is everyone allowed their own ear wax thread?

Glad I’m also not the only one that kind of wants to admire what comes out.

Suffolk man makes candle from his ear wax

see, my ear canals must be twisty narrow lil’ bastidges because once liquid gets in there it won’t leave without a fight. hence my usual protocol: 1 ear gets debroxed 2x daily for nigh on a week (until it clears out or i sullenly concede) and hearing duties devolve entirely upon the backup ear. then once first ear regains functionality it’s the backup ear’s turn.

v. excited to try out the Boring, Maryland method & will report back when my ear disgorges a brain-sized blob of goo!

I've never let it sit overnight. I might try that, since I am always convinced I'm not getting anywhere near all of the wax out (as my occasional visits to the clinic when I can't hear have confirmed).

in case anyone was wondering who got the best xmas presents this year it was me, i did, santa loves me best, sorry to all you itchy-eared also-rans

for my year of ceaseless rectitude i have been gifted a sleek set of stainless steel ear picks/scoops/tiny rounded springy things AND a state-of-the-art $3 lighted otoscope that plugs into either my phone or computer for to see that which mine eyes were never meant to see, viz. wax deposits dating back several presidents

i'll give you all a moment to come to terms with the envy that is no doubt devouring you alive

moment over, back to gloating: this is unequivocally the best cheap garbage i ever bought for myself got for any holiday ever!!! i now understand why dogs do that thing with their leg when you skritch their ears, and why my kitties would so often maneuver their heads around so as to jam my finger up in their ear holes when i was just trying to rub their poochy little chins and cheeks. this is a transcendent sensation. i cannot believe how much of my life i have wasted not scraping my ear canals. it feels delicious. i never want this feeling to end. i want to hire a crew of tiny people to climb in there and just go to town with the teensiest little scrub brushes and i want them to live there forever. all the A+ to these miraculous products, all the gold stars, all the hosannas and hullabaloo! i hereby dedicate myself to the furtherance of their glorification until the end of my days or until i puncture an ear drum.

this is the end goal pretty much

https://thememescraps.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/hot-shots-brain-floss.gif

by the way in my trawling for this gif i discovered the existence of ear floss and wish i hadn't

just got the microsuction and i feel like i'm on e

I saw an ENT doctor last year and he suctioned out my left ear, it seemed to take close to 5 minutes and was incredibly painful, do not recommend

oh no! Mine was not painful at all.. even though it did vaguely feel like giving birth to a small alien. The aural sensation is extremely unpleasant

but there's a catharsis when it's over, at least in my case.. I actually cried lol

I'm getting mine done every three or four months (for some reason) and my experience is definitely much closer to Moodles'.

I have a bum ear so I get the suction often and I love it. It always feels amazing to me.

I should do this. I usually have blocked ears for about 3 months a year until it naturally clears. Once I got my ears syringed at the surgery and it was incredibly painful

I did the home wax cleaning thing a couple years back (with the bubbly peroxide solution and the rubber bulb to rinse it out) and a few days later I got a gnarly case of vertigo... I thought I'd had a stroke for a minute until I did a little research

Anyway, I'm just gonna let that stuff drop out when it's ready

narrator voice: it will never be ready

what if the wax is all that's holding my brain in?

only one to find out!

narrator: there were other ways to find out

nothing more satisfying than when a big waxy pachinko ball decides to drop down the chute on its own accord

Is this ear wax vacuuming maybe just a UK thing? Doesn't seem to be as much a thing in the USofA

I see a lot of banner ads that are all "If you have tinnitus, do this easy thing at home" and it's fucking annoying because I know it's all bullshit