How often do you clean your ears?

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

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.

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

Wtaf

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

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.

@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.

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.

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

Carrier bag @Nevermindtheteacaps

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

Smart!

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Every day x

@Nevermindtheteacaps 😆😆👌🏼

I still remember the first time I got ear microsuction - OMG! My ears were almost fully blocked - the release I felt was amazing and I took a photo of the 2 wax plus next to a coin for scale.

Now I have an ear camera and have a wee dig a couple of times a week. I live for the days when I get a nice big piece out.

Every day after I've washed my hair. Occasionally will go 2 days if I haven't washed my hair for whatever reason - I hate having wet ears so using a cotton bud cleans and drys them!

So glad I'm not the only one!
Think I've got an obsession with clean ears. I can not stand to see spuds in a person's ear especially kids. My poor kids and husband hate me for it but I love it. Wax removal videos on tiktok, wow. I know, I really need to get out more