Home remedies for ear wax

[Barry 1]

Have you tried Smart Swab !

 

[jack707]

I got more wax out with olive oil then with debrox!.

 

[Deere Dude]

It is frowned upon on the internet. But my wife has "candled " my ears which is a home remedy from Amish in Ohio that she learned.
It's basically a hollow candle that I lay my head in her lap and she holds a hollow candle in my ear for a bit that the heat (in theory) melts wax and the updraft pulls the wax up into the candle.
Yes. The internet says it's dangerous and hogwash. So don't do it just because I do!
I have seen the wax pulled into the candle though and can hear better whenever it has been done I think.
The only problem I have is that the combination of the warm heat and a comfortable lap to lay in makes me fall asleep every time!

I have no doubt that candling works sometimes.
While working in a tractor manufacturing plant we had a health seminar at the union hall. We were shown all kinds of health tricks and one trick was candling. This was done for two seminars but I never had it done. On the second seminar they had to call the rescue squad to haul a gal to the hospital because the wax dripped into her ear and messed it up. No more candling on the property.

 

[TemporaryKubotaOwnerMark]

The only problem I have is that the combination of the warm heat and a comfortable lap to lay in makes me fall asleep every time!

I'm not seeing a downside here....

 

[RedNeckGeek]

My ear wax is hard and dry, and olive oil soaks don't seem to do much to soften it. Ended up going to the doctor's office where the nurse used an ultrasonic cleaner. I couldn't believe how much wax came out. Now I go in every year for treatment. YMMV...

 

[JFoy]

...."I simply tilt my head,, add a cap-full of hydrogen peroxide (NOT the rocket fuel)
and wait,, when the bubbling stops, tilt your head the other way and repeat."

I use the hydrogen peroxide too. I have to lay down on the couch or floor because all that bubbling makes me dizzy and a little nauseous too. I mean flat out dizzy too.

The reason you get dizzy is because of the cool temp of the H2O2. Putting cold fluid in one ear but not both ears at a time causes this. So, heat the H2O2 bottle in a bath of warm to hot water first. Try to get up to body temp. It works fine after that.