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How to unblock your ear after swimming?
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Alcohol: If you develop a bubble in your ear canal, and your ear drum is intact, a drop or two of rubbing alcohol will break the surface tension of the bubble. If it blocks because of wax, you need to see somebody about removing the wax.
Answered 6/13/2016
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