I've had my ears syringed a couple of times/year for much of my life but
our GP's nurses have stopped offering it. Some specialist companies are
popping-up but it's not cheap so I'm tempted to get one of the USB
otoscopes, like these:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_&_nkw=otoscope+usb
.... has anyone here given them a try?

I haven't marked this as OT because its about DIY wax removal - slightly
more relevant to the group than toothbrushes ;-)

On 12/12/2018 12:13, wrote:
I've had my ears syringed a couple of times/year for much of my life but
our GP's nurses have stopped offering it. Some specialist companies are
popping-up but it's not cheap so I'm tempted to get one of the USB
otoscopes, like these:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_&_nkw=otoscope+usb
... has anyone here given them a try?

I haven't marked this as OT because its about DIY wax removal - slightly
more relevant to the group than toothbrushes ;-)

Use a cotton bud every day after a shower or bath rather than let it
build up and have someone clean your ears for you.

Cheers
--
Clive

On 12/12/2018 12:13, wrote:

I haven't marked this as OT because its about DIY wax removal - slightly
more relevant to the group than toothbrushes ;-)

You should have marked it OTO?

I've had my ears syringed a couple of times/year for much of my life but
our GP's nurses have stopped offering it. Some specialist companies are
popping-up but it's not cheap so I'm tempted to get one of the USB
otoscopes, like these:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_&_nkw=otoscope+usb
... has anyone here given them a try?

I have also noticed that practice nurses are more reluctant to do ear
syringing and even get you to sign a document, not a consent form, but
something that purports to be a legal disclaimer should something go
wrong.

I could be wrong but direct mechanical excavation of wax with an
instrument and aided by an otoscope is only done by ENT specialists.

Nurses do irrigation (syringing) as you say, when it's offered, there
is also another procedure available, aspiration, which seems to go
under the name of "micro suction". I have no experience of that, but
it seems some specialist nurses offer it.

The usual advice you get from health professionals regarding DIY ear
care, is it's OK, as long as the object you insert is no smaller than
your elbow. Seems to be an in joke.







--
Graham.

%Profound_observation%

On 12/12/2018 12:59, Graham. wrote:
I've had my ears syringed a couple of times/year for much of my life but
our GP's nurses have stopped offering it. Some specialist companies are
popping-up but it's not cheap so I'm tempted to get one of the USB
otoscopes, like these:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_&_nkw=otoscope+usb
... has anyone here given them a try?

I have also noticed that practice nurses are more reluctant to do ear
syringing and even get you to sign a document, not a consent form, but
something that purports to be a legal disclaimer should something go
wrong.

I could be wrong but direct mechanical excavation of wax with an
instrument and aided by an otoscope is only done by ENT specialists.

Nurses do irrigation (syringing) as you say, when it's offered, there
is also another procedure available, aspiration, which seems to go
under the name of "micro suction". I have no experience of that, but
it seems some specialist nurses offer it.

The usual advice you get from health professionals regarding DIY ear
care, is it's OK, as long as the object you insert is no smaller than
your elbow. Seems to be an in joke.


I only mentioned syringing, but I've also had them sucked-out
(aspiration, presumably) and had a Consultant (with a reflector on his
forehead) fishing about with wires. The first is noisy, but preferable
to syringing, the second is effective but scary.

I've heard the same "joke" :-)

On 12/12/2018 12:51, Clive Arthur wrote:
On 12/12/2018 12:13, wrote:
I've had my ears syringed a couple of times/year for much of my life
but our GP's nurses have stopped offering it. Some specialist
companies are popping-up but it's not cheap so I'm tempted to get one
of the USB otoscopes, like these:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_&_nkw=otoscope+usb
... has anyone here given them a try?

I haven't marked this as OT because its about DIY wax removal -
slightly more relevant to the group than toothbrushes ;-)

Use a cotton bud every day after a shower or bath rather than let it
build up and have someone clean your ears for you.

Cheers

If only it were that easy I would have started doing it forty+ years ago

On 12/12/2018 13:14, wrote:

I've heard the same "joke" :-)

My son suffered a punctured ear drum that has stayed punctured despite a
very painful operation to rectify it.

