Syringing ears at home.

I might try some of the drops, just to see.

STW ear-syringing coach trip to DrPs, then?!

microsuction stumpy… STW MICROSUCTION trip to DrP’s… 😉

DrP

I’ve only once had a problem with ear wax but that was solved with the Otex kit. It took a few applications before it worked but the amount of wax finally released was quite astonishing. I loved the fizzly sound as it did the dissolving/softening thing.

Well apart from a coach trip to DrP’s, the otex kit is ok unless you are an idiot like me.

I had stupidly left the kit out of the box on a shelf. In the last hayfever season I had bad eyes and used eye-drops that came in a similar bottle to the otex bottle. Anyway, with bad eyes I removed my contacts so couldn’t see well and grabbed what I thought was the eyedrops and dumped a good load in my right eye….except it was otex. That stung.

It’s still free on the NHS. Had mine done in Edinburgh a couple of months ago.

Hey @BoardinBob – this you?

The wife recently purchased an ear cleaner with a camera. She went out one afternoon and I got a bit bored so did what any other bloke would do. Stuck it up my arse. What a mess. I could never be gay out of embarrassment of the state of the place.

— FESSHOLE (@fesshole) April 10, 2023

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 acid

2-3 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.