How To Remove Ear Wax

Ear Wax Removal
Ear wax buildup causing hearing loss has been with mankind forever. It can be embarrassing to go to the doctor just to have ear wax removed so you can hear again. Many people learn to treat the problem themselves but Q-tips are not always the answer they are often ram the wax deeper into their ear canal and make hearing worse.

If you something liquid to irrigate the ear canals what should you use? Are there special solutions that any better than just water alone? How successful is home ear irrigation? The article below looked at randomized trials of different liquids and oils for irrigation, with or without using a syringe or bulb of some sort to spray the liquid in the canal under gentle force.


Just using saline poured in the ear (witnut a syringe) was as effective as other gentle cleansing compounds that were tested. It worked about 20% of the time.


Both corn oil and olive oil were about 60- 70% successful when used with a syringe to irrigate the canal but actually this was not much different than using saline or any of the other water-based irrigations.
Syringing was, however, more effective than just pouring the liquid in the ear canal without an irrigation pressure.

One study showed that about 0.5% (1 in 240) people who used syringe irrigation on a regular basis developed chronic ringing (tinnitus) in the ears so it not without a small amount of hazard.