clean your ears?

I do it too much cos I LOVE the feel of it but I keep getting a sore ear (wisdom teeth I think are not helping with that!!)

so how often do you do it and how often is ok?

I do it every time ive had a bath or shower, umm i love it too!

this is a bit gross but last week i had an itchy inside my ear and it was minging i realisesd i hadn't cleaned them since i had Arwyn

I clean them quite often because I love the feeling too.

Simon never uses cotton buds - apparantly the doctor told him they are really bad because they push the wax further down, so Simon wont use them, he's had to have his ears syringed twice and I use them and never had any problems with my ears xx

every two days, or
do it with a baby
wipe and your
finger

yeah every time I have a bath or shower. I love the feeling too hehe thought I was a weirdo!! phew xxx

oohh no idea, all the time lol - especially in the morning I like to do it as your ears are warm and clean better!

lol I would do it every day but I got an ear infection and haven't been able to do it much since

Susan what does Simon use instead of cotton buds?

I have to wear ear plugs when in the bath/shower and was told not to use cotton buds so every few days I use some ear drops instead

Doctors say not to put anything smaller than your elbow in your ear lol.

I wipe round the outside and the flappy bit (pmsl) just not inside (the hole bit pmsl). But that only because I've had a lot of problems with my ears x

LisaGandAmelia wrote:

Doctors say not to put anything smaller than your elbow in your ear lol.

I wipe round the outside and the flappy bit (pmsl) just not inside (the hole bit pmsl). But that only because I've had a lot of problems with my ears x

doctor told me that years ago after an ear infection so I don't use them either.

I do mine far to often, I cant stand having water in my ears after washing my hair either. So twice a day for me xx

I think it is dependant on what sort of wax you get. Genetically you will get one of two types. Wet - the brown sticky stuff that kinda leaks out so needs cleaning a fair bit or, Dry - the powdery yellow/pale brown stuff that sort of falls out on its own in flakes, doesn't need cleaning as much and don't use cotton buds as it is more likely to push in and compact and need syringing.

I have the dry stuff so don't need to clean very often. Always have a good wipe round when having a wash. I sometimes feel a little bit come out and might have a little poke to see if any more is loose.

xx

Dont even get me started on the old ears! I clean them constantly! I have excema in both ears down the ear canal so they itch constantly, and i have a perforated ear drum in one so can hardly hear out of it. I get really bad build ups of wax so have to have them shrynged often and i love anything loud that makes my eardrums vibrate cause it itches them!! Ooh i have quite a few ear issues

mara wrote:

and i love anything loud that makes my eardrums vibrate cause it itches them!!

lol

at this thread!

About once a week x

everytime i shower i do it, or if i think they're a lil icky then i'll grab a baby wipe and clean them

I have always cleaned mine often and have never had an ear infection my entire life - so not sure I believe the doctors...besides - if I don't clean them often they feel funny!

Maybe it show you clean them? I don't ram it right in, only just in

Oh and Chocolate Tart - no bigger than an elbow?! That rules out ear sex then really doesn't it

mummajade wrote:

lol I would do it every day but I got an ear infection and haven't been able to do it much since

Susan what does Simon use instead of cotton buds?

he reckons he just tips his head under the shower and that cleans them

LOL..everytime I have a bath..I just use the swabs to clean the water out of my ears..don't go digging for gold!

about once a month? i never clean my ears but have the cleanest ears around!! ears are meant to be self cleaning. gav cleans his all the time and are always waxy but i never get ear wax x

Quite often lol. My oh doesnt as he has problems with wax build up and has to have them shringed often. Anyond tried hopi ear candles???

Ear candling..yep..it feels really weird. I didn't do it to myself..but I did notice a difference after it was done. Weird how a candle can suck the wax out of your ear. xxx