Does anyone else get eczema/unbearable itchiness in their ear canals?!

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This sounds weird, but I nearly always have some degree of itchyness deep inside my ears. Sometimes it drives me absolutely to disraction and I have to abandon what I'm doing to find something to soothe it (kitchen roll twisted into a long thin roll and dipped in E45 is my weapon of choice, and this does provide satisfactory, if temporary, relif - but I have been known to resort to pen lids or tweezers or unfurled paper clips in moments of desperation).

This of course means that I get ear infections very reguarly because I CANNOT avoid itching them when they are really bad, it's not just the itching right inside my head which drives me loopy, but the throbbing I can hear when they're really inflamed. The itchy part is far, far down inside my ear, I imagine it's either right in front of the eardrum or even behind it. My GP has given me steroid drops in the past, but they are very slow to work and don't seem to ever really get down to where the itching is worst.

I don't really suffer with eczema anywhere else. I have occasional flare-ups on a small patch on my knee, which sometimes goes crazy and gets infected, but other than that I have no real skin problems.

Does anyone else have this weird problem? Any hints? I'm currently suffering my umpteenth ear infection this year which is extremely tender and painful, and yet my ear STILL ITCHES!

I think shampoo getting in my ears caused eczema and horrendous itching - I now put cotton wool in my ears when showering, seems to work, fingers crossed, it hasn't come back. When the shampoo is rinsed out I remove it of course and rinse my ears in clear water.

Hi, I've been reading the thread here and I have dead skin in my ear and severe itching. I've tried so many things and nothing works for long periods of time. It keeps coming back. I have gotten so desperate to stop the itching and have used tweezers, pen lids, q-tips, my nails.
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Thankyou man. :)

For me- cure is:
Itchy ear - use coconut oil and
wet ear - stop eating so much wheat.

Coconut oil -has been amazing for the itching. If I ever get an ear infection I put some in and some behind and works within the day.

I had wet ears a lot, in and behind them, and worked out it was a lot worse when I drank beer, ate bread etc. Cut down and it was gone, only to return if I over do the beers.

Hope this helps someone as it was driving me insane!!

Try coconut oil, works wonders x