It all started in November 2024. I started testosterone (gel, one pump at first, then two) in October 2024. So, by Thanksgiving, I was a month and some change on T. I had seen varying degrees of changes. Little hair here, little hair there, my voice a smidgen deeper. BUT never could I have prepared for this nightmare that NO ONE warned me of.
Earwax.
Within a month, my body’s earwax production had skyrocketed. Probably triple the amount I used to produce pre-T. Now, I was always a clean lad, I tended to my ears like every normal human, but this wax was no joke.
My ears felt like sticky factories, filled to the brim with forbidden honey that smelled like a wicked rotten candle. No Q-Tip could conquer this. Not even moistened with hot water. No OTC ear drop solution. Diluted hydrogen peroxide, nothing.
It got so bad that my ears were clogged to deaf. I could barely hear my music that was BLASTING through my headphones. I had to listen so attentively to my professors that I was holding onto every word they said like it was the most interesting lecture ever. And movies? Forget about it. I truly couldn’t hear without my subtitles.
Eventually, I said enough is enough. I went to my university’s health services, funded through my student insurance, and it was there that I found relief from the hideous brown beast.
Ear irrigation.
My ears were water boarded with water, absolutely super soaked. I was in the clinic for a straight 20 minutes for each ear, just watching the medical assistant pour out chunk after chunk in disgust. After she was finished, I could hear so well that I was sure I reached nirvana. That was in December 2024.
You may be wondering why this post is marked as product review. WELL I have news my friends.
Fast forward to tonight, at approximately 4:30 in the morning, where I was certain I couldn’t hear due to congestion from being sick. NO! The beast had returned again! Heavier than ever! Soft, pudgy wax that couldn’t be dealt with. Only this time, I was without my university’s help! It’s spring break! Desperate, I searched high and low for something to get it out. Then, I remembered: my handy dandy 16-piece grooming kit that I bought from TJ Maxx for $10.
It came with something called an ear spoon. That sucker is well named; it spooned every bit of wax out of my ear! (Carefully now, don’t hit your eardrum)
TLDR: Testosterone can make some people’s ears go bonkers, invest in an ear spoon, or ear irrigation kit to clean those ears out so you can hear!
