Sometimes it can be a fungus. Only a culture will show that however.
I'd suggest using the silicone ear plugs whenever you shower and/or wash your hair.
This is the type I mean:
http://www.drugstore.com/products/pr...7&btrx=BS-7847
(not the hard kind)....these mold to the ear and keep water out.
When my son had tubes... he used these. The ENT said you could also use Silly Putty...but I was a bit squeamish about THAT-- I thought they would be "dirty"... etc.
If your ear drum is damaged, middle ear infection can leak out.
But since you had that other skin thing a while back, I wonder if you have a fungus?
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