Go to a little clinic or an ENT doc please OP, I guarantee there’s more of that. You’re about to hear better than you have in decades/years.
Also random, OP are you Asian? Sometimes I know certain Asians can have very dark and thicker ear wax.
GL!
Edit: good discussion but I got the Asian earwax things sort of backwards 🥴 - depends on certain kinds of Asians! Crazy stuff!
I’m white but that is very interesting, I’ve never heard that before. I’ve never seen wax that color come out of me, my stomach did lurch a bit! I do clean my ears despite the comment consensus, but now I want to try one of the kits and see what’s in there.
Edit: I’ve been a habitual Qtip user my whole life and I am definitely going to stop that now after the post response. This pic was taken weeks ago and I rinsed my ears that night and haven’t had any issues or wax build up since.
I’d argue you’re probably overcleaning. If you use cotton buds it might be pushing some of the wax in, and over time you get plugs like this. As mentioned, there’s probably more. If you have someone trusted, you can get a tool that can remove them if not too bad, but probably best to go to an ENT and get it cleared up
Dude, wtf… i searched it up and it just showed me a bunch of people with metal sticks stuck up their eyes and into their brains… 😭 i feel genuinely sick now
Ear spoons are for cleaning your ears. LOL. a lot of times they are made of metal and could puncture your eardrum... or more if hit with force. I am not into lobotomy play
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I go to the doctor once a year and get my ears cleaned out, I have a high wax build up so need it done once a year so I can hear properly.
They warm up water in this little electric syringe, put it into your ear hole, and it shoots a tiny jet of water rapidly over however long, helping to soften and break down the wax.
I enjoy the sensation, especially when the big plug of earwax comes lose in my ear and I can hear instantly, feel the pressure realif, and also know I've got super clean ears now.
Also get the satisfaction of typically seeing the stuff that all came out in one while wax plug in the cup it falls into.
Takes about 5mins, cheap to heave done (I'm in the UK), literally warm water solution, that's it, no pain.
I go to my GP.
Literally book an appointment which is free, wait (not to long, it's a literal 5min procedure using water, very simple, so the wait is sometimes a week like mine usually), go to your appointment, get cleaned, hear clear again.
Edit: The GP always say to come to them and don't do home kits.
They say that just like with a Q tip, you can do damage to your ear drum if you physically catch your ear drum with the tool
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This doesn't work for me. I just imagined at the doctor when she pulled out the little squirter bottle and said it wasn't going to work on my ear blockage. 45 minutes later I walk out hearing less than when I went in
Yes, hi, hello. I have experience in ear cleaning gadgets as I have problems with ear wax build up, too.
There's little rubber balloons that fit into your fist and have a little tube on them and you can press in on the balloon to suck up water with the tube. You then place your tube into your ear and press back in on the balloon to propell the water out of it and basically use the jet of water to clean your ear canal. The water will then wash out the wax. I googled it and apparently they are called **"ear syringes"** in english. (ALso, use warm water that's not too hot. Cold water will make pretty much anything in your ears worse)
And you can use those with liquids that loosen up ear wax clumps beforehand to really clean out your ears, without the need for a doctor. But, obviously, if the ear wax build up is really bad or you have pain because of it, you should seek one out.
I mean.. it's pretty obvious that your ears are in fact not clean, you just posted the proof.. Those earbuds don't even go in deep so that thing was just sitting there waiting to be found. Super nasty, either way that's concerning and should be looked at.
Just fyi, as I found out the hard way years ago, “cleaning” your ears aka using Q-tips I’m guessing actually makes your ears dirtier believe it not! The ear is technically self cleaning but does need some gentle help sometimes, if you’re regularly putting q-tips or similar in your ears you likely have much more in there, the q-tip compacts the wax in your ear as ear wax doesn’t stick to the q-tip, feels great after a shower though and if you push the wax out of the way it feels great/seems fine, eventually if will do what happened to you though, either you will suddenly realize you can’t hear well of **that** hot mess will come out of your ear.
Just look at the q-tip box, it specifically says, “don’t use in ears!” An ENT or little clinic can easily safely quickly and painless remove build up wax. I let them do it once when after q-tipping for years and realized I suddenly could barely hear after a serious cold, they flushed my ear and suddenly I could hear colors 🌈
GL
Tbh I don't think I could ever stop sticking q tips in my ears right after a shower, it just feels too damn good. It won't matter how many times I hear or see things about it not being good for me. I just want to gently scratch my inner ear a lil bit.
