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You’re PCP office will do it

No but upon viewing it I'm liking it. I'll have to see if I can find some the next time I go to Walgreens.

I saw a sign at walgreens that they do it. I assume cvs is the same.

I had it done prob 20 yrs ago at a doctors office. Warm water and syringe flush…but…a good amount came out…

Which led me to this…basically just the outside part of the ear gets to touch the swab. While you can go crazy deep and pull some out, you get maybe 70% of it…the other 30% keeps getting pushed farther and farther back…and solidifying and accumulating.

The body has a way of slowly pushing the inner wax out on its own and it’s totally fine and normal. Swabs in the ear canal disrupt this natural outflow and lead to buildup.

Just swab the outside from now on.

If you decide to go to your pcp get some earwax softener drops and use them a week before the appointment helps a lot.

Do walk in clinics not provide ear cleaning anymore?

I didn't know they did in the first place.

Or mineral oil. My sons ENT dr has us use that.

Health care professionals will say not to use q tips at all, rinse with water when you’re in the shower, to avoided pushing the wax deeper and getting impacted, resulting in needing to go to the doctor to get it rinsed out.

Minute Clinic at CVS will do it