The ***orificial*** earwax thread

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Mayne

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you know that sweat..feels like mucous and slime and tears.
 

ImpulsE69

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This is what this forum was missing. Users will flock to it in droves now. I can't believe made an official earwax thread here before.














For any newcomers here is my digits. Give me a ring.


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zinfamous

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I remember dreaming that i can only cure my flu if i was healthy, such a long disturbing dream.

truth: My typical flu/cold/hanta cure is to wrap myself in blankets and crank the heat up. I spend an evening inducing fever dreams and hallucinate my soul's attaining the 5th chakra of planet Zenu after defeating a battalion of Sloth-mounted lizard pikemen while I cook those motherfuckers out of my body.

It's worked...twice so far.
 

Red Squirrel

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My ears produce earwax at a crazy rate. I don't like ear buds or anything that goes in my ear for that reason, it just feels gross. I clean them the best I can with q tips but it's not perfect.

I see a naturalpath for a skin issue, and while I'm there she sometimes clears up my ears with these special spoons, it's kinda hard to do that yourself since you can't see.

Most, awesome, feeling, ever. I highly recommend. You may think you cleaned them right, until you feel and see those rocks come out of there.
 

zinfamous

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natrualpath...sounds like some vibration-loving psychoquack. no thanks.

but-Q-Tips are very bad for you. They make the ear wax situation far worse than if you let your body take care of that shit naturally. You're basically doing the same thing with a Q-Tip that your're doing when you pack dirt into a small hole with a tamper.

she's only spooning that shit out because you packed it in there.
 

gorcorps

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I really want to get the earwax dug out of my ears to see if it makes any difference to my hearing. Just seems like such an odd reason to go to the doctor
 

Red Squirrel

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The trick with the q tips is to try to insert it without touching anything, then bring it to the sides and do around. You can often grab the chunks that way too but you'll at least clean what's around. Though sometimes you almost need to get something small and pointy like a tooth pick in there if the wax is too far, but I don't feel comfortable doing that myself without seeing properly so that's why I get someone else to do it. Family doc would do too, but I just happen to already be seeing the naturopath for something and those appointments don't tend to be as far in the future as if I book with my doctor.

Sometimes the simple act of having played in there myself will losen up the bigger chunks that are too far, and they'll fall out randomly too. Sometimes I can induce it to come out by doing weird movements with my jaw or pulling my near ear skin a certain way.

But if you really feel plugged up a doctor or naturopath visit is worth it. Or someone you trust that can get a good look in there. I never tried, but I would bet those mini coffee stir sticks that look like tiny spoons would work awesome.
 

BudAshes

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I clean my ears once or twice a month and there is a tiny little bit of stuff in there. WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE.
 

zinfamous

No Lifer
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I clean my ears once or twice a month and there is a tiny little bit of stuff in there. WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE.

the earwax has probably traveled down to your prostate by now. I hope you don't get cancer. :(