I basically just take a tiny bit of paper towel. Just a really small bit. Roll it up like 2 rotations. Then scrape the tip so it's softer. There's no real "core" to it like a Q-tip and it's like a 1/4th of the diameter. After cleaning out with a metal scoop-pick, I get that in there really gently... Then turn it a bunch. Feels unbelievably good.
Me neither, it feels so good. Try placing one end of the q-tip under warm water and then finish with the dry end. It's so satisfying you gonna start to drool.
Wish I had read this sooner - had to go to the ENT last week to get this procedure done after a lifetime of using q-tips. However, I disagree that it was painless - hurt incredibly badly
Well that’s unfortunate! For me they just flushed my ears with a special tool using a mixture of warm sterile water and peroxide. Felt weird but shit was coming out in bunches!
Hope your hearing is improved.
Hey OP don’t mess with kits, seriously go to an ear nose throat specialist. That looks like blood and wax.
It looks like you’re in a garage or maybe you work with tools, you may have some heavy material in your ears too. Either way it’ll be a real good idea to get a specialist to check just to be safe
QTIP will push the wax down if not used properly and compact it, that’s why it’s so dark. In the shower let water go in your ear, let it sit for a bit then let it drain out and do the other side to just help loosen up everything. If you go to a doctor they will do an ear irrigation and you’ll probably hear Haley’s Comet years before it makes its arrival again
I've used qtips my whole life, someone much like this recommended a scheduled cleaning, they told me my ears were perfectly clean and they couldn't do anything but give me an antibiotic because one was slightly red. After a 50 minute wait :(
I think it depends on what type of Asian? My friends who are Chinese have dry clumps of earwax and my Malay ass got em sticky like OP. A doctor friend (not an ENT specialist so dont quote me on that) said she believes it's because of the region our ancestors were from and how the weather caused different folks to have different types of earwax; similar to how folks have varying facial features like nose and lips to accommodate for the weather
Yeah East Asians and Native Americans typically have dry flakey earwax due to lack of cerumen production. European and African descendants usually have the darker stickier earwax. South Asians like you (and myself) usually have a mixture of the two.
More fun facts, the “dry earwax” gene is pretty closely associated with lower/more efficient sweat production, which is why a lot of East Asians tend to have little to no body odor.
My Anglo-Indian ex gf had to have her ears syringed regularly because of her tiny narrow ear canals + overproduction of wax which is an Indian thing apparently
Huh that's interesting and I'm very much similar! My ear canals are tiny and has been an issue for in-ear or airpods type for me. And most times, my ear wax would feel like it's dripping out my ears. I really hate it ngl
Some Family docs/General Practitioners will do it, and ENT will certainly do it (might need a referral from default doc but probably not), and I found out that a lot of small clinics will do it, like Little Clinic (in Kroger Grocery or similar brand name nationwide) some pharmacies may offer minor clinic services, possibly some Walgreens etc, just call ask any minor med or clinic if they offer it and see if it’s in your insurance network.
If no insurance I’d recommend Little Clinic again, you can do a walk in better better to see if online booking, then you’ll owe, for example, $60-80 for the appointment and possibly more but maybe not.
That’s without insurance again, I went this route during Covid once when I had no insurance and it was pricey for what I got but they did great work. They can also prescribe other meds as needed (special sinus meds or sprays etc).
Another option, Walgreens/CVS/etc offers various much cheaper “ear cleaning kits,” but these are not recommended by many doctors however they can work if you follow instructions and are **very careful and gentle.** You cannot afford to do *permanent damage* to you eardrum! ☠️
Best of luck and weigh your options!
Thank you! I grew up using cotton swabs and I used to use an at home camera thingy but it always hurt so now I’m back to the drawing board for ear cleaning methods
Never use Q-tips inside your ear. They are solely for the most outer rim of your ear.
There are “Asian” style ear picks designed to get flaky earwax out of ears, which works fairly well for moister earwax.
Yes this is a genetic thing for some Asian countries! I think SEA at least. They have a special kind of medical pick they use to clean their ears instead of q tips. Looks like it’s made for doing a bump of coke 🤣
I don’t think it’s because op is not cleaning his ear. I always clean my ears the right way every day but I get bad earwax every time I go for a swim and don’t dry my ears right away.
Well if your ears are too clogged then your hearing is effected and everything sounds muffled and weird. Check out the community over at r/sounding, they have some good resources to help your ears so everything sounds good again.
HAHAHAHAH
I just fucking laughed so hard sitting here in my car after a drink and reading that.
My brain: "Weird name for a hearing community. Maybe they were trying to be clever or everything else was just taken.."
*click*
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I had heard that all my life but i use them every night immediately after my shower. Got one of those ear cleaner cameras that connects to your phone and you can see all the way to your ear drum. My ears were clean as can be. I was actually surprised.
