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From: [email protected] (Dov Bai-MSI Visitor)
Subject: Re: Earwax
In article [email protected] (Joel B Levin) writes:
>[email protected] (Bob McQueer) writes:
>|One question I do have - a doctor who flushed out my ears once also advocated
>|a drop of rubbing alcohol in them afterwards to flush out any remaining
>|trapped water - said he told swimmers to do this after swimming, too. It
>|works, but it stings like the devil, so I've always been content to let any
>|water in my ears from swimming or flushing them out figure out how to get
>|out by itself if shaking my head a few times won't do the trick. Any
>|comments?
Perhaps diluting the rubbing alcohol in some water, until you
feels comfortable will do the trick ?