you can not imagine the relief. Even the nurse was shocked how badly my ears were clogged with wax. Thank goodness it wasn't the eardrum that I was afraid it was going to be. When she cleaned them out I let out an audible AHHHHHHHH and went oh my god. The other ear was even bad too and she was shocked I could hear out of it. The piece of wax that came out, shit you not, was like the size of a beetle. Amazed something like that could even get clogged in here.
OOO It was a wax problem. One of my partners has this, she found that she has to go in about every 6 months. It's remarkable how much stuff can fit inside an ear honestly
I should really invest in a syringe with the soft tip like the nurse used today, I've seen them on amazon, who just filled the water up with a little hydrogen peroxide and flushed them right out, little pressure and POP out comes a little beetle of ear wax.
I have similar problems. Getting one of those syringe-spray bottle things is well worth it. Although be warned that, at least for me, even room-temperature water caused some serious dizziness. I'm talking like 'can't even sit up straight' level dizziness. Fun times.
ear wax is so fucking stupid man like what the fuck kind of design is that? let's make some wax and put it in a thing that gets clogged easily and then makes your fucking ears not work. How the fuck did people deal with it before we had peroxide solutions and little bulbs to spray water with?
and fuck, like, I think I need to see a nurse regularly because I can't ever fucking hear anybody and I'm pretty sure it's because of clogged ears. I tried to clean them recently and got a big chunk out of one but nothing from the other and I still can't fucking hear half the time
Q-tips and physical implements being inserted into the ear don't help though. They jam the wax they don't get deeper into the ear, compacting it and making the problem worse. So this doesn't really answer @DyingOfDeBordom@hexbear.net's question since ear picks are not effective in the long term.
They are also very dangerous and it's easy to permanently damager your ear drums attempting this, do not stick anything INTO your ear. Q-tips are only for the rim/exterior.
Do you ever find yourself oddly irritated? I know someone who gets the wax issue and they will get so annoyed when it's really built up before they realize why, something about the way it masks the sound maybe. So it might help more than just hearing!
Put carbamide peroxide drops in your ears and let it sit for about five minutes once a week. I haven't had any problems with wax buildup since I started doing this. It basically makes your ear wax runnier so it will come out on its own like it's supposed to.
wait a month or so to do that though since you just got them cleaned. Not enough wax buildup to need it or sufficiently protect the sensitive skin in your ears from the peroxide.
Also don't use q-tips to clean your ears as they'll only exacerbate the problem.
Yo that's great to hear. I absolutely believe you on the size, I had a friend with waxy ears and I once helped them with peroxide. I swear there must have been an entire fucking mine in there.
one time i had one that was like the size of a pencil eraser they pulled out with tweezers. liquid gushed out behind it. felt so good the whole world increased by like 30 decibels and the headache went away instantly.
they sell these little kits now that connect to your phone and have a tiny camera and tweezers. i have one and it seems dangerous lol but i keep it as a backup just in case.
get a turkey baster/snot sucker and when you shower, GENTLY spray warm water into each ear while holding your head sideways so the wax falls out
I have had overactive ear wax production for most of my adult life and have had to have them cleaned multiple times. The drops they give me don't work, the remedies involving hydrogen peroxide don't work and actually make things worse. Just gently clean out your ears every day and you will never randomly go deaf again