A fellow cycle tourist suggested hydrogen peroxide solution, dripped into the ear using a syringe. I tried it once because the commercial options were not helping and my goodness but it worked. It crackles and tickles for fifteen minutes and you have to scoosh the ear out afterwards.
Have to debunk the theory that earwax removal is no longer available on the NHS.
I am doing my olive oil drops as I speak ready for my appointment at my local NHS surgery next week. They use the water method and it is usually done by the sister / nurse.
Certainly some surgeries stopped it during COVID but ours has definitely resumed it.
My experience with Specsavers was excellent. Cost is £60 and uses micro suction, I needed 2 visits (no extra cost) to clear the wax in my left ear.
Specsavers recommend Earol, use this daily for at least a week before you go, helps soften the wax prior to suction.
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Does feel rough to remove a medical health thing like that from the service we all pay for…but then the NHS is rather a bottomless pit to throw money into…..& syringing ears is an easy thing for other businesses to take on, perhaps 🤷♂️
I use Earole for 2 weeks then use a round rubber squeezy thing to squirt water into the ear. Looks disgusting what comes out sometimes how someone can do that for a living I don’t know. My GP won’t do them.
Have to debunk the theory that earwax removal is no longer available on the NHS.
I am doing my olive oil drops as I speak ready for my appointment at my local NHS surgery next week. They use the water method and it is usually done by the sister / nurse.
Certainly some surgeries stopped it during COVID but ours has definitely resumed it.
Anyone got any hot tips for DIY removal?
something popped/clogged in the shower and am now near enough deaf in one ear.
should have attended to before I suppose as my hearing has been wonky for a fair old while, but I suppose I was wary of tinkering - if it aint really broke don't try to fix it.
And now turns out that the other ear is also now very suboptimal.
Am now on the verge of deafness.
Though I won't be touching that until other sorted.
linked, a bit of online research seems to suggest that it is now rather hard/possibly even impossible to get this sorted at your local GP on the NHS.
True?
If so I find this truly shocking.
Have had this very simple procedure done two or three times in my life and it transformed my hearing, for me then to never trouble the NHS for years for whatever reason.
over to you nice folks, though please no suggestions about the wonders of GT85.
can I/we ask where you are?