Ear candling

[georgegeorgia]

My ears have been hurting the last few days, possibly because of the flight I just took and build up of wax

 

I walked past a massage place yesterday offering ear candling 

It appears they put a hot 🔥 candle in your ear and it apparently melts the ear wax

 

I was tempted but decided not to

Are the barbers near Day Night area still offering ear cleaning?

 

I don't really want to go to Dr Oliver,I guess he would just offer medicine 

 

I think I need them cleaned professionally ,any ear cleaning clinics ?

Edited April 24 by georgegeorgia

[scubascuba3]

Go to a proper clinic, not a dodgy massage place. Dr Apichai, ENT specialist on 3rd road near North Pattaya Road is good, about 600-800, may charge per ear, mine was 600 just had a problem left ear. He vacuums the wax out. Check Googlemaps 

Edited April 24 by scubascuba3

[quake]

 a bottle of hydrogen peroxide from pharmacy or 7/11.

a few drips in ear, leave for a bout 5 minutes, wash ears out

repeat if needed. ( it will bubble and pop, that's normal )

Don't ear candle or let massage shops poke metal things in your ear.

Bangkok pattaya hospital will do it at a price, ( very expensive  )

 

 

Edited April 24 by quake

[it is what it is]

 

It appears they put a hot 🔥 candle in your ear and it apparently melts the ear wax

 

I was tempted but decided not to

 

very wise.

 

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/earwax-build-up/

[SAFETY FIRST]

41 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

clinics ?

There's a few around the intersection of 3rd road and Pattaya Tai. 

 

The two doctor clinics West of 3rd road. 

 

I had my ears syringed for I think 500 baht. 

[georgegeorgia]

34 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

There's a few around the intersection of 3rd road and Pattaya Tai. 

 

The two doctor clinics West of 3rd road. 

 

I had my ears syringed for I think 500 baht. 

Did it make any difference?

Did you hear better or not really?

[SAFETY FIRST]

7 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

Did it make any difference?

Did you hear better or not really?

Yes, lots of debris was removed. 

 

Big difference. 

 

 

[georgegeorgia]

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

Go to a proper clinic, not a dodgy massage place. Dr Apichai, ENT specialist on 3rd road near North Pattaya Road is good, about 600-800, may charge per ear, mine was 600 just had a problem left ear. He vacuums the wax out. Check Googlemaps 

I might try this guy today

See if I can get a appointment 

[jaywalker2]

7 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

Did it make any difference?

Did you hear better or not really?

You can do it yourself. Get a plastic syringe at a pharmacy, fill it with warm water, inject it into the ear. Tilt the head and hold it there for five or ten minutes.

[georgegeorgia]

Just now, jaywalker2 said:

You can do it yourself. Get a plastic syringe at a pharmacy, fill it with warm water, inject it into the ear. Tilt the head and hold it there for five or ten minutes.

I'm not confident enough

But your right , I guess I could if I tried it 

[quake]

hydrogen peroxide from pharmacy or 7/11. about 50 baht. 

[kinyara]

10 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

I might try this guy today

See if I can get a appointment 

 

There are no appointments as such, it is first come first served. I'd recommend getting there at 4.30 so you have a chance of getting the first number in the queue as is gets busy quick. Small waiting area inside and plastic chairs set up in the outside area beside the pavement.

[PJ71]

58 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Yes, lots of debris was removed. 

 

Big difference. 

 

 

What sort of debris, rubble and stuff?

[EVENKEEL]

1 hour ago, georgegeorgia said:

I'm not confident enough

But your right , I guess I could if I tried it 

I complained to my Doc in US about ear problem. Nurse had a basic squirt bottle with long tube attached filled with warm water. She basically flushed out the ear. In the small pan that collected water I could see quite a bit of sandy looking particles. Definitely worked. 

[herfiehandbag]

2 hours ago, quake said:

 a bottle of hydrogen peroxide from pharmacy or 7/11.

a few drips in ear, leave for a bout 5 minutes, wash ears out

repeat if needed. ( it will bubble and pop, that's normal )

Don't ear candle or let massage shops poke metal things in your ear.

Bangkok pattaya hospital will do it at a price, ( very expensive  )

 

 

With the added advantage that if, like many of us of a certain age, you have hair growing out of your ears, it will be a startling blonde colour!

[rexpotter]

Ear Candling is witchcraft. Get it irrigated.

[quake]

8 minutes ago, herfiehandbag said:

With the added advantage that if, like many of us of a certain age, you have hair growing out of your ears, it will be a startling blonde colour!

