I don't have an answer but I'm just curious if you're looking for candeling or something more medical-y?

https://youtu.be/EAhjHmPewvg I need to do something like this

Go to an ENT doctor. They will help you out. Candeling is not real.

Makes sense thanks

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I'm also interested in this and those other kinds of spa treatments that show up on ASMR videos.

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this in philly? just tried googling.

I had an ear clog when I was in my early 20s and saw ear candeling at the PA Renfaire and after they were done I couldn’t hear anything at all for two weeks.

It happened again and I went to the Rite Aid minute clinic and they flushed it out and gave me some drops and I could hear better than I ever had in my life.

Yeah no. Lose your hearing at one of these fly by night places. Fuck that.

Mnnnn makes sense

Literally just go to your doctor. They will flush it with saline or warm water and it will feel glorious and everything will sound like it’s in stereo after.

Yeah your right

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I bought an ear cam! Lol I have a weird obsession with cleaning my ears and close family/ friends 😭 best investment ever

Minute clinic at CVS does it and it's reasonably cheap

Don’t need ENT for this, most primary care docs can do if

I also have one of these and it’s awesome

go to urgent care dont stick anything in your ears. leave it to the professionals

Your eardrum is about as thick as a couple of tissues and is very easy to perforate. Please don't stick anything it or do something like candling. Go to your GP or an ENT to get it done. If you want to avoid the doctor, use Debrox and when you're in the shower, let the water run into your ear and drain it. This is my field.

Go to your closest CVS and get this.

https://www.cvs.com/shop/cvs-health-fast-acting-ear-wax-removal-system-prodid-999532

You put drops in your ears to loosen everything up, then you flush it with warm water from a bulb syringe. Works every time. This is coming from someone who's always had bad ear buildup due to dry wax.

No, just buy a set of curettes. The US is the most litigious about this shit, and forgets that a lot of people genetically have ear wax that needs to be tended to very regularly. 6 bucks off Amazon to change your life.

Why aren't curettes recommended? Internationally they're used but here we're anal about pushing multistep solutions that barely work.

Once every couple weeks and you’re good.

You took a medical issue to the fucking Renaissance Faire!

Uh no I was at Renfaire for the wine, food and to smoke cigarettes while riding on an elephant. Ear was a little clogged and I saw the candle thing thought the candling tent there so I gave it a shot . Made it way worse though would not recommend.

For the same reason I stated above. Its SO easy to tear your eardrum and then you have a temporary hearing loss and a lot of pain.

I don't think it's a very patient centric POV to eliminate relief options and stray away from optimizing them because of off chances like that. I think the high incidence rate of people pushing earwax further in using whatever tool is easily available helps prove that all you're doing is encouraging those with high buildup to get desperate.

I think it's more realistic to recommend, provide and optimize tools for self cleaning than pretend that most people are going to visit the doctor every time their ears are built up (which for some people like me is a weekly occurrence at a minimum).

I also said the medicine to use and to flush it out under the shower head. Do what you want. I've seen bursts a lot, so I'm just talking from my experience