Swimming often results in water getting stuck in our ear canals. The narrow space, combined with the waxy surface, is excellent at trapping small amounts of water. If left in place, that excess flu…

cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/1312651

TLDR: To remove by shaking one would need accelerations high as 24g, which can damage the ear. A couple drops of vinegar or alcohol in the ear will lower the surface tension and make the fluid easier to remove

  • SnailMagnitude
    10·
    1 year ago

    Thanks, will pop a wee dropper bottle in my swim bag and give this a shot.

    If you stumble upon an article explaining how to reverse 40yrs of brain damage from post swimming head shaking pls let us know :)

  • SalamanderMA
    4·
    1 year ago

    Oooh, I usually don’t try to shake it out, I just accept to live my life with water in my ear until it naturally leaks. But this new trick will save me some annoyances in the future, thank you!

  • teft@startrek.website
    2·
    1 year ago

    I just stick a cotton swab up in there and have it suck up the water. But it doesn’t happen to me very often.

    • GlennMagusHarvey
      4·
      1 year ago

      Ahh, the good ol’ cotton swab, that they always say not to insert into ear canals yet people do so anyway because that’s what they use it for.

  • confusedwiseman@lemmy.world
    1·
    1 year ago

    The tldr is above the article? This is far to logical for me. I skipped past it, got frustrated, read the article to post this info then saw it as I was replying…

    It’s time for me to quit. Good night everybody!

  • Stephen304@lemmy.ml
    1·
    1 year ago

    I’ve usually had good success turning that ear towards the ground and repeatedly jumping. At least it gets the water away from my eardrum which is good enough