 

If you can grow it long.

maybe you could comb it up. look a bit like Paulie

Edited April 25 by quake

[jaywalker2]

1 hour ago, quake said:

hydrogen peroxide from pharmacy or 7/11. about 50 baht. 

The problem with hydrogen peroxide is that it doesn't really penetrate very far if the wax runs deep or is impacted. Plus, you're putting an acid in your ear, so you don't want to do it on a regular basis.

[quake]

2 minutes ago, jaywalker2 said:

The problem with hydrogen peroxide is that it doesn't really penetrate very far if the wax runs deep or is impacted. Plus, you're putting an acid in your ear, so you don't want to do it on a regular basis.

 

Never used anything else now days.

Works just fine for me.

maybe once a year, all good.

 

[gomangosteen]

1 hour ago, PJ71 said:

What sort of debris, rubble and stuff?

From the Father Ted tv show, using Father Jack's earwax to make church candles

Edited April 25 by gomangosteen

[georgegeorgia]

2 hours ago, kinyara said:

 

There are no appointments as such, it is first come first served. I'd recommend getting there at 4.30 so you have a chance of getting the first number in the queue as is gets busy quick. Small waiting area inside and plastic chairs set up in the outside area beside the pavement.

430? You mean in the afternoon?

[In Full Agreement]

4 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

My ears have been hurting the last few days, possibly because of the flight I just took and build up of wax

 

I walked past a massage place yesterday offering ear candling 

It appears they put a hot 🔥 candle in your ear and it apparently melts the ear wax

 

I was tempted but decided not to

Are the barbers near Day Night area still offering ear cleaning?

 

I don't really want to go to Dr Oliver,I guess he would just offer medicine 

 

I think I need them cleaned professionally ,any ear cleaning clinics ?

 

 

 

Go to BPH and they clean professionally.      around 3K THB.

[georgegeorgia]

2 minutes ago, In Full Agreement said:

 

 

 

Go to BPH and they clean professionally.      around 3K THB.

Yes I might do this today 

I will google them to see ,I have never been there before 

Just seems to one ear clogged up 

Edited April 25 by georgegeorgia

[brianthainess]

They don't work end of/nor does olive oil.   Warm water bombardment from a real doctor does

[doctormann]

4 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

My ears have been hurting the last few days, possibly because of the flight I just took and build up of wax

 

I walked past a massage place yesterday offering ear candling 

It appears they put a hot 🔥 candle in your ear and it apparently melts the ear wax

 

I was tempted but decided not to

Are the barbers near Day Night area still offering ear cleaning?

 

I don't really want to go to Dr Oliver,I guess he would just offer medicine 

 

I think I need them cleaned professionally ,any ear cleaning clinics ?

 

Dr. Oliver's nurses will use H2O2 and warm water to irrigate your ears and suck out the wax.  I was there a few months ago as I was having problems with both ears.  An amazing amount of cr*p came out and my hearing was restored to normal.  I forget what the cost was but it wasn't at all expensive.  No need for an appointment and wasn't at all busy when I was there.

 

[SAFETY FIRST]

2 hours ago, PJ71 said:

What sort of debris, rubble and stuff?

Before having my ears syringed, I'd spend most of my time in Soi 6. 

 

Could have been anything in there. 

 

Edited April 25 by SAFETY FIRST

[redwood1]

One way to clean your ears out is unscrew the shower head you use to shower with....This will leave a nice concentrated stream of water from the hose...

 

Make sure the water pressure in not to high.....Then spray the water into your inner ear......You can clean very deep in your ear this way... 

[CHdiver]

If you have clogged up ears, go to Pattaya International. Ear Doc will go in with a suction device and clean your ear out. He will clean it out properly. After you can maintain it with hydrogen peroxide from a pharmacy (I think 3% solution). Buy some siringes too, so you can apply it to your ear.

Keep it for some minutes till the bubbling quiets down, then flush it with (clean) warm water out. How do I know? I have several 1000 dives under my belt. Along the way you get all sorts of ear problems, in Pattaya waters anyway. 

 

Don't use ear sticks in your ear. You may push ear wax towards your ear drum and it will clogg up your ear. Never stick anything smaller then your ellbow into your ear.

 

Candle are a total scam. They will show you after how much ear wax was removed. Truth is, its just the leftover wax from the candle itself. If there is a suction force at all, it ist way to weak to move ear wax. 

[rexpotter]

You may opt for Colon Candling instead.

[PJ71]

1 hour ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Before having my ears syringed, I'd spend most of my time in Soi 6. 

 

Could have been anything in there. 

 

Like rubble and stuff?