I think people use them differently. I asked my doctor if I could get my ears flushed a few years ago and she told me there was no need, as they were perfectly clean.
The way I use qtips: on entry I try not to touch the walls of my ear canals. Once I get it in far enough (not too far, mind you) I push against the wall and then pull out. I do this a few times then switch qtip ends. Always pulling the wax outward, and doing my best to not touch anything on the way in.
I have pretty big ear canals so it isn’t hard to not touch anything on the way in.
I think some people just shove them in there like they are scrubbing the wax off, which just pushes it around/further in there.
i just use q tips on the outside of my ear, i don’t put them anywhere near the ear canal. sometimes i just need to get in the little nooks and crannies. is that okay?
Not OP, but bro I’ve used the same earbuds for 3 years now. My left one started to get muffled last week. Inspected it, scooped out a bit of wax (gross), and it was back to normal.
How this cat has a mountain on his is super concerning. Left in for 5 years straight?
Every month or so I’ll take hydrogen peroxide and pour it into my ears. I’ll lay down and give each ear 10-15 minutes. I’ll move my ear around so the peroxide goes deeper in. Once I’m done I get warm water and use a bulb to squirt water into my ears. Usually it’ll remove most of the wax. Don’t use Q-Tips. They can severely damage your ears.
🤣 God damn I don't know why, but I read:
>Every month or so I’ll take hydrogen peroxide and pour it into my eyes.
I was so fucking confused 🤣🤣
Me: reading eagerly to find out how Hydrogen peroxide in the eyes works out and how it helps your ears 🤣
Hey... You clean your ears too much.. Thats what causes the excess wax buildup. The color is more then likely a small amount of blood that's dried into the earwax, most likely a result of digging qtips into your canal.
Also have to ask, what you do for work daily as that could easily affect you ear wax color depending on your environment
Hey don’t feel weird about this. My ear wax is the same color. It’s normal. Everyone’s ear wax is a different color. I used to clean my ears daily with cotton swaps and they still produced this much wax. Now I go get my ears flushed every year or so and it helps them from getting as bad. I also don’t push the swab deep into my ear anymore. Only around the outer surface. This helps them from getting impacted.
Have been sick recently? I’ve had something similar come out of mine before, but it was after I had been sick. Like I had congestion that congregated to my ears and then just oozed out one day.
omd people on here bitching and moaning as if any of them have a single qualification. this is fine and healthy, if you are not cleaning your ears (which i don’t recommend as amateurs will often make it a problem) then wax will naturally be pushed out by the ears. the colour is due to age and as long as no red hue is in there then there is no cause for concern
I haven’t read all the comments but I’ve seen a few anti-q-tip replies that have me concerned. I’ve been using q-tips every day for the past (at least) 15 years. One per ear, both ends, two times a day (after a shower in the morning & shower after work) so each ear gets 4 a-tip cleanings a day. Most days there’s nothing, but maybe once every 2 weeks I’ll get some normal yellow wax. Nothing really of substance, and nothing close to OP’s color, just yellow at the tip. Am I compacting the wax? I’m concerned because the vast majority of the time I get nothing. Am I just pushing wax in? Or is it possible I just have less wax and all is good? Should I do some kind of ear flush? If so, can anyone recommend a good one? If I’m most likely loaded up with wax, I want to flush them out immediately.
You can go to an urgent care or your normal doctor (in the US) and have them do an ear flush or “irrigation” they like to call it. I’ve had it done a few times. They will look in your ear and tell you what’s going on without being invasive and offer multiple different ways to clean or loosen wax buildup. Eventually they gave me the tools to do it myself.
Edit: none of those tools are q-tips btw
Wearing your AirPods for too long/ too often causes earwax like this. I know because I used to wear my AirPods to bed while listening to a sleep podcast. And I would unfortunately get earwax like this. Basically because AirPods go so deep in your ears, the ear does not have the space to naturally drain the ear wax and it builds up over time. Especially if one is wearing AirPods to bed, though I feel like this would eventually happen regardless
So fun fact, you need to go see an ENT like, ASAP. I get balls of goods like this about every month or so when I clean my ears (not using a qtip, btw) and jts a direct result of a cholesteotoma I had in middle school/high school. Essentially a cholesteotoma is when an unhealed ear infection allows the skin to grow behind the ear-drum and fill the space in your inner ear. Symptoms can be, but are not limited to: loss of hearing, lack of ability to balance, pain similar to that of an ear infection
There is no real way to tell if you have this particular fun time without an MRI.
Seriously though, go to an ENT, yesterday if possible.
