/diy/ - Do It Yourself

[Anonymous No.356267]

Whats the best/most effective way to clean your ears?

[Anonymous No.356270]

soap & water in a hot shower.

then q-tip afterwards

[Anonymous No.356269]

glycerin drops (often sold as ear wax softener)

DO NOT USE A POWERDRILL OR MOLTEN WAX

[Anonymous No.356274]

Ear wax cleaning drops used regularly for a few days. If it's already painful or hard to hear, you're fucked need to go get a pro to clean it out. I've had an ENT doctor use a special vacuum, and I've had a nurse use a squirt bottle of warm saline. Both worked fine for impacted wax. Wouldn't DIY, you can't get the angle right.

[Anonymous No.356277]

inb4 someone mentions those stupid "earwax candles"

they're a fucking scam. they come pre-loaded with fake earwax.

[Anonymous No.356280]

hydrogen peroxide. Do it.

[Anonymous No.356281]

>>356280
its like a tiny family is eating bowls of rice krispies in your head

[Anonymous No.356283]

I use my pinky. i hear you aren't supposed to stick things in your ears.

[Anonymous No.356287]

>>356281
and it works!

[Anonymous No.356291]

My anatomy teacher in highschool said that hydrogen peroxide works. Never personally tried it.

[Anonymous No.356294]

>>356267
Hasn't anyone heard of Cotton Swabs?

[Anonymous No.356296]

>>356294
that just pushes around the earwax

[Anonymous No.356299]

>>356296
Don't buy the supper fat ones.. They make some that are thing enough to insert into your ear without pushing earwax.. I've been cleaning my ears like that most of my life..

[Anonymous No.356300]

>>356299
thin*

[The Machinist No.356305]

Foam earplugs. Seriously. leave them in for like 5 minutes then pull them out. Should clean out almost all the wax.

[Anonymous No.356307]

I use large paperclips, they are the perfect size to fit in just up to the canal and they pull out all sorts of stuff. Just don't be a moron and pop your ear drum

[Anonymous No.356381]

I asked my doctor once and he suggested buying some sort of kit that came with a solution. I may do that someday.

[Anonymous No.356413]

>>356280
>>356281

Add some rubbing alcohol to the hydrogen peroxide. Ear wax is a lipid, so alcohol is a good solvent. The hydrogen peroxide still provides the mechanical action.

It doesn't hurt, but it feels really weird. I swear the first time I ever poured that stuff in my ear, it felt like it went all the way to my anus.

[Anonymous No.356419]

>>356267
I use the round part of a hair pin and q-tips and go really slowly. both are round and blunt.

[Anonymous No.356423]

>>356419
I use a hairpin to scoop out the muck then the q-tip for a polished finish. Works like a charm 10/10 plus I clean my ears every morning and night. It's just a addiction/habit of mine. Can't help it, if I don't do it, I sit there for hours and I swear I can feel bugs in my ears or something. It itches and it won't go away until I clean my ears. Sometimes I have to use two q-tips until the feeling is gone even if no ear wax comes out.

[Anonymous No.356426]

>>356299
You know Anon, you & I must be the only non-retarded peoples on earth who know how to clean our ears with swabs.

The trick is to spin/twirl them faster than you advance into your ear canal.

I took a friend to an ENT to get her head unfucked. Pounds and pounds of alien looking shit came outta her head. Wrath of Khan nastiness.

For giggles, I had the guy look in my ears. He said I had an unusually low amount of crud in there.

I told him my parents taught me how to clean my ears like a boss. Doc laughed, friend was pissed.

[Anonymous No.356442]

Whatever is going on in OP's pic... NOT THAT!

Also, I've heard asians have a different type of earwax than white people and are prone to much more buildup. I have no proof and can not back up this claim at all. Has anyone else heard this?

[Anonymous No.356461]

>>356442
no, but i heard that using headphones increase the bacteria rate growth and wax.

If you speak a lot with the cellphone with one ear only it should be more clogged up.

