Ear wax?
 

Great....I am likely to get athersclerosis....breast cancer.....and even worse...BO!

http://health.msn.com/health-topics/...9488&gt1=31007

Me too, I have to have mine cleared every year and 1/2, or so. Great!

We must have gotten the cr@p genes.

Heh, heh....maybe we are related....

No kidding Cyclelops, we do have the cr*p genes. Maybe we are related... northern european descent...

Mine's mostly in between, sometimes dry & flaky (and itchy)
and sometimes yellowish/brown and waxy (after showering),.
Middle European descent. Polish/German/English.
I never easily fall into any simple category.
My doc always says, with a raised eyebrow & a frown -
"...you use Q-tips in your ears, don't you.....?!!"
& I say. sheepishly (knowing I'm doing wrong-but it helps me):
....."Yeah, doc - howdja know?"
she sez "..... hmm...."

1/4 ancient Swede, traced back to black death, and they never left the farm, grandmother emmigrated in 1912; I'm related to Anders Zorn who had a penchant for painting naked ladies, for what that is worth. The area I am from produced some of the best endurance skiiers on the planet....I am NOT one of them. I have never gone downhill successfully, except as it pertains to my health.

1/4 Brit and Scot and Irish (lines traced to Viking invasion of Normandy) (and whatever admixture occured in 300 years in the 'colonies')--in America since 1635, settled in VA, RI and then the south, NC, SC, GA, AL by 1800; Got land for fighting in the Rev. War...which of course, belonged to the native Americans....They 'settled' the Coosa Valley of AL, and we all know the history that ensued there......

2/4 Baltic (Polish, Prussian, German or Russian whoever occupied the northern areas of present day Poland-came to US in circa 1914) Cant find much info due to the fact that this area was rolled over in every war there was. I don't really know what I descend from. Baltics have the highest incidence of gray eyes, which altho they appear darker, are actually lighter in terms of melanin. I have a strange very light blue-green....not sure where that came from. My dad had bright lite blue, my mom brown and both grandmothers blue....no idea what grandfathers had, but from the pics it looks to be blue. (Eye color genes are quite complex).

I have ruled out Welander's myopathy, and obscure neuropathic myopathy of central Sweden. I could have founder effect from the Brits. The Baltic side, which is predominant, who knows?

Northern Europeans have a high incidence of autoimmune disorders.

By the 6th generation back it could be total strangers.....you have half of your parents genes, 1/4 of grandparents, 1/8 of great grandparents, 1/16 of great, great grandparents, 1/32 of great, great, great grandparents, and 1/64of great, great, great, great, great grandparents. Dominant genes however, can travel down the line and bestow whatever characteristic including disease. How nice a legacy!

Me too, I am always cleaning the wax out of my ears.

Save it for the furniture and wood floors ;)

try researching lecithin......warning, most if not all seems to come from soy.

My Mother's family is Dutch, Dad's family is German/Dutch.

Have you ever seen what the wax looks like after they flush it from your ears? Like stones.

Mere

I end up in bed with the world twirling around me when they flush my ears...I have learned to use Debrox now. I decided it was better to have grease flowing from my ears than have them use a power washer near my brain.;)

Last time they irrigated my left ear, I swear wax flew out my right.:eek:

I used to wear wax ear plugs. I was getting ear infections and sores in my ears. When I went to the ear doc they pulled out a lot of wax with a scab. Sorry to be gross. Since I stoppd wearing the ear plugs it has been better. I miss them though cause I am very noise sensitive.

There are some very good ear plugs, for MP3 music players on the market, that will cancel out noise. You don't have to play music to use them.