![]() ![]() ![]() “It all depends on how much wax is in the ear and how long it has been there.”Īccording to my cheeky AF 23andMe report, I had an 81% chance of dry wax, and if my Muji picks were any indication, it seemed like I’d been doing a pretty great job in terms of daily ear hygiene. “Sometimes it works well, but sometimes it can cause ear pain, ear infections, or a worse impaction,” she adds. Linda Dahl, MD, ear, nose, and throat physician and assistant clinical professor at Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York Presbyterian. “Traditionally, doctors would flush the wax out of patients’ ears using warm water,” says Dr. To dissuade any fears and level-set, I needed to get an expert’s opinion. And going by what I yield from my own ear-cleaning practices, I also don't think I produced as much wax to warrant a full-on flush several times a week. I get the concept, of course I've had this professionally done by my ENT once before, but suffice it to say, whatever satisfaction I got from the flush barely edged out the discomfort in the seconds that led up to it. ![]() It's worth noting that water in my ears ranks really low on my Favorite Feeling™️ scale - I carry swimmer's ear drops with me every time I go on vacation, for one - so to intentionally pump water into my ear canal myself was anxiety-inducing, to say the least. It comes with a water basin to catch any overflow and debris, and the package also comes with six heads and a USB charging cord. It has three pressure settings: You can choose from a level suitable for gentle overall cleaning (Level 1) to one that can handle impacted wax removal (Level 3). WUSH is a handheld ear-cleaning device that uses jet water pressure to flush out wax from the ear canal, similar to what you would have done if you've ever had your ears professionally cleaned in a doctor's office. Seeing as I’m not really into the competitive Q-tip gray market, I decided it was time for an alternative.Įnter: Black Wolf Nation's WUSH Pro water-powered ear irrigator. I've found the latter to be my favorite tool to date - but it’s become increasingly harder to find, except, inexplicably, on auction sites like eBay. Results showed that I'm overwhelmingly in the dry, flaky camp, which, yes, very much tracks: I've always gotten by with your run-of-the-mill cotton swab with the occasional foray into the Asian ear pick, and, after hearing of the potential dangers of Q-tips actually impacting wax deeper into the ear canal, am super into this now-rare Muji amalgamation of both, which allows me to pick, then swipe off any debris with precision. These markers have ranged from the obvious (67% likely to have dark brown hair) to the interesting (less likely to be a deep sleeper) to even the mildly insulting (“muscle composition: uncommon in elite power athletes” - thanks for that completely out-of-pocket yet vindicating roast).Īpart from my genetic disposition to dimples, detached earlobes, and, apparently, a unibrow (seriously, the audacity) also came what type of earwax I was most likely to have. Since getting my results back, not only have I learned that my ancestral background was way more diverse than what I gleaned from my family history (of COURSE, my whopping 5% Scandinavian heritage explains my obsession with Swedish procedurals!), but every so often, I also get updates on certain physiological traits that, not gonna lie, are definitely rather compelling. I bought myself a 23andMe DNA kit during Prime Day a few years ago, and to say that it's the gift that keeps on giving is an understatement. The Product On Trialīlack Wolf Nation WUSH Pro Ear Cleaner The TesterĮunice Lucero-Lee, genetic global citizen, swab agnostic The Brief There are a lot of cool things out there that make us wonder - do they really work? In our I Tried It series, we set out to use them in the real world and have determined that, in fact, they really do. ![]()
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