I thought I had a pretty strong stomach and was able to deal with most kinds of bodily yuckiness (anyone who's ever housetrained a pet will know you can't afford to be squeamish) but I just couldn't go through with this niche because it just makes me heave.
I noticed ear wax removal was coming up quite a lot as a search term in my server logs, and Hello Kitty ear picks were doing well in an ebay store, so I decided to make a site about it. Now I was ok when it came to the usual ear drops, syringing info and even those gadgets that let you see into your own ear canal, but the worst part was yesterday when the pack of disposable ear picks I had ordered arrived. BF put one into his ear and said "This is crap, it's not doing anything" only to pull it out with the biggest wodge of ear wax I've ever seen. BLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEUUUUUUUUUURRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH.
And it wasn't like the hard stuff that falls out naturally, it was very damp and squishy. Then he dug in again and pulled out ANOTHER ear wax load, at which point I was dry heaving like crazy. How can anyone have so much wax in their ear?
But then, I soldiered on and tried one out myself, since I wanted to write a review, and JESUS CHRIST a great big lump came out of my lovely, delicate ear too. And I've never even had any wax problems.
The last straw came when I did an ebay search for 'ear wax' to get some ideas. Well, just try it for yourself (on the ebay.co.uk site, not the ebay.com one) and take a look at the related searches. Why are us brits so goddamn filthy and perverted?
So, yeah, I give up. I just can't do this one.
(If you want to do this then look up ear pick, ear spoon, ear curette, mimikaki, ear scope or otoscope. Hydrogen peroxide drops are the only way to dissolve hard wax (olive oil is useless), ear candles are a complete scam and suction devices are also useless.)
I noticed ear wax removal was coming up quite a lot as a search term in my server logs, and Hello Kitty ear picks were doing well in an ebay store, so I decided to make a site about it. Now I was ok when it came to the usual ear drops, syringing info and even those gadgets that let you see into your own ear canal, but the worst part was yesterday when the pack of disposable ear picks I had ordered arrived. BF put one into his ear and said "This is crap, it's not doing anything" only to pull it out with the biggest wodge of ear wax I've ever seen. BLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEUUUUUUUUUURRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH.
And it wasn't like the hard stuff that falls out naturally, it was very damp and squishy. Then he dug in again and pulled out ANOTHER ear wax load, at which point I was dry heaving like crazy. How can anyone have so much wax in their ear?
But then, I soldiered on and tried one out myself, since I wanted to write a review, and JESUS CHRIST a great big lump came out of my lovely, delicate ear too. And I've never even had any wax problems.
The last straw came when I did an ebay search for 'ear wax' to get some ideas. Well, just try it for yourself (on the ebay.co.uk site, not the ebay.com one) and take a look at the related searches. Why are us brits so goddamn filthy and perverted?
So, yeah, I give up. I just can't do this one.
(If you want to do this then look up ear pick, ear spoon, ear curette, mimikaki, ear scope or otoscope. Hydrogen peroxide drops are the only way to dissolve hard wax (olive oil is useless), ear candles are a complete scam and suction devices are also useless.)