I would strongly recommend putting a few drops of olive oil in the ear
and leaving it there - head on one side for a few minutes. Perhaps a
wodge of cotton wool to stop it leaking onto your clothes. Do that for a
few days, and hopefully the wax will flow out completely safely.

On 12/12/2018 12:51, Clive Arthur wrote:
On 12/12/2018 12:13, wrote:
I've had my ears syringed a couple of times/year for much of my life
but our GP's nurses have stopped offering it. Some specialist
companies are popping-up but it's not cheap so I'm tempted to get one
of the USB otoscopes, like these:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_&_nkw=otoscope+usb
... has anyone here given them a try?

I haven't marked this as OT because its about DIY wax removal -
slightly more relevant to the group than toothbrushes ;-)

Use a cotton bud every day after a shower or bath rather than let it
build up and have someone clean your ears for you.

Cheers

If only it were that easy I would have started doing it forty+ years ago

Agreed! We chronic sufferers get little sympathy...

--
Graham.

%Profound_observation%

On 12/12/2018 13:14, wrote:

I've heard the same "joke" :-)

My son suffered a punctured ear drum that has stayed punctured despite a
very painful operation to rectify it.

I would strongly recommend putting a few drops of olive oil in the ear
and leaving it there - head on one side for a few minutes. Perhaps a
wodge of cotton wool to stop it leaking onto your clothes. Do that for a
few days, and hopefully the wax will flow out completely safely.

You need to use drops for a week or two before the treatments being
discussed, I'm not sure about curettage by a surgeon, perhaps they
like the wax to remain crusty.

There are at least three classes of eardrops, oils, sodium
bicarbonate, and urea hydrogen peroxide. I have only used the first
group, I have no idea if I should be trying the others.

I used to use oil products like Ceremol and Earex, but they make my
wife heave because of the pungent smell, so now I use cutlery olive
oil which is a hell of a lot cheaper per ml, but not so effective IMHO


--
Graham.

%Profound_observation%

On 12/12/2018 12:51, Clive Arthur wrote:
On 12/12/2018 12:13, wrote:
I've had my ears syringed a couple of times/year for much of my life
but our GP's nurses have stopped offering it. Some specialist
companies are popping-up but it's not cheap so I'm tempted to get one
of the USB otoscopes, like these:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_&_nkw=otoscope+usb
... has anyone here given them a try?

I haven't marked this as OT because its about DIY wax removal -
slightly more relevant to the group than toothbrushes ;-)

Use a cotton bud every day after a shower or bath rather than let it
build up and have someone clean your ears for you.



The overwhelming body of medical (and other[1]) opinion is against you.
It tends to push wax further into the ear. And one slip with a cotton
bud and you can end up with serious problems.

Even syringing is now deprecated[2].

[1] I was brought up on the simple rule that you should not put anything
smaller than an elbow in your ear

[2]
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/27/ear-syringing-unsafe-doesnt-work-health-chiefs-warn/


--
Robin
reply-to address is (intended to be) valid

On 12/12/2018 13:43, Graham. wrote:

There are at least three classes of eardrops, oils, sodium
bicarbonate, and urea hydrogen peroxide. I have only used the first
group, I have no idea if I should be trying the others.



I and others I know have found urea peroxide more effective than other
drops - and that's without syringing. IIRC you need a pharmacy for the
stronger sort.

--
Robin
reply-to address is (intended to be) valid

On 12/12/2018 13:43, Graham. wrote:

There are at least three classes of eardrops, oils, sodium
bicarbonate, and urea hydrogen peroxide. I have only used the first
group, I have no idea if I should be trying the others.



I and others I know have found urea peroxide more effective than other
drops - and that's without syringing. IIRC you need a pharmacy for the
stronger sort.

That's interesting. I have been told I have particularly narrow
canals.

--
Graham.

%Profound_observation%

In article ,
GB wrote:
On 12/12/2018 13:14, wrote:

I've heard the same "joke" :-)

My son suffered a punctured ear drum that has stayed punctured despite a
very painful operation to rectify it.