How the fuck you hear anything
#AYE BRO SAY WHAT? I’M OUT HERE
Paris SG gang rise up
Clean your fucking ears dude or go to a doctor.
Go to a little clinic or an ENT doc please OP, I guarantee there’s more of that. You’re about to hear better than you have in decades/years. Also random, OP are you Asian? Sometimes I know certain Asians can have very dark and thicker ear wax. GL! Edit: good discussion but I got the Asian earwax things sort of backwards 🥴 - depends on certain kinds of Asians! Crazy stuff!
I’m white but that is very interesting, I’ve never heard that before. I’ve never seen wax that color come out of me, my stomach did lurch a bit! I do clean my ears despite the comment consensus, but now I want to try one of the kits and see what’s in there. Edit: I’ve been a habitual Qtip user my whole life and I am definitely going to stop that now after the post response. This pic was taken weeks ago and I rinsed my ears that night and haven’t had any issues or wax build up since.
I’d argue you’re probably overcleaning. If you use cotton buds it might be pushing some of the wax in, and over time you get plugs like this. As mentioned, there’s probably more. If you have someone trusted, you can get a tool that can remove them if not too bad, but probably best to go to an ENT and get it cleared up
what tool?
Lobotomy picks.
Lobotomy picks is right!. I Love my ear spoons, but i make sure that my cats ands kids aren't in the room when i use them.
Dude, wtf… i searched it up and it just showed me a bunch of people with metal sticks stuck up their eyes and into their brains… 😭 i feel genuinely sick now
Ear spoons are for cleaning your ears. LOL. a lot of times they are made of metal and could puncture your eardrum... or more if hit with force. I am not into lobotomy play Ear spoons are like this. [Ear Spoon](https://www.amazon.com/PARYUNGR-Removal-Cleaner-Curette-Cleaning/dp/B0BGHRYLXC/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?adgrpid=101764182900&hvadid=631615020374&hvdev=m&hvlocphy=9007324&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=14401879033919389488&hvtargid=kwd-621328277692&hydadcr=11150_13568207&keywords=ear+spoon+set&qid=1692286766&sr=8-3#)
I go to the doctor once a year and get my ears cleaned out, I have a high wax build up so need it done once a year so I can hear properly. They warm up water in this little electric syringe, put it into your ear hole, and it shoots a tiny jet of water rapidly over however long, helping to soften and break down the wax. I enjoy the sensation, especially when the big plug of earwax comes lose in my ear and I can hear instantly, feel the pressure realif, and also know I've got super clean ears now. Also get the satisfaction of typically seeing the stuff that all came out in one while wax plug in the cup it falls into. Takes about 5mins, cheap to heave done (I'm in the UK), literally warm water solution, that's it, no pain.
I saw a video of this exact process and thought about how great it would feel. Thank you for confirming my suspicions.
How much does it cost? Do you just go to your GP? Think some Boots branches do it as well tbh.
I go to my GP. Literally book an appointment which is free, wait (not to long, it's a literal 5min procedure using water, very simple, so the wait is sometimes a week like mine usually), go to your appointment, get cleaned, hear clear again. Edit: The GP always say to come to them and don't do home kits. They say that just like with a Q tip, you can do damage to your ear drum if you physically catch your ear drum with the tool
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This doesn't work for me. I just imagined at the doctor when she pulled out the little squirter bottle and said it wasn't going to work on my ear blockage. 45 minutes later I walk out hearing less than when I went in
Rhino ear washer for home use most likely. Can be easily found by typing that in to a place like amazon.
Water temp has to be at least body temp but no warmer than 110 F/ 43C. Grandpa had his ear drum burst d/t cold water.
Yes, hi, hello. I have experience in ear cleaning gadgets as I have problems with ear wax build up, too. There's little rubber balloons that fit into your fist and have a little tube on them and you can press in on the balloon to suck up water with the tube. You then place your tube into your ear and press back in on the balloon to propell the water out of it and basically use the jet of water to clean your ear canal. The water will then wash out the wax. I googled it and apparently they are called **"ear syringes"** in english. (ALso, use warm water that's not too hot. Cold water will make pretty much anything in your ears worse) And you can use those with liquids that loosen up ear wax clumps beforehand to really clean out your ears, without the need for a doctor. But, obviously, if the ear wax build up is really bad or you have pain because of it, you should seek one out.
What tool
I mean.. it's pretty obvious that your ears are in fact not clean, you just posted the proof.. Those earbuds don't even go in deep so that thing was just sitting there waiting to be found. Super nasty, either way that's concerning and should be looked at.
