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whatonearthisthatabout · 2024-04-02T20:42:23+00:00

I'll tell you mine and my dps frequency after some replies. To be quite frank I'm a bit disgusted!

Copperoliverbear · 02/04/2024 23:19

Every day x

TotallyKerplunked · 02/04/2024 22:58

Like others I use a hair grip, maybe a couple of times a week. I have a special tool for doing the kids ears and have got them well trained in keeping still. ExDH used to have lumps of wax fall out 😩definite ick factor.

TheYearOfSmallThings · 02/04/2024 22:57

Never. And they seem fine, so I have saved myself a lot of time in nearly five decades.

Iwrotethelyricstoaxlf · 02/04/2024 22:54

Constantly itchy ears. So daily to get the dry skin out. Then I dunk a cotton bud in oil and wipe around )the dry skin is getting better )

I’ve got an otoscope too. Which is fab.

ComtesseDeSpair · 02/04/2024 22:53

Apparently kids’ ear canals are shorter or something, hence why you can often see it more quickly.

Yup, and why it’s a really bad idea to put cotton buds inside and remove the wax from children’s ears: their shorter ear canals make them more prone to infections, which the wax protects from and cotton buds can introduce.

JesusMaryAndJosephAndTheWeeDon · 02/04/2024 22:51

userxx · 02/04/2024 22:16

Nothing beats a Kirby grip for cleaning out ears, so satisfying. I once dug around a little too enthusiastically and my ear bled. Don't try this at home kids.

So glad someone else does this, so effective, and the rounded end reduces the risk.

IWanderedLonely · 02/04/2024 22:49

Every day - I have psoriasis and my ears are permanently itchy. Using a cotton bud in my ears ( not in deeply, just around the edges) is often the best part of my day. (Yes I know how sad that sounds

BeretRaspberry · 02/04/2024 22:41

I never clean the insides, I just wash the outsides. The only time I did used to use cotton buds, thinking it was the done thing, I had to get my ears suctioned!

I did the same with the kids too. Both my boys used to have quite a lot of wax and I used to just wipe the outside with a damp, warm flannel for the same reason. Apparently kids’ ear canals are shorter or something, hence why you can often see it more quickly.

Minecraftminecraft · 02/04/2024 22:41

I had insanely blocked ears in my 30’s, i literately went a bit deaf at work, then used cotton earbuds and olive oil, all manner of horrible darkness came out… now I also have an ear camera and soft silicon attachments to remove wax. It is such a revelation.

NeverDropYourMooncup · 02/04/2024 22:40

Life's tough when you have the gene for wet earwax, I guess.

Nevermindtheteacaps · 02/04/2024 22:34

@dickiedavisthunderthighs

Smart!

WatermelonSugar0 · 02/04/2024 22:30

Nothing worse than dirty ears. I’m a bit obsessive with clean ears in my family. Also work with kids and feel Ill at the state of some of them!

dickiedavisthunderthighs · 02/04/2024 22:28

Carrier bag @Nevermindtheteacaps

Nevermindtheteacaps · 02/04/2024 22:25

dickiedavisthunderthighs · 02/04/2024 22:11

@Nevermindtheteacaps I think the scrub's a bit unnecessary; I've had DH add the end of a pipette onto the jet washer and just give 'em a quick blast morning, lunchtime and evening.

That's clever, but how do you keep the camera dry? @dickiedavisthunderthighs

userxx · 02/04/2024 22:16

Nothing beats a Kirby grip for cleaning out ears, so satisfying. I once dug around a little too enthusiastically and my ear bled. Don't try this at home kids.

dickiedavisthunderthighs · 02/04/2024 22:11

@Nevermindtheteacaps I think the scrub's a bit unnecessary; I've had DH add the end of a pipette onto the jet washer and just give 'em a quick blast morning, lunchtime and evening.

Stormbornform · 02/04/2024 22:09

I used to use a cotton bud every few weeks but had issues with compacted wax. Now I use olive oil in my ears every few months and daily clean in the shower.

WildBear · 02/04/2024 22:05

Axx · 02/04/2024 21:46

Once a fortnight with my ear camera. My ears are sparking clean inside and out.

That's actually my arse camera - put it back please.

nimski · 02/04/2024 22:04

Nevermindtheteacaps · 02/04/2024 21:57

So the point of the ear cameras is they allow you to do the clean daily or more. I use mine twice a day for a full clean. I then follow with my ear toner, rejuvenating cream and ear scrub, although if I'm being honest some days I can't be bothered with the scrub. Bit grim I know, but life is busy.

How often are people charging their ear cameras BTW?

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JMSA · 02/04/2024 22:03

I have mine professionally microsuctioned every 3 months or so. One of my really sexy peri symptoms 🙄 is wax build-up. Once I left it too long between appointments and was barely able to hear. It was horrible.

I always make them show me the wax afterwards

TheChosenTwo · 02/04/2024 21:58

Every day with cotton buds.
Don’t care about putting something bigger than my elbow in my ear, I have very good hearing and am almost 40 so I’m not stopping now. I love the feeling, it’s like scratching an itch!
Dh doesn’t really do his other than washing them in the shower and he has terrible problems with blocked ears.

Dacadactyl · 02/04/2024 21:58

LadeOde · 02/04/2024 21:56

@Dacadactyl Are you referring to 'cotton buds'? i thought you meant ear buds as in those used to listen to music.

Lol, no I'm not cleaning my ears with airpods. I meant cotton buds.

I've only ever really used them for cleaning my ears (and round my taps) so call them earbuds!

Elephantswillnever · 02/04/2024 21:57

Outsides in the shower. Insides just when I have a cold or something and they go gunky inside. Best way is a few drops of warm olive oil. Lean head or lie down give it ten minutes, flip the other way and soak it up / give a wide with a cotton ball. It’s generally a bad idea to put cotton buds in your ear canal

AdoraBell · 02/04/2024 21:57

Inside? Only the edges with a cotton bud. I use cotton buds to clean the folds outer ear.

Nevermindtheteacaps · 02/04/2024 21:57

Axx · 02/04/2024 21:46

Once a fortnight with my ear camera. My ears are sparking clean inside and out.

So the point of the ear cameras is they allow you to do the clean daily or more. I use mine twice a day for a full clean. I then follow with my ear toner, rejuvenating cream and ear scrub, although if I'm being honest some days I can't be bothered with the scrub. Bit grim I know, but life is busy.

How often are people charging their ear cameras BTW?