[Anonymous No.356489]

>>356442
No & fuck you
>>356461
No and fuck you too

Head phones will foster bacteria if YOU ARE ONE DIRTY ASS MOTHERFUCKER TO BEGIN WITH

WTH really do you think a headphone/earbud has in it that would promote fungus or some other nasty ass shit that you in particular have growing in your head ?

[Anonymous No.356505]

>>356426
I honestly thought I was the only one who knew this.

Always swirl while rotating, shit is so cash

[Anonymous No.356506]

>>356489
it have nothing, but increases humidity and stuff dude, can you use google? just google that shit and you will find out tons of articles and medical journals about it. You just like to talk trash on the internet dont you?


Background: Recently the worldwide usage of earphones has increased especially among the school and college students who have a high rate of sharing among them. Alike airline headsets, headphones and stethoscope ear-pieces, ear phones can easily be a vector of potential pathogens, which can give rise to otitis externa. Purpose: To compare the bacterial growth of the external ear in association with earphone and assess the role of earphones as vector or microorganisms. Material and Methods: 50 voluntary male subjects (age 18-25 years) were chosen and divided into two groups, A and B, according to the use of earphones. Swabs were taken from their left ear and the left earpiece of the earphone. Samples were processed as recommended. Results: In group A, bacteria were found in 20 (80%) ear and 14 (56%) earphone swabs. In group B, bacteria were found in 23 (92%) ear and 17 (68%) earphone swabs. Group B showed heavy growth and a significant increase in the number of bacterial growths after frequent and constant use. Conclusion: Frequent and constant use of earphones increases the bacterial growth in the ear and sharing of earphones might be a potential vector of commensals. It is therefore, always better not to share or else to clean the earphones before sharing

[Anonymous No.356518]

>>356413
Doesn't the peroxide react with the alcohol?

[Anonymous No.356522]

I usually clean my ears after a shower, or when I feel like something is dripping out. I carefully swab around the outside, and then the inside. I tend to use 2 cotton swabs so things are kept nice and clean.
Also, does anyone else here like the feeling of a good swabbing in the ears?

I sure do.

It feels soooo good.

[Anonymous No.356535]

>>356413
>rubbing alcohol

I have put that in my ear once. VERY BAD MOVE. Stings like hell and makes you dizzy. I think it kills of the skin cells or something.

[Anonymous No.356540]

>>356506
Fuck off cocksucker

I'd no sooner share headphones/Earbuds as felch an asian tranny with front row seats to the oscars

POS aspergian dickhead

[Anonymous No.356561]

>>356535

i used to use a 50/50 solution of isypropyl rubbing alcohol and vinegar to clean my ears after i went swimming. felt fine. worked great on those ear bubbles.

[Anonymous No.356565]

>>356518
>>356535

My wife is a biochemist, and it was her idea, so I think it is safe. But
I suppose individual results may vary. Or she's trying to kill me.

[Anonymous No.356574]

>>356565
She either one stupid biochemist or she hates your ass

I'd go with 'she's trying to kill you'

[Anonymous No.356583]

When I take a shower I use what fingernails I have (preferably my pinky) and scrape out what I can. Then I rinse some water in and scrape some more.
Works for me. Just make sure not to get any water in your ears.

[Anonymous No.356586]

>>356565

biochemists don't work on living things, right? maybe to her you're just a loose skin bag full of chemicals. chemical structures never cry out in pain.

[Anonymous No.356646]

>>356267
oh my gosh that gave me a laugh.

[Anonymous No.356648]

>>356646
meant to reply to
>>356269

[Anonymous No.356686]

>>356535
you have a damaged ear, possibly a perforated eardrum (the little drumlike flap of skin that separates the inner and outer ear). don't put any liquids into your ear until you consult with a doctor.

[Anonymous No.356687]

>>356267

[Anonymous No.356688]

>>356267
I use a small screwdriver.
Can't say it's very effective, but sometimes I get a lump out with it.