I would strongly recommend putting a few drops of olive oil in the ear
and leaving it there - head on one side for a few minutes. Perhaps a
wodge of cotton wool to stop it leaking onto your clothes. Do that for a
few days, and hopefully the wax will flow out completely safely.

There are proprietary ear drops which work rather faster than olive oil.
You can hear them fizzing when dissolving the wax.

--
*My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. She stops to breathe.

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

On 12/12/2018 13:50, Robin wrote:

snipped

On 12/12/2018 12:51, Clive Arthur wrote:
On 12/12/2018 12:13, wrote:
I've had my ears syringed a couple of times/year for much of my life
but our GP's nurses have stopped offering it. Some specialist
companies are popping-up but it's not cheap so I'm tempted to get one
of the USB otoscopes, like these:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_&_nkw=otoscope+usb
... has anyone here given them a try?

I haven't marked this as OT because its about DIY wax removal -
slightly more relevant to the group than toothbrushes ;-)

Use a cotton bud every day after a shower or bath rather than let it
build up and have someone clean your ears for you.

The overwhelming body of medical (and other[1]) opinion is against you.
It tends to push wax further into the ear. And one slip with a cotton
bud and you can end up with serious problems.

I've been doing this for about 45 years, nearly every day. Yes, you
have to be careful there's no-one around who might knock you. Rotate
the bud as you do it. My ears have been checked and are very clean.

I also wipe my own arse.

Cheers
--
Clive

On 12/12/2018 14:24, Tim+ wrote:

snipped

Clive Arthur Wrote in message:
On 12/12/2018 12:13, wrote:
I've had my ears syringed a couple of times/year for much of my life but
our GP's nurses have stopped offering it. Some specialist companies are
popping-up but it's not cheap so I'm tempted to get one of the USB
otoscopes, like these:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_&_nkw=otoscope+usb
... has anyone here given them a try?

I haven't marked this as OT because its about DIY wax removal - slightly
more relevant to the group than toothbrushes ;-)

Use a cotton bud every day after a shower or bath rather than let it
build up and have someone clean your ears for you.


Bad idea. It will end up impacting the wax at the end of your ear
canal.

I've been doing this for about 45 years, nearly every day. Yes, you
have to be careful there's no-one around who might knock you. Rotate
the bud as you do it. My ears have been checked and are very clean.

I also wipe my own arse.

Cheers
--
Clive

On 12/12/2018 9:21 AM, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
GB wrote:
On 12/12/2018 13:14, wrote:

I've heard the same "joke" :-)

My son suffered a punctured ear drum that has stayed punctured despite a
very painful operation to rectify it.

I would strongly recommend putting a few drops of olive oil in the ear
and leaving it there - head on one side for a few minutes. Perhaps a
wodge of cotton wool to stop it leaking onto your clothes. Do that for a
few days, and hopefully the wax will flow out completely safely.

There are proprietary ear drops which work rather faster than olive oil.
You can hear them fizzing when dissolving the wax.

Carbamide peroxide. Very effective, but a bit pricey.

On 12/12/2018 13:43, Graham. wrote:
On 12/12/2018 13:14, wrote:

I've heard the same "joke" :-)

My son suffered a punctured ear drum that has stayed punctured despite a
very painful operation to rectify it.

I would strongly recommend putting a few drops of olive oil in the ear
and leaving it there - head on one side for a few minutes. Perhaps a
wodge of cotton wool to stop it leaking onto your clothes. Do that for a
few days, and hopefully the wax will flow out completely safely.

You need to use drops for a week or two before the treatments being
discussed, I'm not sure about curettage by a surgeon, perhaps they
like the wax to remain crusty.

There are at least three classes of eardrops, oils, sodium
bicarbonate, and urea hydrogen peroxide. I have only used the first
group, I have no idea if I should be trying the others.

I used to use oil products like Ceremol and Earex, but they make my
wife heave because of the pungent smell, so now I use cutlery olive
oil which is a hell of a lot cheaper per ml, but not so effective IMHO


I've used all the above at different times, generally before being
syringed (by a damn great syringe in the early years and later by a
pulsing electric gizzmo) but softening is not required before suction,
and that's one of the big advantages of the technique.

