My aunt’s right ear produces much more wax than the left one and it’s more hairy as well, moreover both canals are narrow. Last year the doctor visited her and cleaned her ears and said the cause of wax is hearing aids so I think it’ll be a never ending battle against ear wax because aids are necessary for her. As said above I met her yesterday and I saw her right ear’s wax was spreaded circularly on the ear walls occluding about the third part of the canal. I asked her if nurses cleaned her by the syringe method last week and she answered they didn’t, they just used a “sock”! I talked to the rest home’s owner -which is another nurse- and he said: “the canal is free, we used the syringe method”. What a liar! I know the shape of wax removed by warm water spray.
Tomorrow I’ll take her out for a visit (to pump up her hearing aids volume) and I’ll clean her right ear by myself hoping the wax will be tender enough!
My aunt can’t afford money to pay a doctor every month for a professional wax removal and only putting drops does nothing. Here in Italy old people can book a visit to a public hospital for free but they have to wait a couple of months! Consider I booked this visit for her last month (visit + ears cleaning + audio tests) and the first available date will be on feb '22.
Amazing! I’ll stop using it immediately. So the alternatives are:
- Debrox: Glycerin; urea peroxide; aqua; propylene glycol; sodium lauroyl sarcosinate; citricacid.
- Carbamide peroxide based cleaners, but they’re difficult to find in my country.
This other product’s quite common here. It’s based on sweet almond oil, Blackcurrant Oil and many other ingredients that seem to be natural.
What do you think is better for ear wax, debrox or otosan?
About the bulb
Of course it can’t be opened to be cleaned from bacteria, fungus, mildew and so on, so how to keep it cleaned inside?
Anyway I’ll try with the bulb method for first but my curiosity about the spray bottle efficiency remains, I mean you can almost continuously pump 16.9oz (1/2 litre) of warm water inside your ears using a very small tip so you can get a quite high pressure.