Million Dollar Idea
My ears generate an excessive amount of wax. They always have. At least once a year I experience complete blockage in one ear and resort to probing the depths of my canals with a foreign object. This is largely unsuccessful and generally results in pain. I’ve tried the wax removal drops, which also don’t work. Yes, I’ve even considered buying the candles that FRR so eloquently debunked a few weeks ago, but after spending 15 seconds thinking about the logic behind them I decided to save my money. Last year, I resorted to a health center visit after a week of hearing loss to have my ears irrigated. My ears were probed with a sonicating metal rod shooting out water and peroxide. I should add that I was prescribed antibiotics to fend off the "probable" ear infection resulting from this treatment.
Saturday, my ear clogged up again. Do I stick something up there to fish around for that pesky piece of wax? Do I run to the health center for a costly irrigation? Do I go to Target for some pseudoremedy? Nope. I steal a 50cc syringe from lab, a plastic pipet, some olive oil (extra virgin) from the kitchen, and grab some cotton balls. Before bed, I place a dropper full of oil in my ear, stick a cotton ball in so it doesn’t leak all over my pillow, and I sleep on my side with the troublesome ear up. In the morning, I fill the syringe with warm water, aim my ear to the sink, and flush 50 mL of water through my ear canal, 3-4 times. On day three of this treatment, my hearing returned as I was greeted by an inch long flake of wax in the sink (that I quickly snatched up for fear that it would go down the drain and clog my sink). My hearing was so clear that I did the same process with the other ear, with similar disgusting results. The world seems so loud now…
Anyway, on to the Million Dollar Idea. I need to package a 50cc syringe, a medicine dropper full of oil, and several cotton balls together, write up some instructions, and sell it as an ear wax removal kit that really works. Seriously, it is dirt cheap, easy, and effective. Who has some start-up funds? If these hacks can sell candles (that people actually buy) that don’t do anything other than posing a fire hazard, then surely I can sell something that really works…I just need marketing ideas. The words "soothing, organic, all-natural, essential oils, safe, herbal, green, and hormone-free" need to be worked in somehow.
You got scooped:
http://www.google.com/products?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=Sll&q=ear+irrigation+kit&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=0uiWStq_L4OksgP9jpzFDA&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1
Comment by Brandon — August 27, 2009 @ 2:14 pm
Gross by the way.
Comment by Brandon — August 27, 2009 @ 2:14 pm
Also, here (http://www.entnet.org/HealthInformation/earwax.cfm) are the official earwax removal guidelines from the American academy of Otolaryngology.
Comment by Brandon — August 27, 2009 @ 2:16 pm
Oh, boo. And I apologize. I hope you weren’t eating. I almost put the sample in a vial…
Comment by Administrator — August 27, 2009 @ 2:21 pm
Maybe I should research shit more thoroughly before claiming it as my own…
Comment by Administrator — August 27, 2009 @ 2:27 pm
Have you seen this?
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Comment by Kenny — August 30, 2009 @ 5:16 pm