Pity I'm blind as I need some decent ear cleaning out. Not sure if they
still do it. Last time I was told I have to put drops in first. What is the
point in putting more goo in before you get it out when its already fluid?
Brian

--
----- --
This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from...
The Sofa of Brian Gaff...

Blind user, so no pictures please
Note this Signature is meaningless.!
wrote in message
...
I've had my ears syringed a couple of times/year for much of my life but
our GP's nurses have stopped offering it. Some specialist companies are
popping-up but it's not cheap so I'm tempted to get one of the USB
otoscopes, like these:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_&_nkw=otoscope+usb
... has anyone here given them a try?

I haven't marked this as OT because its about DIY wax removal - slightly
more relevant to the group than toothbrushes ;-)

No do not use a cotton bud in your ears. They lose their lint and it goes
inside and its like concrete to remove. remember this. If you cannot see
what you are doing and are not trained, never put anything smaller than your
elbow in your ear!
Yes that is a doctors joke.
Brian

--
----- --
This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from...
The Sofa of Brian Gaff...

Blind user, so no pictures please
Note this Signature is meaningless.!
"Clive Arthur" wrote in message
news
On 12/12/2018 12:13, wrote:
I've had my ears syringed a couple of times/year for much of my life but
our GP's nurses have stopped offering it. Some specialist companies are
popping-up but it's not cheap so I'm tempted to get one of the USB
otoscopes, like these:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_&_nkw=otoscope+usb
... has anyone here given them a try?

I haven't marked this as OT because its about DIY wax removal - slightly
more relevant to the group than toothbrushes ;-)

Use a cotton bud every day after a shower or bath rather than let it build
up and have someone clean your ears for you.

Cheers
--
Clive

Brian Gaff wrote:

do do not use a cotton bud in your ears. They lose their lint and it goes
inside and its like concrete to remove.

My ears are generally quite dry, rather than wet and waxy, despite the
"wisdom" I've always used fingernails and cotton buds, sometimes with a
few drops of surgical spirit. I notice cotton buds have gone back to
weak paper stems instead of strong plastic stems due to saving the whale.

On 12/12/2018 15:02, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Wed, 12 Dec 2018 14:36:12 +0000, Clive Arthur
wrote:

On 12/12/2018 14:24, Tim+ wrote:

snipped

Clive Arthur Wrote in message:
On 12/12/2018 12:13, wrote:
I've had my ears syringed a couple of times/year for much of my life but
our GP's nurses have stopped offering it. Some specialist companies are
popping-up but it's not cheap so I'm tempted to get one of the USB
otoscopes, like these:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_&_nkw=otoscope+usb
... has anyone here given them a try?

I haven't marked this as OT because its about DIY wax removal - slightly
more relevant to the group than toothbrushes ;-)

Use a cotton bud every day after a shower or bath rather than let it
build up and have someone clean your ears for you.


Bad idea. It will end up impacting the wax at the end of your ear
canal.

I've been doing this for about 45 years, nearly every day. Yes, you
have to be careful there's no-one around who might knock you. Rotate
the bud as you do it. My ears have been checked and are very clean.

I also wipe my own arse.

Cotton buds have a myriad of uses! :-)

I've only used them to clean heads, capstans and pressure wheels.

--
Max Demian

On 12/12/2018 18:12, Brian Gaff wrote:
No do not use a cotton bud in your ears. They lose their lint and it goes
inside and its like concrete to remove.

Has this happened to you? It's never happened to me despite having done
it over 20,000 times. I must be lucky.

snip

Cheers
--
Clive

After serious thinking Graham. wrote :
There are at least three classes of eardrops, oils, sodium
bicarbonate, and urea hydrogen peroxide. I have only used the first
group, I have no idea if I should be trying the others.

I used to suffer, but not often, from ear wax build up, usually fixed
by olive oil and cotton wool for a few days.