[Anonymous No.356821]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otolaryngology

[Anonymous No.356831]

I have blackheads inside my ear. A cute girl once mentioned it ;_;

[anus presley No.356873]

I use these. they sell them at asian grocery stores for about a dollar. even when there's no wax, they're fun/weird to use; just like those head-massager things.

[Anonymous No.356879]

Once, I had a piece of solidified wax in my ear and the ear doctor was going at it with a warm water gun and a flask shapped cup up to my hear. After a lot of scraping ,just after I had given up hope, all of a sudden...WOOooosssHHH and I could hear and this big dime sized black globule came out.

Man, what a relief!

Anyway, I'd say, don't let it get to that point, use a Q-tip every day to scrape just the bottom of your ear, don't use a tissue and finger, that pushes it deeper in the cavity and compacts it.

[Anonymous No.356889]

>>356522
Makes me cawf.

[Anonymous No.356934]

with a mimikaki. Bamboo regular one and a metal disk type.

I have no idea about the difference between asian ears and other people, but my ears build up earwax like crazy.

[Anonymous No.356950]

>>356267
carbamide peroxide solution.

[Anonymous No.356960]

>>356413
>Add some rubbing alcohol to the hydrogen peroxide. Ear wax is a lipid, so alcohol is a good solvent. ...
I wouldn't disagree with that--basically--except to say that it would be better to use Everclear than rubbing alcohol,,,,, assuming you live somewhere that you can get Everclear

the stuff used to make denatured alcohol undrinkable,,, is toxic to the body. Putting toxic stiff into your ears is not a good idea.

[Anonymous No.356982]

small cotter pins work the best. trust me.

[Anonymous No.356984]

>>356982

[Anonymous No.356995]

>>356873
I was getting a lot of popping sounds in my ear, like it was getting clogged and unclogged. Went to my family doctor where she proceeded to use some shitty thing to shoot warm water in my ear which didnt work. She gave me Rugby Ear Drops (Carbanide Peroxide) which didnt work too well.
Went to an ENT where he probed my ears with something that looked like that. Was one of the most cold and disturbing feelings i felt. Pulled out some greenish looking wax. It was pretty gnarly. Got my ears tested later by a hot german Doctor. She commented that my ear canals were small. Asked her if that was bad thing, she said "No, theyre just small"

I forgot my point, but I hate those things

[Anonymous No.357008]

>>356267
If you get wax on the eardrum, warm (but not hot) olive oil is excellent. just tilt your head, drop some in with an eye dropper and give it a few minutes then repeat.

I get dermatitis so flakes of skin bind with the earwax to give me problems, the above clears it 9/10 times but occasionally I need the quak to give me a warm saline washout.

One time even that didn't work and I had to use twizzled (into a spike) paper towel. Took half a dozen goes and my eardrum was sor but it worked

[Anonymous No.357009]

>>357008
Sorry

quack
sore

ipad keyboard

[Anonymous No.357014]

One of these.

[Anonymous No.357046]

>>357014

That's nothin'

Take a look at this

[Anonymous No.357053]

Asian dry-type earwax master race.

[Anonymous No.357063]

>>357046

I second this one...it's the best for digging crud out of your ear!

I love bic pen caps...

[Anonymous No.357071]

>>357046
the hole in the top of a bic pen cap is so you can still breath if it gets stuck in your throat.

[Anonymous No.357083]

>>357071
I'll remember that next time I'm cleaning my ears and start choking.

[Anonymous No.357136]

>>357071
its probably for production, the same reason feet were added to pez dispensers.. so they can stand up without tipping

[Anonymous No.357148]

>ear blocked for weeks
>using q-tips to no avail
>read about 'swirl technique'
>unblocked ear in 4 minutes

ty /diy/

[Anonymous No.357244]

"In Japan, a mimikaki, sometimes translated as “ear pick”, is a type of curette made traditionally from bamboo used to clean the ear canal. Since the majority of the populace have the dry-type ear wax, as do most Asians, it is easier for them to remove the crusty flakes with an ear pick rather than a Q-tip. The person having their ears cleaned would lie down with their head in the lap of the person doing the cleaning. It is generally considered a pleasant feeling for Japanese, like having one’s back scratched. The cleaning of ears is thus considered an act of intimacy, often performed by a mother to a child or, among adults, by one’s lover. It may also be performed alone."

