Health: Ears blocked with wax? New product FTW!

**theholycow** · 11-30-2009, 01:53 AM

Every few years my ears get blocked with wax, no matter what I do to keep them clean. I get almost deaf. I try ear drops and a squirt bulb usually to no avail. I then go to the doctor and they squirt various chemicals until a plug falls out (eww, gross). I think once the doc dug it out with a little scoop (aka "curette"), as described in various articles about earwax problems.

I decided to get ahead of it this time. I felt like I was beginning to get blocked up but wasn't completely blocked yet. I started with my left ear, putting ear drops in a couple hours before my shower and using a foam earplug to keep the stuff in. Then I'd squirt the showerhead in my ear and use the rubber ear bulb squirter. I did that for three days in a row and only managed to block my ear worse each time.

In WalMart today I found this:

At $6 for 10 pieces, it seemed a little expensive, but I couldn't resist. It's plastic, about the size and shape of a Q-tip, with a scoop at one end and a fin-ball (imagine the cooling fins on a small engine, miniaturized and shaped into a ball) at the other end.

I continued my previous left ear strategy. I got in the shower and went shortly to trying a Clinere after squirting a bit. My first few scoops produced nothing in either ear. Then I found a way to get little bits of wax in the scoop from my right ear. After two bits of wax, I pulled out a plug! Hallelujah!

Then I went to squirting the left ear some more. The Clinere can't grab anything; I think it's too soft or something. I stick the ear bulb in pretty deep, hoping I'd stick it past the plug and force the plug out with hydraulic pressure. After a few tries, that worked too!

The Clinere would have saved me days of effort and left-ear deafness if I had started with it.

Cez★ · 12-01-2009, 07:33 PM

maybe this will clear teh ringing in my ears

**theholycow** · 12-01-2009, 07:57 PM

I found a ear-flush syringe similar to the kind the doctors use after posting that.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...pf_rd_i=507846

How long have you had tinnitus?

BillyJeanKing · 12-01-2009, 08:12 PM

Reminds me of the sinus pot

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**theholycow** · 12-01-2009, 08:16 PM

I have been extremely miserable from being congested deep in my sinuses. I get bad sinus infections a couple times every year. I have never been desperate and miserable enough to consider using a neti pot, no matter how much my wife insists that it's great.

Cez★ · 12-01-2009, 08:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theholycow

I found a ear-flush syringe similar to the kind the doctors use after posting that.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...pf_rd_i=507846

How long have you had tinnitus?

whats tinnitus? idk ive had a ringing for a long time. i thought it was from listening to shit real loud

Quote:

Originally Posted by KOURKE

Reminds me of the sinus pot

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teh look on the lady is priceless

Quote:

Originally Posted by theholycow

I have been extremely miserable from being congested deep in my sinuses. I get bad sinus infections a couple times every year. I have never been desperate and miserable enough to consider using a neti pot, no matter how much my wife insists that it's great.

yea that shit looks

**theholycow** · 12-01-2009, 08:36 PM

Tinnitus is the fancy word for "ringing in your ears".

SarkOzy · 12-01-2009, 08:39 PM

Holy shit that looks intense.

And I've never had this problem.

Cez★ · 12-01-2009, 08:39 PM

ahh

thought so. ima blow my eardrums maybe thatll help

11-30-2009, 01:53 AM	#1
theholycow Bovinus Administratus Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Greener pastures Posts: 32,377	Health: Ears blocked with wax? New product FTW! Every few years my ears get blocked with wax, no matter what I do to keep them clean. I get almost deaf. I try ear drops and a squirt bulb usually to no avail. I then go to the doctor and they squirt various chemicals until a plug falls out (eww, gross). I think once the doc dug it out with a little scoop (aka "curette"), as described in various articles about earwax problems. I decided to get ahead of it this time. I felt like I was beginning to get blocked up but wasn't completely blocked yet. I started with my left ear, putting ear drops in a couple hours before my shower and using a foam earplug to keep the stuff in. Then I'd squirt the showerhead in my ear and use the rubber ear bulb squirter. I did that for three days in a row and only managed to block my ear worse each time. In WalMart today I found this: At $6 for 10 pieces, it seemed a little expensive, but I couldn't resist. It's plastic, about the size and shape of a Q-tip, with a scoop at one end and a fin-ball (imagine the cooling fins on a small engine, miniaturized and shaped into a ball) at the other end. I continued my previous left ear strategy. I got in the shower and went shortly to trying a Clinere after squirting a bit. My first few scoops produced nothing in either ear. Then I found a way to get little bits of wax in the scoop from my right ear. After two bits of wax, I pulled out a plug! Hallelujah! Then I went to squirting the left ear some more. The Clinere can't grab anything; I think it's too soft or something. I stick the ear bulb in pretty deep, hoping I'd stick it past the plug and force the plug out with hydraulic pressure. After a few tries, that worked too! The Clinere would have saved me days of effort and left-ear deafness if I had started with it. __________________

12-01-2009, 07:57 PM	#3
theholycow Bovinus Administratus Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Greener pastures Posts: 32,377	I found a ear-flush syringe similar to the kind the doctors use after posting that. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...pf_rd_i=507846 How long have you had tinnitus? __________________

12-01-2009, 08:16 PM	#5
theholycow Bovinus Administratus Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Greener pastures Posts: 32,377	I have been extremely miserable from being congested deep in my sinuses. I get bad sinus infections a couple times every year. I have never been desperate and miserable enough to consider using a neti pot, no matter how much my wife insists that it's great. __________________

12-01-2009, 08:36 PM	#7
theholycow Bovinus Administratus Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Greener pastures Posts: 32,377	Tinnitus is the fancy word for "ringing in your ears". __________________

12-01-2009, 08:12 PM	#4
BillyJeanKing Sneakers O'Toole Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: .............. Posts: 40,600	Reminds me of the sinus pot Video page Full screen

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