I now have a regime of using 3% hydrogen peroxide every few months,
whilst taking a bath. I use an ex-vaping liquid plastic bottle, which
has a small nipple allowing it to be squirted in. It then fizzes for a
while as it reacts with the wax in your ear.

WARNING - It should never be used if you have a perforated drum, or if
the ear is obstructed with wax - only as a means to keep them clean.
The fix can build up pressure in a confined space and cause damage.

You should also never use at a greater than 3% strength, stronger will
cause to brisk a reaction, generating heat and pain.

laid this down on his screen :
I've had my ears syringed a couple of times/year for much of my life but our
GP's nurses have stopped offering it. Some specialist companies are
popping-up but it's not cheap so I'm tempted to get one of the USB otoscopes,
like these:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_&_nkw=otoscope+usb
... has anyone here given them a try?

I would not waste my money on that, apart from for curiosities sake..

The ear pick looks deadly.

On 12/12/2018 14:21, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:


There are proprietary ear drops which work rather faster than olive oil.
You can hear them fizzing when dissolving the wax.


I've found the soidiuM bicarbonate drops to be effective. They are not
instant but used for a week and the softened wax will work itself out.
--
mailto : news {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk

On 12/12/2018 18:19, Andy Burns wrote:
Brian Gaff wrote:

do do not use a cotton bud in your ears. They lose their lint and it goes
inside and its like concrete to remove.

My ears are generally quite dry, rather than wet and waxy, despite the
"wisdom" I've always used fingernails and cotton buds, sometimes with a
few drops of surgical spirit.Â* I notice cotton buds have gone back to
weak paper stems instead of strong plastic stems due to saving the whale.


The strength of the stem depends more on the "brand". Some plastic stem
buds will bend with ease whilst other resist bending under pressure.
It's much the same with how the cotton bit retains its shape and remains
stuck to the stem.

--
mailto : news {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk

On 12/12/2018 16:45, wrote:

I've used all the above at different times, generally before being
syringed (by a damn great syringe in the early years and later by a
pulsing electric gizzmo) but softening is not required before suction,
and that's one of the big advantages of the technique.

It must depend on how hard the wax has become.

--
mailto : news {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk

On 12/12/2018 18:10, Brian Gaff wrote:
Pity I'm blind as I need some decent ear cleaning out. Not sure if they
still do it. Last time I was told I have to put drops in first. What is the
point in putting more goo in before you get it out when its already fluid?

If already fluid enough it would come out of its own accord. The purpose
of ear wax is to naturally remove debris from the inner parts of the ear
including dead shin etc.

Often ear drops alone will clear blocked ears but it's not an instant
solution and the problem may apparently become worse as the wax absorbs
the moisture in the drops and expands before being expelled from the ears.

When I became deaf in one ear due to a build-up of wax it took nearly
two weeks for the drops to fully work. I woke up one morning to find a
large smelly sticky mess on my pillow and even more in the outer part of
the ear.


--
mailto : news {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk

In article ,
"Dave Plowman (News)" writes:
In article ,
GB wrote:
On 12/12/2018 13:14, wrote:

I've heard the same "joke" :-)

My son suffered a punctured ear drum that has stayed punctured despite a
very painful operation to rectify it.

I would strongly recommend putting a few drops of olive oil in the ear
and leaving it there - head on one side for a few minutes. Perhaps a
wodge of cotton wool to stop it leaking onto your clothes. Do that for a
few days, and hopefully the wax will flow out completely safely.

There are proprietary ear drops which work rather faster than olive oil.
You can hear them fizzing when dissolving the wax.

Just to mention, there are two very different types of ear wax,
and it's down to genetics which one you have. This was probably
based on racial genaelogy originally, but it's mixed to some
extent in all races now. The two types handle very differently
in terms of build up and softening, so what works for one person
may well not work for another.

--
Andrew Gabriel
[email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]

"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
news
Pity I'm blind as I need some decent ear cleaning out. Not sure if they
still do it. Last time I was told I have to put drops in first. What is
the point in putting more goo in before you get it out when its already
fluid?

