What’s this in child’s ear? (Photo)

[2019Dancerz]

Hi, noticed this in 6 year old’s ear just now. Is this what wax looks like? To be honest it looks a bit like some popcorn (which we do have in the house) but ds claims no knowledge... Don’t want to embarrass myself at minor injuries if this is what wax looks like!
His other ear isn’t like this.
Thanks!;

Ear wax is usually mid to dark brown.

Doesn’t look like wax to me

That looks like a foreign body. Probably popcorn.

You wouldn’t embarrass yourself by taking him to have it removed.

It looks like when ds' grommet was coming out. I think they've put something in. If you're careful you may be able to remove it with tweezers.

It could well be , I would massage a but of olive oil and then see if it comes out, Don't prod it in!! Or use cotton buds or similar.

Thanks all have made too many trips in my time just wanted to check. I did v v gently touch it with a cotton bud and it didn’t move. It’s in quite far I had to stretch it to take that photo

Don’t use cotton buds or tweezers. You could make it worse or damage the ear drum.

My guess would be foreign body and I would get it looked at.

Does it look lodged or loose?

Looks very much like an unpopped corn kernel! I had to take DS2 with a pea up his nose once, it was out very quickly and it gave the staff a good laugh, but it was fine and they got it out quickly!

I would take him to minor injuries it could be a wee worm or something.

We had to have a tiny plastic bead removed from my youngest’s ear a few weeks ago after it was spotted during his hearing assessment. Denies any knowledge of how it got there...... definitely let the professionals get it out.

I was about to say it looks like a bit of popcorn, not a kernel though those are usually a brown colour aren’t they

Sweet corn?

Lego head?

Curious bystander wandering through hoping for a painless sporner development ........

Looks like a plastic bead to me, does anyone in the house have those things you hammer into a pattern?

loveskaka A worm....?

I would go to minor injuries for that. I wouldn’t want it to get pushed in.

At minor injuries now. Will update!

Looks like a tic!

I zoomed in. .. not a tic lol x

Looks like cotton wool or end of pencil rubber or something !

SORRY for all the post ! I just remembered when I was small i sniffed up and put in my ears loads of those stuffing balls that go in bean bags etc ! And had to have themy flushed out x

I'm invested now, I want to know

Me too! Hope all ok x

Keenly following !