[Anonymous No.357248]

>>357244

ear picking fetish must be huge there

[Anonymous No.357251]

>>357148
Explain

[Anonymous No.357253]

>>357136
No it's not, they actually stated it.

[Anonymous No.357254]

>>357148

haha

/diy/ - home of the swirl technique

[Anonymous No.357286]

>>357248
It is.

[Anonymous No.357306]

Syringe full of scalding hot soapy water does it.

[Anonymous No.357311]

>>357248
Enough that people are willing to pay for the experience. Something to suggest the next time someone starts a thread on how to make all that easy money.

[Anonymous No.357319]

I have an earwax overproduction,
not a very bad one but my ears just produce
a little more of it than an avarage ear.
So every once in a while and even though I regularly clean the auricle
I wake up hearing nothing.
Then I need to go to an ENT and let him clean it professinally.
I tried a lot of stull like earoil and whatever. It didnt really do anything.
Every single doctor I've been to tells me that thats the only way to clean your ears and that there's just no other way.
Well just wanted to share my experience

[Anonymous No.357328]

Would doing this get rid of that ringing sound, or even have a slight chance to get rid of it? I don't want to believe it's tinnitus.

[Anonymous No.357329]

>>357083
Fucking lol'd

[Anonymous No.357536]

>>357328
It's tinnitus. In fact, cleaning your own ear has a degree of injuring your eardrum if you're not careful.

[Anonymous No.357549]

>>357328
Tinnitus is "the ringing sound" itself. It can be caused by many things:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinnitus

Read up. Also, consider seeing a general practitioner (family doctor). Some of the causes can be easily treatable while others can not. Still other problems can be indicative of more serious problems you'd need to address soon.

[Anonymous No.357680]

>be less than 2 years old
>have twelfth total ear infection
>get "tubes" implanted in ears
>be (15)
>have had three more ear infections and two cases of swimmers ear
>be 17
>busted up right ear with homemade bomb (nerve damage)
>be teenage and early 20's
> neglect hearing protection because "damage is already done, right?" Lawn mower, loud music, aircraft engines, firearms
>Be now (29)
>have realized a while ago that damage can still occur
>have crazy amounts of wax in right ear, and lots in the other

Every couple of years, I have a physician or ENT clean my ears out, but in between, I use the rounded end of a bobby pin. Q-tips really only get the stuff near the opening, unless you use the small ones. I've used the small ones with the spin technique, which for me, has proved ineffective, since I have unusually hard wax. (actually, it ranges from hard burgundy wax, to soft orange wax, and flaky white wax filled with dead skin cells from dermetitis).

I've had some luck with the "De-Brox" drops, and hot steamy showers to soften the wax. I'll try the alcohol/peroxide mixture once I'm satisfied the two are safe to mix, which I think they are. Now i'm second guessing using rubbing alcohol, thanks to Anon. I'll try a little of my 100 proof vodka.

[Anonymous No.357682]

>>357680
forgot to inb4
inb4 dirty

I shower at least once a day, twice if I've worked up a sweat at any point in the day.

[Anonymous No.357704]

>>357549
Tinnitus is caused by listening to Kirk Hammet's solo in the "Kill 'em All" album with headphones on max volume, fagot.

[Anonymous No.357757]

Just passing by XD

[Anonymous No.357763]

Oh, this may be relevant.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5yJQf6uukY

[Anonymous No.358378]

http://www.walgreens.com/store/c/ototek-loop-ear-wax-removal-tool/ID=prod359743-product