The most amazing earwax removal videos, ever

[Jeanette X]

This looks like a piece of golden foil inside the ear:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GQUo6uX12c

This one is like a loose plug:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxMuOE28HjM

They must've felt so much better when they were removed.

[Tadao]

IS that a normal amount of wax?

[Esuohlim]

Ew

[executioneer]

jeanette you nassty, girl

[argonath]

Youtube is blocked here at work, so I can't comment on the videos, but I know firsthand what it's like to have a "plug" come out. It is extremely relieving, and you're almost hypersensitive to sound for a while.

[Jeanette X]

IS that a normal amount of wax?

No, thats an awful lot.

Actually, the kind of earwax you see there is dry rather than wet, and dry, yellow earwax is usually found only in Asians and American Indians, whereas the wet, dark earwax type is typically found in people of Caucasian and African descent. They've studied earwax types in people to determine migration patterns, as the dry type is genetically recessive.

(The more you know!)

[Tadao]

I'm half white/asian I wonder if I have the perfect ear wax to make figurines with.

[J. Tithonus Pednaud]

I used to love getting my ears cleaned while passing through the orient. It's really relaxing and I miss having perfectly clean ears. Ear cleaning is traditionally a pretty major mother/child bonding experience in Korea and China as well.

Jeanette is right on about the ear wax types, in fact I would get turned down by ear cleaners once in awhile .

[J. Tithonus Pednaud]

I'm half white/asian I wonder if I have the perfect ear wax to make figurines with.

You would have wet earwax. Dry wax is recessive so you would have to inherit the trait from both parents. As one of your parents is white, that would be very unlikely. Wet's good for making little balls for flicking...

[Tadao]

Mines dry and flakey. Like fish food.

[Jeanette X]

Mines dry and flakey. Like fish food.

Your white parent must've carried the reccessive gene then. Otherwise, your earwax would be luscious and juicy, like this:
http://www.earclear.com/after%20all%20these%20years.jpg

:yum

[Tadao]

ewwwwwww

[Jeanette X]

http://eac.hawkelibrary.com/Cerumen/20_Right

Look at this Tadao! It was in someone's ear since the Carter Administration! 2.5 centimenters long, all in one crunchy piece! I wish I had a bowl of them to eat! :love

[Tadao]

:barf

[Jeanette X]

A beautiful golden veil:
http://eac.hawkelibrary.com/Cerumen/20_Left

So pretty.

[Esuohlim]

Uhhhh mine's yellow and flakey and I'm about as white as you can get :(

[Tadao]

And you don't have a little asian in you?

[Esuohlim]

Not yet :orgasm

[Jeanette X]

Uhhhh mine's yellow and flakey and I'm about as white as you can get :(

It isn't unknown in whites, just unusual.

[pac-man]

Gnarly videos. Like a colonic for the ears.

[McClain]

My stomach is turning and I'm terribly confused. You mean to tell me there's a good chance I have a wax collection of that magnitude in my ear? Out of my own reach?

[Dimnos]

Jeanette you are one sick girl :) good vids

[Jeanette X]

My stomach is turning and I'm terribly confused. You mean to tell me there's a good chance I have a wax collection of that magnitude in my ear? Out of my own reach?

I doubt it, unless you have a full feeling in your ear or your hearing has diminished.

[argonath]

Earwax removal kits can be a fun-at-home science experiment, but if you want to get the real deal, ask your doctor for an ear irrigation.

[Tadao]

Haha an earrigation.

[J. Tithonus Pednaud]

I have a friend who swears by that bullshit 'ear candling'.

[Tadao]

It was used a lot int the health food grocery store I worked at. I was told by many that it works great, but they where dirty hippies.

[pac-man]

I was this close (as I pinch my forefinger and thumb) to trying an ear candle after a buddy of mine sang it's praises. Then I read a Straight Dope article about it. Cecil Adams FTW.

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_098.html

[Jeanette X]

Who the hell invented that, anyway? Who decided it would be a good idea to put a lighted candle into a bodily orifice? :x

[pac-man]

It does sound crazy, but then again, you see all these viral videos with kids sticking bottle rockets in their butt crack. Some wise guy probably figured that since people are gullible and candles are made of wax, he need only make them believe that the wax of a candle came out of their ear to make them buy the candle. Or it comes from some ancient technique. Since I was a hair away from trying it, I'll go with ancient technique.