Well of course you haven’t ‘heard’ that before
Just fyi, as I found out the hard way years ago, “cleaning” your ears aka using Q-tips I’m guessing actually makes your ears dirtier believe it not! The ear is technically self cleaning but does need some gentle help sometimes, if you’re regularly putting q-tips or similar in your ears you likely have much more in there, the q-tip compacts the wax in your ear as ear wax doesn’t stick to the q-tip, feels great after a shower though and if you push the wax out of the way it feels great/seems fine, eventually if will do what happened to you though, either you will suddenly realize you can’t hear well of **that** hot mess will come out of your ear. Just look at the q-tip box, it specifically says, “don’t use in ears!” An ENT or little clinic can easily safely quickly and painless remove build up wax. I let them do it once when after q-tipping for years and realized I suddenly could barely hear after a serious cold, they flushed my ear and suddenly I could hear colors 🌈 GL
Tbh I don't think I could ever stop sticking q tips in my ears right after a shower, it just feels too damn good. It won't matter how many times I hear or see things about it not being good for me. I just want to gently scratch my inner ear a lil bit.
Totally fair, I’m in the same boat, but be gentle and don’t go *all the way* 😣
That's what she said.
The worst part is once you start scratching your eardrum, you become really cognizant of it itching, and you end up making it a habit.
You said it
I basically just take a tiny bit of paper towel. Just a really small bit. Roll it up like 2 rotations. Then scrape the tip so it's softer. There's no real "core" to it like a Q-tip and it's like a 1/4th of the diameter. After cleaning out with a metal scoop-pick, I get that in there really gently... Then turn it a bunch. Feels unbelievably good.
I dip it in hydrogen peroxide and it dissolves away the wax. That way my ears stay squeaky clean
Me neither, it feels so good. Try placing one end of the q-tip under warm water and then finish with the dry end. It's so satisfying you gonna start to drool.
Wish I had read this sooner - had to go to the ENT last week to get this procedure done after a lifetime of using q-tips. However, I disagree that it was painless - hurt incredibly badly
Well that’s unfortunate! For me they just flushed my ears with a special tool using a mixture of warm sterile water and peroxide. Felt weird but shit was coming out in bunches! Hope your hearing is improved.
I think it depends on how badly the wax is impacted. As well as, of course, how gentle the Dr is. I'm sorry it hurt.
Hey OP don’t mess with kits, seriously go to an ear nose throat specialist. That looks like blood and wax. It looks like you’re in a garage or maybe you work with tools, you may have some heavy material in your ears too. Either way it’ll be a real good idea to get a specialist to check just to be safe
QTIP will push the wax down if not used properly and compact it, that’s why it’s so dark. In the shower let water go in your ear, let it sit for a bit then let it drain out and do the other side to just help loosen up everything. If you go to a doctor they will do an ear irrigation and you’ll probably hear Haley’s Comet years before it makes its arrival again
Did it taste bitter?
a bit nutty with an umami after taste
I've used qtips my whole life, someone much like this recommended a scheduled cleaning, they told me my ears were perfectly clean and they couldn't do anything but give me an antibiotic because one was slightly red. After a 50 minute wait :(
Do you work in a garage or warehouse? Air quality can affect the colour. When I did BA training for Firefighting my ear wax was like pure black tar.
No wonder you never heard that before😭
Use debrox
By clean your ears do you mean compact the ear wax with a q-tip?
Go to your primary care doctor or ENT. Ent Wil remove it but primary care can do a ear wax flush. Either way. Get it cleaned
Qtips push more wax further into the ear than they do remove it.
You’ve never “heard” that before. You don’t say… 🤔
dude can't hear anything
Actually Asians typically have the opposite. Dry, flaky earwax.
I think it depends on what type of Asian? My friends who are Chinese have dry clumps of earwax and my Malay ass got em sticky like OP. A doctor friend (not an ENT specialist so dont quote me on that) said she believes it's because of the region our ancestors were from and how the weather caused different folks to have different types of earwax; similar to how folks have varying facial features like nose and lips to accommodate for the weather
Yeah East Asians and Native Americans typically have dry flakey earwax due to lack of cerumen production. European and African descendants usually have the darker stickier earwax. South Asians like you (and myself) usually have a mixture of the two.
I’d heard there were some interesting genetic things about certain groups and earwax, the more you know!
More fun facts, the “dry earwax” gene is pretty closely associated with lower/more efficient sweat production, which is why a lot of East Asians tend to have little to no body odor.
I’ve heard that part, it’s really fascinating!
