r/earwax

Instant relieve I didnt even know was an issue!

Okay. Long story, one day my ears were so clogged a few years back I decided to use soap and water to clean. Ended up with otitis media. Round of antibiotics in both ears and I was fine. No more pain. Then the pain came back sometime after in my left ear only. Antibiotics didn’t help, oral or local. Everyone keeps irrigating my ear. It just makes it more sensitive after. Everyone keeps talking about how much wax my ears are producing. They clean it and it still hurts. It feels like a stabbing pain on and off but it doesn’t occur as much as it once did

I suspected it was my wisdom teeth. Got all 4 removed bc 2 were impacted. Not much of a difference. Today I decided to buy a camera just to clean my ears, I accepted the pain at this point. The ear looks like this. It’s like white gunk that just smells waxy. The ear looks raw and inflamed, not like my other ear. Could it be an infection that wasn’t resolved??

Ears were feeling itchy, felt so good to get these out! I was pleasantly surprised as I normally don't get enough earwax for anything satisfying, but this kind of mixed dried/goopy stuff was attached to the ear walls further in.

My left ear gets runny every couple of days. And like 2 weeks ago I was doing my daily cleaning, there seemed to be a hair and it scratched me causing me to bleed. I was really freaked out, didn't clean or use earbuds for the next two weeks. Here is the scab removal.

Used the camera device from Amazon.

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**These are my right and left ears. The first photo is my right ear and second is my left. Please ignore the angry red patches I accidentally hit the walls getting use to camera.**

Hello everyone. I'm not looking for medical advice but I just got a behind camera and I looked at my eardrums and it looks like there are holes in it or something.

Do they look normal or should I seek a professional opinion?

Thanks for help

Only slightly itchy but it’s like dry, scaly, scabby.

recently I switched to new earbuds with rubber that goes in the ear - occasionally I used them after the shower for long periods. is that the culprit? anyone have ears the look like this? thank you