In Reply to: I can answer one. posted by mermaid on Tuesday, 18. October 2005 at 22:48 Bali Time:
over the past few years. Now I've discovered ear candles, an ancient remedy that REALLY works. I was skeptical at first, but now I'm an advertising convert. Use them the night before you go.
If the ears are clean they can drain properly, dry, and so avoid ear infections. The other thing is to keep fingernails REALLY short, so that when you stick them in your ear to scratch you don't break the surface and leave an ideal breeding ground for bugs.