It appears that a critical step is blocking the ear canal with a cotton ball that has a thread attached to it so that you can pull it back out easily and reliably.
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Aug 13, 2011
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Trevor and Arny, I guess that means there is a large enough air pocket in the canal that a dangerous level of vacuum is not attained. This will be what I learned today.
--Winston
Until I understood the process a whole lot better than I do, I would retain the services of professional who is trained and experienced in doing this kind of thing.
That makes sense.
I was aiming for a visceral understanding of the physics rather than a 'how to' guide. :)
--Winston
Well, I'm a seborrheic dermatitis sufferer, and there's a point for me; I apply goo to the ear opening often, because that's the way to topically treat that problem area. There's a patch near my eyelids that gives me trouble, too, but you can't apply this (steroids) near the eye, so it just itches (and sometimes the eyelashes fall out).
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