The drops are for when it isnt already fluid.

wrote in message
...
I've had my ears syringed a couple of times/year for much of my life but
our GP's nurses have stopped offering it. Some specialist companies are
popping-up but it's not cheap so I'm tempted to get one of the USB
otoscopes, like these:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_&_nkw=otoscope+usb
... has anyone here given them a try?

I haven't marked this as OT because its about DIY wax removal - slightly
more relevant to the group than toothbrushes ;-)

Graham. Wrote in message:
On 12/12/2018 13:14, wrote:

I've heard the same "joke" :-)

My son suffered a punctured ear drum that has stayed punctured despite a
very painful operation to rectify it.

I would strongly recommend putting a few drops of olive oil in the ear
and leaving it there - head on one side for a few minutes. Perhaps a
wodge of cotton wool to stop it leaking onto your clothes. Do that for a
few days, and hopefully the wax will flow out completely safely.

You need to use drops for a week or two before the treatments being
discussed, I'm not sure about curettage by a surgeon, perhaps they
like the wax to remain crusty.

There are at least three classes of eardrops, oils, sodium
bicarbonate, and urea hydrogen peroxide. I have only used the first
group, I have no idea if I should be trying the others.

I used to use oil products like Ceremol and Earex, but they make my
wife heave because of the pungent smell, so now I use cutlery olive
oil which is a hell of a lot cheaper per ml, but not so effective IMHO



Culinary?
--
Jim K


----Android NewsGroup Reader----
http://usenet.sinaapp.com/

On 12/12/2018 13:22, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Wed, 12 Dec 2018 12:13:42 +0000, wrote:



I syringe my own ears, I suppose about twice a year. I have a plastic
20ml syringe with a short nozzle (about 1cm).


Any chance of a photograph of your device?
--
Cheers,
Roger
____________
Please reply to Newsgroup. Whilst email address is valid, it is seldom
checked.

On Wed, 12 Dec 2018 22:10:08 +0000, Tim Streater wrote:

In article , Roger Mills
wrote:

On 12/12/2018 13:22, Chris Hogg wrote:

I syringe my own ears, I suppose about twice a year. I have a plastic
20ml syringe with a short nozzle (about 1cm).

Any chance of a photograph of your device?

Probably these (I keep a box in the workshop, good for squirting water
into joints when using water activated adhesives).

https://tinyurl.com/ybv5asu8

(it goes to eBay).

And, what d'ye put in the syringe?

I would use sterile saline myself, but then I have a box of Irripods/
Clinipods around anyway (I use them for cleaning my eye socket). Easily
obtained from a pharmacy.
--
My posts are my copyright and if @diy_forums or Home Owners' Hub
wish to copy them they can pay me £1 a message.
Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org
*lightning surge protection* - a w_tom conductor

On 12/12/2018 22:41, Bob Eager wrote:
On Wed, 12 Dec 2018 22:10:08 +0000, Tim Streater wrote:

In article , Roger Mills
wrote:

On 12/12/2018 13:22, Chris Hogg wrote:

I syringe my own ears, I suppose about twice a year. I have a plastic
20ml syringe with a short nozzle (about 1cm).

Any chance of a photograph of your device?

Probably these (I keep a box in the workshop, good for squirting water
into joints when using water activated adhesives).

https://tinyurl.com/ybv5asu8

(it goes to eBay).

And, what d'ye put in the syringe?

I would use sterile saline myself, but then I have a box of Irripods/
Clinipods around anyway (I use them for cleaning my eye socket). Easily
obtained from a pharmacy.


Or

https://www.amazon.co.uk/AcuLife-Ear.../dp/B000SOJXGA

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon....1w079JYz1L.jpg

designed so the water doesn't directly hit the eardrum. The problem with
some is that there is nothing stopping the tube going too far into the
ear and directing a high pressure jet directly at the ear drum and
perforating it.

I occasionally use one with warm water.

--
mailto : news {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk

On 12/12/2018 22:04, Roger Mills wrote:
On 12/12/2018 13:22, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Wed, 12 Dec 2018 12:13:42 +0000, wrote:



I syringe my own ears, I suppose about twice a year. I have a plastic
20ml syringe with a short nozzle (about 1cm).



