Blocked ears, try this.

For some reason I only have a build up of wax in my right ear so I put olive oil in it every so often.

MayBee70

For some reason I only have a build up of wax in my right ear so I put olive oil in it every so often.

I think it becomes more common as we get older as the wax can get drier. I posted this because I've used olive oil in the past to soften wax prior to having it syringed, but I've never used this much oil and left it in for so long and it was extremely effective. The hydrogen peroxide based products that I tried had no effect at all.

This has always been the way we have cleared ear wax buildup....

Fleur20

This has always been the way we have cleared ear wax buildup....

Not something I've suffered with and when I googled it the NHS help line said use 2 or 3 drops of oil not 1-2mls of warm oil!

I thought everyone used olive oil for ear wax.

I squirt loads in! Takes a few days for the wax to rise to the top, though. I sometimes wonder how I can hear at all the amount that comes out! But only in the one ear.( it’s quite Shrek like )

I’ve been having my ears syringed, now microsuctioned, almost yearly since I was 14, my GP advised olive oil years ago, now Earol, which is olive oil based.
If you saw what comes out of mine yuck!!

MerylStreep

I thought everyone used olive oil for ear wax.

That's the only reason we had olive oil in the house when I was a child.
It was a small bottle kept in the bathroom cabinet, not a large bottle in the kitchen food cupboard.

I must admit I haven't tried it for years but I might try it on DH, he doesn't seem to hear anything I say, or he mishears it.

They don't syringe at our surgery any more, Jaxjacky.

I did have mine 'hoovered out' once. It was lovely!

When I was young everyone used warm olive oil for earache and ear wax. You could only get it from the chemist in a little brown bottle with a cork stopper. I am not ancient only 65. Seems the old remedies are still working.

Is mine the only family that used almond oil not olive oil? That also came from the chemist not the grocer

For years my GP advised almond oil and we always kept some in the medicine cabinet. Recently olive oil has been prescribed.

My Gp surgery will do suction but won't syringe and only when a patient has tried the method I posted. Apparently most people find it works so well they don't need to have the suction. I'd tried the 2/3 drops of olive oil method as well as the hydrogen peroxide based drops but they weren't having any effect. This method was so effective, which is why I posted about it as I thought it might help a few people and save them money as I know some GP surgery's don't do suction and patients pay privately to get their ears cleared. Preferably use an unopened bottle of olive oil so it's clean and I warmed the oil in an egg cup in the microwave. It was such a relief as my hearing was so badly affected and I was having balance problems.

Thank you @foxie48 I didn’t know this method

Local surgery just refer people to private firms now for ear syringing or suction - another thing that we have to now pay extra for.

My audiologist recommends this method, but advises using medicinal olive oil (cheaply available from chemists and online) and not "culinary" olive oils.

Thanks foxie48 - I often have earwax build up and used to have my ears syringed. Last year I paid privately (£60) to have the micro suction method, but now I’ll try what you’ve suggested. 👍😎

You can get an olive oil spray especially for ear problems - no need to lie down while it does its work and it gets to the little areas that drops don't quite reach

Bicarbonate of soda drops did a wonderful job getting rid of my earwax..

my gran used to do this to me when i was young, that was 50 years ago. she always had castor oil, haliborange, syrup of figs, andrews liver salts and olive oil, she never seemed to run out of those items.

I use olive oil weekly once a week in my ears and I bought this plastic syringe from Amazon few years ago and all you do is put warm water in it and push water into your ear and it runs down your canal and any wax is removed it’s so simple yet it works brilliant I normally use it in the shower with my shower water. Cost me couple of quid my youngest was suffering and I got him one and it worked great for him so now daughter inlaw uses it every week on them all

A GP I worked for 20+ years ago always recommend warmed olive oil into ear, then lying on side for 10 mins to let oil drain down into the ear(wax) and then turn over with ear on a towel so that whatever had loosened in the ear came out on to the towel. Repeat, as required.

I used to be a Practice Nurse - I told all my patients if you can eat the oil(use it in cooking etc) you can use it in your ears, not everyone has Olive oil to hand, but the same process as OP suggests 👍🏻

My husband had an ear operation 50 years ago, unfortunately it was not successful, but the surgeon told him to use Bicarb drops in the ear when the wax built up and he has been doing that regularly when required.