A bit of hydrogen peroxide poured into the ear will dissolve ear wax. It's an ancient remedy. There is special peroxide for ear cleaning but if you can't find it the regular peroxide will do. Don't be alarmed by the foaming and have lots of tissues to wipe up the gunk that comes out. Ear candling is also an option.

At any health food store you can buy a wax cone. it is rolled up thin enough to put in your ear. you put one end inside your ear and with a match or lighter light the other end and this causes a light suction that should help. Or you can use a small asperator for a child and suck the debri out of your ear but it may be a little harsher.

For wax, you can use an over-the-counter wax removal kit (they consist of softening drops and a syringe to flush out the ears). An ENT I work with recommends a few drops of mineral oil in the ears every day, which will help the wax to slide out of the ear. If the wax is impacted, you will probably need to go your doctor to have it removed. Q-tips should be used to clean the outside portion of the ear only. If used in the ear canal, there is a risk of pushing wax further into the ear which will result in impaction. I have also personally seen several patients who were using a Q-tip and someone opened the door or bumped into them, resulting in a ruptured eardrum. You can also try performing the Valsalva maneuver to help pressurize your middle ear. You hold your nose shut, take a deep breath, close your mouth and try to blow--this directs the air into your Eustachian tubes. Do NOT use ear candles: An independent clinical study of ear candle use conducted by Daniel R. Seely, M.D. of the Spokane ENT Clinic, Spokane,WA (Laryngoscope 1996;106:1226-9) identified 21 ear injuries resulting from ear candle use in a survey of 122 otolaryngologists. The study concluded that ear candles have no benefit in the management of cerumen problems and may, in fact, result in serious injury. Injuries such as burns of the pinna and external auditory canal, partial or complete occlusions of the ear canal with candle wax, and tympanic membrane perforation were identified in the epidemiological survey.

As long as you are sure you haven't perforated your ear drum by sticking a Q-tip too far in, or shoved hardened wax in by sticking a Q-tip even a little way in to a point it ruptured your eardrum, I suggest drops of 3% peroxide (almost cheaper than water at the drug store), followed by a warm wash warm of clean water using a squirt bulb (for the ear, or at least something clean). Repeat as necessary. Don't use ear candles. You can usually tell you have perforated or ruptured your ear drum, and therefore should be going to a doctor to have a look, because that hurts a lot. And an infection will hurt too. A mild fullness, trapped fluid, or even deafness can be caused simply by too much wax, or wax or fluid trapped against the eardrum by wax. If you've shoved wax up against your eardrum using a Q-tip, it will eventually, naturally, migrate away, but that could take many days. Peroxide will take care of that safely. If you have an obstruction other than wax, for goodness sake, don't risk shoving it in farther to a point it may damage your hearing for life, go to a doctor or ER. Regular ear wax performs a protective, antibiotic function in the ear. But in some people, especially older ones, ear wax can build up leading to hearing loss or discomfort. Attempting to clean this with a Q-tip just shoves it in more, and if accidentally shove it in too hard or far, you could rupture your ear drum. Some perforations of the eardrum heal naturally, others don't. Anyway, if your ears are a little waxy, there is no need to be washing them out with peroxide or anything else. Keeping your ears completely free of wax would be a way of inviting ear infections. For wax that's really plugged up or hardened, peroxide bubbles, tickles and you can tell it is working. If you are super patient, you can also loosen wax up with drops of mineral oil, slightly warm olive oil, or a 10% baking soda in water solution.

I always use peroxide. Just squirt some in my ear and lay there for a few minutes. Feels nifty, too! A pharmacist told me that the ear cleaning kits at the store are mostly just hydrogen peroxide anyway and not to bother with them because you get the same result with just peroxide that you probably already have at home (and a whole bottle of that is cheaper than the little ear wax remover kit). Also, I had the dr. clean my ear once. She just took warm water and squirted it into my ear with one of those snot sucker bulbs. Just make sure you have a good thick towel or a bowl under your ear to catch the run-off because the water comes right back out of your ear. My ears felt fabulous after that! Also, if you're having any pain with the clogged feeling, go to the dr because you may have an infection, and you don't want to put that off!

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ive tried the peroxide way, and it seems most effective... the feeling between putting peroxide in your ear, was much stronger then warm water alone. in addition, the peroxide was bubbling constantly to show that it was still working. i dont have any other tricks but i just felt that i could support the ones that work