Sylvain VAN DER WALDE wrote:
Hello all.

Are ear candles a gimmick or do they really work?
Do you have a favourite "item" for removing ear wax?

An old syringe and warm/hot water.

Just like the nurse uses.

Fill the sink up with pretty warm water then suck and squirt.
The warm water softens the wax and there isn't any great danger of
damaging the ear drum unlike when you poke thin objects in the ear.

I have found just when you think all the wax is out (by the heightened
swooshing sound of water on the ear drum)if you keep sucking and
squirting for a few minutes more your reward will be a big blob of wax.

That's when you know it's really clean!

Of course you are squirting from the entrance to the ear canal to allow
wax and water free passage past the syringe into the sink.

Works for me.

sometimes ear drops may be required for a few days prior to cleaning to
soften any vintage deposits.

Pete