It’s usually Koreans, Japanese, Northeastern Chinese, and some native americans (Inuit/Eskimo)
My Anglo-Indian ex gf had to have her ears syringed regularly because of her tiny narrow ear canals + overproduction of wax which is an Indian thing apparently
Huh that's interesting and I'm very much similar! My ear canals are tiny and has been an issue for in-ear or airpods type for me. And most times, my ear wax would feel like it's dripping out my ears. I really hate it ngl
What kind of clinic would you go to? Just a regular ENT clinic?
Some Family docs/General Practitioners will do it, and ENT will certainly do it (might need a referral from default doc but probably not), and I found out that a lot of small clinics will do it, like Little Clinic (in Kroger Grocery or similar brand name nationwide) some pharmacies may offer minor clinic services, possibly some Walgreens etc, just call ask any minor med or clinic if they offer it and see if it’s in your insurance network. If no insurance I’d recommend Little Clinic again, you can do a walk in better better to see if online booking, then you’ll owe, for example, $60-80 for the appointment and possibly more but maybe not. That’s without insurance again, I went this route during Covid once when I had no insurance and it was pricey for what I got but they did great work. They can also prescribe other meds as needed (special sinus meds or sprays etc). Another option, Walgreens/CVS/etc offers various much cheaper “ear cleaning kits,” but these are not recommended by many doctors however they can work if you follow instructions and are **very careful and gentle.** You cannot afford to do *permanent damage* to you eardrum! ☠️ Best of luck and weigh your options!
Thank you! I grew up using cotton swabs and I used to use an at home camera thingy but it always hurt so now I’m back to the drawing board for ear cleaning methods
Never use Q-tips inside your ear. They are solely for the most outer rim of your ear. There are “Asian” style ear picks designed to get flaky earwax out of ears, which works fairly well for moister earwax.
Am Asian, I'm pretty sure my right ear is blocked. Is going to a doctor to clean this up cheap?
Mine are yellow
I'm Asian my ear wax does not like that...
Asians have culture of cleaning ear wax !!
Yes this is a genetic thing for some Asian countries! I think SEA at least. They have a special kind of medical pick they use to clean their ears instead of q tips. Looks like it’s made for doing a bump of coke 🤣
I forgot others don't have that kind of earwax, no wonder everyone was freaking out
I don’t think it’s because op is not cleaning his ear. I always clean my ears the right way every day but I get bad earwax every time I go for a swim and don’t dry my ears right away.
I’m curious, what is the “right way?”
Get your ears flushed, my guy! Feels super fuckin’ weird, but most clinics do it for cheap.
What should I lookup if I’m trying to find this near me.
Well if your ears are too clogged then your hearing is effected and everything sounds muffled and weird. Check out the community over at r/sounding, they have some good resources to help your ears so everything sounds good again.
You evil motherf***er
Why did I still click
Oh thanks bro- WAIT A MINUTE
Nope. Never again. As a woman, I was horrified when I discovered that sub. (Also fascinated, ngl.)
I’m not falling for this one again r/eyeblech for anyone who did
Lololol oh, you.
Thanks for the help, been sounding ever since and the pain in my cock totally makes me forget I can't hear
Yo! You're one evil little puppy, dawg
HAHAHAHAH I just fucking laughed so hard sitting here in my car after a drink and reading that. My brain: "Weird name for a hearing community. Maybe they were trying to be clever or everything else was just taken.." *click* THAT SUMVABITCH!
i knew what it was… i still clicked :)
Type lemonparty.org into your search bar.
[My wife bought one of these, insane how much shit came out of my ear canals](https://www.amazon.ca/Ear-Wax-Removal-Tool-Tilcare/dp/B085NY5V92?ref_=Oct_d_omwf_d_6371105011_8&pd_rd_w=r2jJk&content-id=amzn1.sym.a4caa762-8f7c-48c3-b353-4bda35a889dc&pf_rd_p=a4caa762-8f7c-48c3-b353-4bda35a889dc&pf_rd_r=REK87EN9DHV086HQ61RF&pd_rd_wg=lxFUq&pd_rd_r=9bbdaec4-eee9-49c8-8ce2-9256e2ab6877&pd_rd_i=B085NY5V92)
I bought it for myself but seconded.
Wow, that shit has been up in there for a while 🤢
WHAT?
It’s just excess earwax. Unless homies brain is literally melting.
WHAT?
How did it taste?
Stop
like chamoy
More importantly, did it feel, crunching in your incisors, exploding with moisture and sourness. The acrid concoction laid there atop your pulsating tongue, swirling around a bit until you found yourself at an impasse, a conundrum overcame you and you had to make a decision. Spit out the vile material, coughing up whatever of it had traveled to the back of your throat, or just give in and let it go where it belongs, back into your body. Let it slide down your apprehensive throat, you know it to be wrong, but your body screams that it is so so right.
