Remove the wax plug from the ear

Earwax is essential to protect and lubricate the ear canals; without sufficient amounts of it, your ears will be too vulnerable to infection, injury, dryness, and itching. Too much earwax, however, can literally form a plug inside the ear canal, causing pain, tinnitus, and even partial hearing loss.

As a rule, earwax “blockages” are quite safe and can be quickly removed at home using pharmacy products.

How to remove ear wax using hydrogen peroxide

Here’s a simple, tried-and-true method. Prepare a solution of equal parts water and hydrogen peroxide. One teaspoon of each ingredient is usually sufficient. Pour the peroxide solution into a clean pipette. Heat the dropper to body temperature by holding it in the palm of your hand for a few minutes. This step is very important – otherwise the cold fluid in your ear may make you dizzy.

Tilt your head so that the ear from which you are going to remove the wax plug is pointing up. This will be easier if you are lying on the bed. Put three drops of peroxide solution into the affected ear, and pull the other ear up and back – this is necessary so that the ear canal straightens and the peroxide flows freely into it, reaching the accumulation of earwax. When you do this, you will feel that the peroxide solution has gone through the ear canal. The moment when it reaches the sulfur plug, you will recognize by the noise of the bubbles formed.

Wait a few minutes, and then place a dry, clean towel over the ear from which you just removed the wax plug. Tilt your head again so that the solution flows out of your ear onto the towel. Now take a regular plastic syringe, fill it with clean water and use it to flush out the remaining wax from your ear. You may need to repeat this unpleasant procedure several times, but this will definitely need to be done.