When I was a kid, the doctors popped my ear membrane and stuck tubes in there because they believed the ear wasnt draining properly. It was because I had dry earwax, and not wet earwax. It doesnt drain so much as, get pushed out.

That's not how that works.

Behind the eardrum there is no wax, that's a largely empty space*, the middle ear, which drains (if needed) through the eustachian tube into the back of the throat. The wax secretion is on the outer side past the eardrum, in the ear canal. They put grommets in when the middle ear is regularly or severely getting an infection and not draining into the throat. Happens a lot to babies, aborigines and down syndrome kids, cause they're eustachian tubes are more horizontal so they don't drain as well.

Two different types of 'draining', they don't give ya grommets because of your wax draining. I'm not saying they didn't give ya grommets, or it wasn't because of drainage issues. I'm saying it wasn't because your wax wasn't draining. They were worried about what was happening the other side of the eardrum.

When I was a kid, the doctors popped my ear membrane and stuck tubes in there because they believed the ear wasnt draining properly. It was because I had dry earwax, and not wet earwax. It doesnt drain so much as, get pushed out.

That's not how that works.

Behind the eardrum there is no wax, that's a largely empty space, the middle ear, which drains (if needed) through the eustachian tube into the back of the throat. The wax secretion is on the outer side past the eardrum, in the ear canal. They put grommets in when the middle ear is regularly or severely getting an infection and not draining into the throat. Happens a lot to babies, aborigines and down syndrome kids, cause they're eustachian tubes are more horizontal so they don't drain as well.

Two different types of 'draining', they don't give ya grommets because of your wax draining. I'm not saying they didn't give ya grommets, or it wasn't because of drainage issues. I'm saying it wasn't because your wax wasn't draining. They were worried about what was happening the other side of the eardrum.

When I was a kid, the doctors popped my ear membrane and stuck tubes in there because they believed the ear wasnt draining properly. It was because I had dry earwax, and not wet earwax. It doesnt drain so much as, get pushed out.

That's not how that works.

Behind the eardrum there is no wax, that's a largely empty space, the middle ear, which drains (if needed) through the eustachian tube into the back of the throat. The wax secretion is on the outer side past the eardrum, in the ear canal. They put grommets in when the middle ear is regularly or severely getting an infection and not draining into the throat. Happens a lot to babies, aborigines and down syndrome kids, cause they're eustachian tubes are more horizontal so they don't drain as well.

Two different types of 'draining', they don't give ya grommets because of your wax draining.

When I was a kid, the doctors popped my ear membrane and stuck tubes in there because they believed the ear wasnt draining properly. It was because I had dry earwax, and not wet earwax. It doesnt drain so much as, get pushed out.

That's not how that works.

Behind the eardrum there is no wax, that's a largely empty space, the middle ear, which drains (if needed) through the eustachian tube into the back of the throat. The wax secretion is on the outer side, past the eardrum. They put grommets in when the middle area is reguarly or severely getting an infection and not draining into the throat. Happens a lot to babies, aboriginies and down syndrome kids, cause they're eustachian tubes are more horizontal so they don't drain as well.

Two different types of 'draining', they don't give ya grommets because of your wax draining.