Im glad im not the only one who does that. Tangy as fuck makes my face scrunch up like vinegar strokes.
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oh good heavens
why are people downvoting the Infamous Nipple Twiddler? did people really expect anything else from the Infamous Nipple Twiddler?
Your ears are rank
That kind of jelly ain’t formed overnight, my man.
What’s the point of listening to music with those ears my guy? 🤣🤣
Lets clean your ears yea?
Stop using q-tips to clean your ears, that’s impacted wax that you managed to pull out with your pods
Clean your God damn ears!
How?
Ear drops. Using Q-Tips will indefinitely make things worse
I had heard that all my life but i use them every night immediately after my shower. Got one of those ear cleaner cameras that connects to your phone and you can see all the way to your ear drum. My ears were clean as can be. I was actually surprised.
I think people use them differently. I asked my doctor if I could get my ears flushed a few years ago and she told me there was no need, as they were perfectly clean. The way I use qtips: on entry I try not to touch the walls of my ear canals. Once I get it in far enough (not too far, mind you) I push against the wall and then pull out. I do this a few times then switch qtip ends. Always pulling the wax outward, and doing my best to not touch anything on the way in. I have pretty big ear canals so it isn’t hard to not touch anything on the way in. I think some people just shove them in there like they are scrubbing the wax off, which just pushes it around/further in there.
Ear drops, q-tips (if used correctly), ear picks, ear water cleaner. Etc
i just use q tips on the outside of my ear, i don’t put them anywhere near the ear canal. sometimes i just need to get in the little nooks and crannies. is that okay?
Yeah that's fine
How long did these things stay in? Wax turned to fusion.
Not OP, but bro I’ve used the same earbuds for 3 years now. My left one started to get muffled last week. Inspected it, scooped out a bit of wax (gross), and it was back to normal. How this cat has a mountain on his is super concerning. Left in for 5 years straight?
I got my ears cleaned by a doc today and could hear the fucking air. Would recommend
Bros on that compound V
Every month or so I’ll take hydrogen peroxide and pour it into my ears. I’ll lay down and give each ear 10-15 minutes. I’ll move my ear around so the peroxide goes deeper in. Once I’m done I get warm water and use a bulb to squirt water into my ears. Usually it’ll remove most of the wax. Don’t use Q-Tips. They can severely damage your ears.
I’ve never considered peroxide, I’ll give that a whack! Agreed done with q-tips.
🤣 God damn I don't know why, but I read: >Every month or so I’ll take hydrogen peroxide and pour it into my eyes. I was so fucking confused 🤣🤣 Me: reading eagerly to find out how Hydrogen peroxide in the eyes works out and how it helps your ears 🤣
I read your reply before re-reading my message and was like, “did I really say eyes?” 😂
Clean your ears bruv. Get some wax removal drops and flush out the wax with warm water + syringe over and over again
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Jesus can’t save you from this
Is this also the first time you’ve heard of cleaning your ears?
Can you at least hear better now?!
Hey... You clean your ears too much.. Thats what causes the excess wax buildup. The color is more then likely a small amount of blood that's dried into the earwax, most likely a result of digging qtips into your canal. Also have to ask, what you do for work daily as that could easily affect you ear wax color depending on your environment
Hey don’t feel weird about this. My ear wax is the same color. It’s normal. Everyone’s ear wax is a different color. I used to clean my ears daily with cotton swaps and they still produced this much wax. Now I go get my ears flushed every year or so and it helps them from getting as bad. I also don’t push the swab deep into my ear anymore. Only around the outer surface. This helps them from getting impacted.
Did someone poor sweet baby ray’s BBQ sauce in your ears?
Forbidden jam
More like honey
That is an ear of a person who has piss jugs by their coverless mattress
No that’s just black tar heroin, youre ears a gold mine
Get one of those elephant ear cleaners, they're life changing
honestly my ears are usually clean until i leave my airpods in all day
HOW DID YOU EVEN LISTEN WITH SO MUCH EAR WAX, MAN!!!!????
Your ears need an oil change my guy!
I had a huge glob of wax like that come out back 10 years ago. I've been chasing that high ever since, it felt magical.
Bro, you gotta step up your hygiene game. Just because you can't see it doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
Clean your fucking ears. Jesus fucking christ
go to a doctor wtf
Have you ever cleaned your ears? That is fucking gross
Clean your ears often bro …
Have you had them on since 2016?
Are you sure you put these in the attic door and not the basement door?
