How to Clear Ear Wax Safely and Easily at Home

Ear supposed to be cleaned yourself and it’s important to know how to remove ear wax safely at home rather than applying risky tricks. Formation of wax inside ears is a natural process and generally is harmless but excess dry or sticky wax can cause buildup and you can feel fullness, itching, tinnitus, small loss of hearing or infection inside ear.

There are number of methods and tools available in market but serious care needed while choosing any ear wax removal home remedy as inner part of ear is very sensitive and inserting anything or cleaning ear wax with any aggressive method can cause injury to ear drum or cause internal infection. But before knowing about safe ear wax removal home remedies it is important to know some important fact to make you understand better how to remove ear wax.

Building of Wax inside Ears

Ear wax is medically known as cerumen, is part of ear’s own cleaning system to prevent outer dust, bacteria, dirt etc to enter inside ear canal and to take them out. Wax forms naturally and continuously inside ear canal and pushed out automatically by the movement of jaw slowly. After coming out of ear canal it generally dries at the ear opening and flakes out even without you noticing.

Doctors suggest Ear wax is not harmful and should be left alone unless it cause bothersome symptoms but the process is not always smooth. Sometimes excess wax dries and sticks inside and cause wax buildup and here you need to do something to remove it. Below are some safe ear wax removal home remedies to follow.

How to remove ear wax safely at home?

You just need to soften the excess and dried wax at ear opening and it wax will come out automatically or can flushed out by irrigation.

• You can use drops of baby oil, mineral oil, glycerin or hydrogen peroxide to soften the wax. But remember, never use hydrogen above 3% concentration.
• After softening up, wax usually comes out of ear automatically by natural process or you can flush it out with saline spray (available at medical store) or water at room temperature.
• To flush ear wax with water just expose your ear against shower jet, let water soak for a while and tilt your head to let water come out of ear. Or you can use bulb syringe to flush water through ear. 

How to prevent ear wax buildup?

Doctors suggest, just keeping wax exposed to moisture is enough to prevent wax building up. Actually, you need to prevent excess wax from drying and hardening at ear opening and you can just run water through ear everyday while taking shower for that. But never let water stuck inside ear.

Regular Swimmers and underwater divers always have clean ears out of excess wax.

Prevention Tips and Warning

• The inner part of ear is very sensitive a great care needed while using ear wax removal methods at home. Points to be avoided are:-
• Never insert any sharp or pointed object inside ear, it can damage ear drum, even purse it and can cause inner infection
• Never insert cotton swabs into ear canal, just use them to clean exposed and visible wax at the ear opening. Inserting ear swabs can push excess harden wax back into ear canal and can become impact which further can cause severe problems.
• Never use cold water and strong jet to flush out ear wax. Cold water can cause dizziness and strong jet can damage ear drum.
• Never use other advance method like suction at home. Leave it to professionals.
• Never use any acidic liquid to soften the ear wax inside ear. You can use Hydrogen Peroxide but make sure that the concentration is below 3% otherwise baby oil, glycerin and mineral oil is also effective.
• Avoid using hot oil inside ear, it can burn sensitive skin inside and can cause infection.