In Reply to: 'airplane ear' help please posted by shaddup on Monday, 22. January 2007 at 10:44 Bali Time:
I suffer chronic plane ear. Nothing really seems to work, I have also done the hot cups against the ear and the brenair satchets that they give you (basically eucalyptus on a tissue to inhale). This trip however I actually did not suffer trauma upon descent like I normally do. Not sure whether it was because I was flying Qantas and they descended ever so gently or not.
I do believe you can purchase now, something specifically for plane ears - they are like ear plugs I believe and you can get them from the pharmacy (or so I have been told).