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Is it safe to use peroxide to get earwax from behind ear drum?
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Peroxide: NEVER behind ear drum. In from to ear drum does not work very well in most. Get ear softening stuff from pharmacy and the syringe to blast it out if Dr says OK
Answered 8/4/2017
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