Getting Ears Syringed - can ot be done privately?

[CC07 PEU]

I desperately need to get my left ear irrigated as I've been using oil in it for the last few days to help with wax removal. I can now hear virtually nothing out of my ear and cannot get an NHS appointment for at least another two weeks which is complete and utter fking bullst!

Does anybody know where I can pay to get this done privately? I'm in London so I'm hoping there will be somewhere.

[Foliage]

Get some ear spoons and maintain it yourself, I have very waxy ear and used to get my ear syringed every 6 months, now I just keep on top of it out myself. Dont use cotton buds.

[Munter]

£59 apparently http://www.medicentre.co.uk/Medicentree_All_Fees.h...

No experience.

[andyr30]

Look for micro wax suction or micro suction.

It's what we do here and is much more effective than syringing.

[pushthebutton]

My girlfriend went here:

www.oxfordhearingcentre.co.uk

I think it was £40 and she was happy with the results.

[itannum990]

DIY, easy, also quite fun in a strange way.

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pushthebutton said:

My girlfriend went here:

www.oxfordhearingcentre.co.uk

I think it was £40 and she was happy with the results.

It's good to get a recommendation like this although it's in Oxford which is well out of the way for me.

I'll maybe need to visit Harley Street.

[Steviesam]

IO have micro suction all the time. £60 in and out 15 mins.

He tells me not to use oil....says it just swells the wax and makes things worse.....

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Steviesam said:

IO have micro suction all the time. £60 in and out 15 mins.

He tells me not to use oil....says it just swells the wax and makes things worse.....

Where do you get this done?

[thefrog]

Not sure if this would work, but ear candling is gentle, unobtrusive and natural. You lie on your side, a tube is put in your ear (not down the canal !) and lit. The heat generated warms you ear and the draft pulls wax, etc... out of your ear. I've had it a few times when my wife needed a guinea pig (!) and it has never been an unpleasant experience. Smells nice too

[Pugsey]

I'm amazed that you have to wait two weeks to see your practice nurse. I'd be moving to another practice.

[Steviesam]

CC07 PEU said:

Steviesam said:

IO have micro suction all the time. £60 in and out 15 mins.

He tells me not to use oil....says it just swells the wax and makes things worse.....

Where do you get this done?

DJB Hearing Manchester (Sale)

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Pugsey said:

I'm amazed that you have to wait two weeks to see your practice nurse. I'd be moving to another practice.

They were able to offer me an appointment next Monday but it was at 2:30pm which isn't much use as I'm one of these people that has to work full time for a living and can't take that time off. I can't work from home that day to accommodate the appointment either. It's always a total ball ache trying to get these types of appointments.

[ChasW]

The practice nurse should be able to do this. I went to my GP with this problem and just sent me down the corridor.

[NormalWisdom]

Get a pair of Chinese earwax removing candles. Quite a PH method of removing allsorts as it involves fire, thermal vacuums and a little bit of personal danger.

[Foliage]

thefrog said:

Not sure if this would work, but ear candling is gentle, unobtrusive and natural. You lie on your side, a tube is put in your ear (not down the canal !) and lit. The heat generated warms you ear and the draft pulls wax, etc... out of your ear. I've had it a few times when my wife needed a guinea pig (!) and it has never been an unpleasant experience. Smells nice too

Except it doesnt work and has no basis in science for working, its a pleasant experience but a little flame has no way of "sucking" ear wax out of your ear... Its a waste of money.

[Mr Pointy]

Search for Audiologists near you: when I went it was as service they offered.

ACS have a list of audiologists:
http://acscustom.com/uk/buy/#

[otolith]

Had it done at my GP's recently - phoned for an appointment, had a call back from the doctor to discuss my symptoms, appointment made with the nurse for a few days later and then in and out in no time. I've had it done a few times now. They are reluctant to do it if they aren't convinced it is necessary because of the risk of damaging the ear drum - something to keep in mind for DIY syringers and Chinese ear diggers. There's no evidence that candling is of any benefit.

http://www.audiology.org/news/ear-candles-and-cand...

[NormalWisdom]

Foliage said:

Except it doesnt work and has no basis in science for working, its a pleasant experience but a little flame has no way of "sucking" ear wax out of your ear... Its a waste of money.

Totally incorrect!

It does work (I use it regularly), and the scientific basis is based upon the thermal vacuum created by the lit cone which pulls the wax into the capture section.

[otolith]

Yet when researchers have attempted to measure the vacuum, it doesn't exist;

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8849790

paper said:

Ear candles are a popular and inexpensive alternative health treatment advocated for cerumen removal. A hollow candle is burned with one end in the ear canal with the intent of creating negative pressure and drawing cerumen from the ear. If effective, significant savings could result from the use of ear candles. This study evaluates the efficacy and safety of this alternative method for cerumen management. Tympanometric measurements in an ear canal model demonstrated that ear candles do not produce negative pressure. A limited clinical trial (eight ears) showed no removal of cerumen from the external auditory canal. Candle wax was actually deposited in some. A survey of 122 otolaryngologists identified 21 ear injuries resulting from ear candle use. Ear candles have no benefit in the management of cerumen and may result in serious injury.