Do I pop a spot in my ear?! It hurts a LOT!

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Gross but I have a horribly painful spot in my ear, husband had a look and it's a white head that is a bit yellow looking. He's adamant it needs to be popped but google says bad idea. I just want whatever will let me sleep tonight as it hurts so much?!

Pop that shit.

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Yesss pop it, you will feel so much better after

I would pop it because I hate lumpy spots that I can feel but not see 😬

Yeah, push a cotton bud into the spot, I get them a lot and this way pops them and I get to see the gunk on the end of the bud! Immediate relief (but agony when you do it!)

Pop it

Use a sterilised needle to pop it and release the pressure and then gently swab with a cotton bud soaked in TCP or diluted dettol.

Yes, pop it. Maybe use a cotton bud if it's hard to get to. You could put antiseptic cream on it afterwards.

Better yet, get DH to pop it whilst videoing it
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Yeah, do it. It'll hurt like hell and then feel so much better. I find steadily increasing pressure with my little fingernail or a cotton bud works.

Definitely use a sterilised needle. A cotton bud won't do the job. You can mop up with it afterwards though 😆

Yes pop it and then report back how it goes op 😆

Pop it. I had one a few weeks ago and DH used two cotton buds. The relief was huge. I've got another in there now but lower and it's nowhere near poppable but it hurts like a mofo.

POP IT!!!! Do it now and send pics 😀

Oh they are so very painful. But totally worth it to pop and pick at.

Pop it, you could hold some cotton wool dipped the hottest water you can stand, over it for a bit first then try to pop it.

He can't get it he's tried for ages and now it's even more painful and I want to cry 😭

And now my whole ear feels popped out and painful - should have left it alone I'm worried I've done damage now

I pop all spots I could never leave one

Get him to stick a pin in the head then push the side of it with a cotton bud. Film it!

I had one once that was so ripe I pulled my ear lobe at work and actually heard it pop!

Definitely pop it

Can't you just pop it with your thumbnail? Which bit of your ear is it?

Ibruprofen

A blackhead remover might be useful.

I have always had spots in my ears when I am run down. Popping them is incredibly painful but you get immediate relief.