Otex Olive Oil Ear Drops For Natural, Gentle Removal of Excessive, Hardened Ear Wax. Bottle with Dropper Applicator, 10 ml (Pack of 1)

I used these olive oil drops, in conjunction with “ScopeAround Wireless Otoscope Ear Camera”, to clear both ears of impacted wax. It took me a month. Both my ears had impacted ear wax, meaning the wax was hardened against the eardrum and seemingly immovable.Olive oil is an unsaturated (liquid) fat. It's recommended for consumption as it helps soften and melt the saturated (solid) fats that build up inside our blood vessels. That's why many put it on their food.It's not too dissimilar to what it does with your solid “fatty” earwax.The olive oil softens and melts the earwax it comes into contact with. See pictures for before and after Olive oil applications (2 days between pictures). You can see a distinct sheen from the wax that has been ‘melted’, but this is superficial (on the surface) only. I do not believe olive oil is penetrative in any way; that is to say, I don't think it breaks-up earwax.As said; I used an ear camera with scoop attachment to remove the wax, small amounts at a time, over the course of 4 weeks. See my review of “ScopeAround Wireless Otoscope Ear Camera” for details.I applied olive oil three times per day, softening the wax, then used the scope camera every other day to scoop out the softened wax I could. It took 10 days to clear one ear and another 18 days to clear the other. I did one ear at a time, so in total, around a month.Would olive oil have worked had I just used it on its own? In my opinion, not in my case, as the wax was hardened/impacted. However for ‘normal’ ear wax, I believe it would melt the wax, causing it to evacuate out the ear of its own accord. Sleeping on the side of the affected ear would encourage the wax to move out, a gravity assist.I have tried the Otex drops. I agree with some of the reviews that indicate it changes earwax to a yellow sticky sludge (used a camera to see), which may or may not be easier to evacuate. The downside of the Otex drops is they are chemicals which can only be used for a short time (few days at the most).Olive oil is natural, slow working and harmless.

Nice and easy to use. Does the job

The product itself is great and does the job. But it's impossible to follow the instructions of squeezing 1 to 2 drops in your ears. Firstly you can't see the side of your ear when squeezing the chamber. No matter how gentle you squeeze, whatever's in the tube goes into your ear. So make sure you put as little as possible in the tube before you squeeze the contents into your ears.

Cleared earwax within a couple of days. Pain free treatment

Work ok good value

Ok

Bought for my ears to relieve ear wax

Nice bottle. Emptied it, filled with 3% hydrogen peroxide. Everybody knows olive oil doesn't open your ear just softens the earwax so someone can remove it later. If that's what you are going for, this is a good product. I also checked the oil before removing it from the bottle and it was clear, no visible contamination, probably in very good condition. But check yours too.