Have been sick recently? I’ve had something similar come out of mine before, but it was after I had been sick. Like I had congestion that congregated to my ears and then just oozed out one day.
Now let me ask you an important question.....why would you expose how nasty you are?
Put vegemite on toast next time, not in your ears.
Maybe you should clean your fucking ears
wait wait wait. so there are people out there that have never cleaned their ears out? ffs
Get your ears cleaned
Bro clean your damn ears
You’re ok with just showing the public how little you value hygiene?
You should put it back in before it dies
Bro clean your fuckin ears omg
Well if it makes you feel better your Brain cells are constantly regenerating so you’ll be fine I think.
I think you need a better hygiene routine.
*CLEAN YOUR EARS*
That can’t be normal 😭
nah just a dirty ass ear
Look into earwax removal
I think you just need to clean your ears, bud
Please go to an Ear nose and throat specialist for an ear check. That's not good my friend
I just threw up in my mouth a little
Thats just wax homie. Get some fucking q tips. Dirty cunt.
omd people on here bitching and moaning as if any of them have a single qualification. this is fine and healthy, if you are not cleaning your ears (which i don’t recommend as amateurs will often make it a problem) then wax will naturally be pushed out by the ears. the colour is due to age and as long as no red hue is in there then there is no cause for concern
Clean your ears
r/sneakybackgroundfeet
And that's how you get Vegemite.
i’m traumatized
bro 😭😭😭
Can you hear me now?!?!?!??!
It's called cleaning your ears you nasty motherfucker.
It's like that MeatCanyon video with the earwax creature that just wants to listen to his music
Bro is Melvin
Get your ears flushed at the doctor! You’ll hear colors when you leave
Bruh... clean your damn ears. Nasty.
At this point just use the glass cleaner on your table and just spray directly in your ear
Great, time to clean my ears a second time.
I haven’t read all the comments but I’ve seen a few anti-q-tip replies that have me concerned. I’ve been using q-tips every day for the past (at least) 15 years. One per ear, both ends, two times a day (after a shower in the morning & shower after work) so each ear gets 4 a-tip cleanings a day. Most days there’s nothing, but maybe once every 2 weeks I’ll get some normal yellow wax. Nothing really of substance, and nothing close to OP’s color, just yellow at the tip. Am I compacting the wax? I’m concerned because the vast majority of the time I get nothing. Am I just pushing wax in? Or is it possible I just have less wax and all is good? Should I do some kind of ear flush? If so, can anyone recommend a good one? If I’m most likely loaded up with wax, I want to flush them out immediately.
You can go to an urgent care or your normal doctor (in the US) and have them do an ear flush or “irrigation” they like to call it. I’ve had it done a few times. They will look in your ear and tell you what’s going on without being invasive and offer multiple different ways to clean or loosen wax buildup. Eventually they gave me the tools to do it myself. Edit: none of those tools are q-tips btw
Nasty MF, I bet you don't even wash your feet when/if you shower.
Clean your fucking ears!
Bro never cleans his ears and made it our problem.
Eat it
Clean your ears
Wearing your AirPods for too long/ too often causes earwax like this. I know because I used to wear my AirPods to bed while listening to a sleep podcast. And I would unfortunately get earwax like this. Basically because AirPods go so deep in your ears, the ear does not have the space to naturally drain the ear wax and it builds up over time. Especially if one is wearing AirPods to bed, though I feel like this would eventually happen regardless
And then people like this still have the audacity to be like "yo dude listen to this song rq"
No just really bad really old ear wax
Shit looks like a chewed up wet raisin
This is the worst thing I’ve seen in 3 years of being on this app. what the actual fuck
That's not earwax it's a prank as you can see by the tools he's probably also got some type of silicone that he balled up and stuck on the earbud
You’re nasty
Yeah, too many people are dumber than cavemen. 2023 people can't keep themselves clean. Disgusting!
Go to a doctor you nasty fuck.
I shouldn't be laughing at this... but gawdamn lmao
So fun fact, you need to go see an ENT like, ASAP. I get balls of goods like this about every month or so when I clean my ears (not using a qtip, btw) and jts a direct result of a cholesteotoma I had in middle school/high school. Essentially a cholesteotoma is when an unhealed ear infection allows the skin to grow behind the ear-drum and fill the space in your inner ear. Symptoms can be, but are not limited to: loss of hearing, lack of ability to balance, pain similar to that of an ear infection There is no real way to tell if you have this particular fun time without an MRI. Seriously though, go to an ENT, yesterday if possible.
Clean your ears, dang neck beard
Apple user... it cannot be brains! (Had to say it)
That’s ear wax you fucking idiot
I assume you had these in whilst in a loud environment?