Or
https://www.amazon.co.uk/AcuLife-Ear.../dp/B000SOJXGA

designed so the water doesn't directly hit the eardrum. The problem with
some syringes is that there is nothing stopping the tube going too far
into the ear and directing a high pressure jet directly at the ear drum
and perforating it.


--
mailto : news {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk

Harry Bloomfield wrote:
laid this down on his screen :
I've had my ears syringed a couple of times/year for much of my life
but our GP's nurses have stopped offering it. Some specialist
companies are popping-up but it's not cheap so I'm tempted to get one
of the USB otoscopes, like these:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_&_nkw=otoscope+usb
... has anyone here given them a try?

I would not waste my money on that, apart from for curiosities sake..

The ear pick looks deadly.

This seems to be the only answer of so many that addresses the subject
matter and it seems that no one including you has practical experience.

On 13/12/2018 07:31, Chris Hogg wrote:


Nothing special, just a standard syringe. I've had it for several
decades. Can't remember where I got it. I misremembered the capacity:
it's 10ml, not 20ml as I said earlier. Pic here https://ibb.co/Jstv1R1
The short nozzle stops it going too far down into your ear.


Readily available on Ebay. Search for syringes for filling ink
cartridges. Many come with detachable needles that can be discarded.

--
mailto : news {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk

On Wednesday, 12 December 2018 18:56:34 UTC, Clive Arthur wrote:
On 12/12/2018 18:12, Brian Gaff wrote:
No do not use a cotton bud in your ears. They lose their lint and it goes
inside and its like concrete to remove.

Has this happened to you? It's never happened to me despite having done
it over 20,000 times. I must be lucky.

Me too, haveblt counted how many times though, never had a hearing problem. I think all, that's needed is a bit of care when using such a bud.

I buy a tub of 100 about once a year I estimate, but this thread has reminded me to restock the ones I use in the lab.

https://www.rapidonline.com/af-sbu00...of-100-87-0905

On Thursday, 13 December 2018 04:47:26 UTC, FMurtz wrote:
Harry Bloomfield wrote:
laid this down on his screen :
I've had my ears syringed a couple of times/year for much of my life
but our GP's nurses have stopped offering it. Some specialist
companies are popping-up but it's not cheap so I'm tempted to get one
of the USB otoscopes, like these:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_&_nkw=otoscope+usb
... has anyone here given them a try?

I would not waste my money on that, apart from for curiosities sake..

The ear pick looks deadly.

This seems to be the only answer of so many that addresses the subject
matter and it seems that no one including you has practical experience.

A friend of mine used to go to a specialist that used some sort of candle.
The session cost about £30 an hour and he seemed very happy with the results then 3 months later decided it waqs a waste of time and never went back, so I can't comment on it, but below seems to be the sort of thing he was having done to him.
And I do remmber him saying she was a lovely young lady so maybe that helped part him from his money.


https://www.thisisinsider.com/ear-ca...-earwax-2018-6

On 14/12/2018 11:13, whisky-dave wrote:
On Thursday, 13 December 2018 04:47:26 UTC, FMurtz wrote:
Harry Bloomfield wrote:
laid this down on his screen :
I've had my ears syringed a couple of times/year for much of my life
but our GP's nurses have stopped offering it. Some specialist
companies are popping-up but it's not cheap so I'm tempted to get one
of the USB otoscopes, like these:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_&_nkw=otoscope+usb
... has anyone here given them a try?

I would not waste my money on that, apart from for curiosities sake..

The ear pick looks deadly.

This seems to be the only answer of so many that addresses the subject
matter and it seems that no one including you has practical experience.

A friend of mine used to go to a specialist that used some sort of candle.
The session cost about £30 an hour and he seemed very happy with the results then 3 months later decided it waqs a waste of time and never went back, so I can't comment on it, but below seems to be the sort of thing he was having done to him.
And I do remmber him saying she was a lovely young lady so maybe that helped part him from his money.

https://www.thisisinsider.com/ear-ca...-earwax-2018-6

Makes about as much sense as wart charming.

--
Max Demian