Are there any safe home remedies for ear wax build up?

I have the same problem as you do. For some reason, my ears produce a huge amount of wax. For starters, every time I get out of the shower, when it’s softer, I clean my ears pretty thoroughly. If you want to get rid of some of the waxy buildup, pour a few drops of hydrogen peroxide in your ears. Wait until the sound of bubbling stops, then drain your ears. It will feel weird and sound weirder, but you will feel a whole lot better after this.

Same problem here. My advice is that the person doing the flushing sucked at it. It doesn’t have to hurt if the nurse uses the right temperature of water and has some patience. Mine get so bad it can take about 45 minutes per ear.

The bad part is when they have to go in deep with the hook. That is some serious pain.

edit :: My point is before you start spraying WD-40 in your ear you should see if another doctor can do it in a pain-free way.

Is it safe to pour oil and/or hydrogen peroxide into your ears?

Ive had the same problems.
My cure seemed to be… to stop cleaning and poking around with my ears as much. I only clean gently once a week now. Sure I get nasty hard bits falling out every now and then but the potential social embarrassment of that is way better than being deaf in one ear for 6 months again.

Whatever you do, stay the hell away from ear candles. They’re a scam and are responsible for many serious burns every year. I’d check with your MD for a solution you can use, and they’d probably want to take a look to be sure it’s nothing more serious.

H2O2 seems to work for me. I’ve wondered how often it is okay to do it and why the bubbling happens. Sometimes when I do this the peroxide feels like it is sitting in one place, then all of a sudden ‘breaks through’ and it feels like it has gotten deeper into the ear and a whole lot of crackling / bubbling starts happening for a long time. Anyone else experience this?

I second @gorillapaws caution about ear candeling…bogus scam and anyone who offers that should be tarred and feathered. I have had great success with denatured alcohol and used it a lot to remove water from my ears after swimming…a trick I learned on the swim team. Here is a nice little article on safely cleaning an ear if you must!

3 parts Hydrogen Peroxide with one part isopropal alcohol.
If you look at ear wax removal medicines at the store, that is exactly what they use, and it costs much, much less.

I use hydrogen peroxide on a cotton ball. I saturate the ball with peroxide place it in the ear and let it sit for about 5 minutes. I usually do each ear separately. Then I use a Q tip to remove the excess earwax. Repeat several times a week for best results.

There are actually two parts to maintaining clean ears and dealing with the issue of ear wax buildup.

1. Use hydrogen peroxide based products to loosen the ear wax for 5–7 days, During this time your hearing will actually seem worse and your ears more clogged and blocked than when you started. Be sure to book an appointment with your GP nurse to have the wax syringed if you have bad buildup.

2. Get yourself some olive oil ear spray, there are several available at your local pharmacy. Use this once or twice a week after you shower and have dried your ears thoroughly, this will prevent the build up of ear wax so you shouldn’t need to repeat step one again. After a couple of months you can cut this back to just once a week or even fortnight, unless you have some serious issues with ear wax buildup, in which case you can keep doing it twice a week.

There are no know side effects to using olive oil based sprays as they are non abrasive and will not harm your hearing. Using hydrogen peroxide products long term is not recommended as it can cause damage with extended regular use.

NOTE: Some people when using hydrogen peroxide for the week will suffer from tinnitus whereby they will experience ringing in the ears and some pain. This is normal but should the pain be excessive its best to take the slightly longer route as this process can be damaging so stop using hydrogen peroxide and start using olive oil spray for 7–9 days, it should provide the same level of loosened ear wax as hydrogen peroxide, its just somewhat slower but works just as well.

Extra Note: Using Q tips to remove wax is far easier when its already loosened, using Q tips on unloosened ear wax is definitely not recommended as the process will merely push parts of the wax deeper into the ear and when ear wax hardens onto the ear drum itself, you will start experience some extreme ear aches.