaped teaspoon of boric acid2-3 drops each ear.
You may feel heat in the ear, but they should not sting. If they sting, see a doctor
Wow. Just...WOW!
DrP
DrP - you should see the 1920s nursing textbook I have. Lead and opium mixture is one highlight
The Japanese have a kind of salt water aerosol product with a vented cone like nozzle that prevents any pressure build up.
Presumably that product is optimised for 'dry' earwax that the Japanese would typically have not the 'wet' earwax us gross Westerners have. (Dry vs. wet type is genetically determined).
@zippykona - sounds miserable and bet your appointment can't come soon enough!
@desperatebicycle - yeah but you're a regular gig goer so guess it goes with the territory?
Interesting stuff.
Just had my ears vacuumed. Loads of stuff came out but I still have ringing and music still sounds muffled.
Zippy, maybe give it a week or so, but consider going back and asking them to have a good look.
I had the same outcome after my first micro suction, went back and they spotted some more stuck to the eardrum.
So, no one else uses the blunt end of a hair grip then? Shakes head
So, no one else uses the blunt end of a hair grip then? Shakes head
that is precisely why I don't touch my ears until there is an issue 😂
50ml syringe & warm water, looks like a tiny owl shit
Aside from it being really risky, earwax is protective and build-up is often a response to the presence foreign bodies. If you poke bobby pins in your ears it'll be short-term gain for longer-term loss.
Standard disclaimers apply, I am not an aurologist.
Just had my ears vacuumed. Loads of stuff came out...
Were you allowed to keep it? Apparently ear wax makes very good lip balm.
I've on and off ear wax build up problems for a long time, leading to full on cloggage and virtual deafness on the right side. When the doctor's surgery still syringing, they cleared if out once, but it just came back.
Next time I bit the bullet and went to a private audiology clinic and had proper micro-suction performed. Best £70 I've ever spent. I'm not 100% cured, and have to use ear drops occasionally, but no proper blockages since.