I tried vaseline which softened up the skin but never fully cured it.

I visited a GP a while ago that prescribed a steriod cream but it had little effect.

I re-visited the GP recently and mentioned this by name and he confirmed I have this in my ears and was prescribed Benovate. It really helps but it takes a while and constant use.

I get otitis externa fairly frequently and have done for about the past 10 years – especially after a lot of swimming e.g. when on holiday – I now always make sure I wear ear plugs when swimming and I should block my ears when showering and washing my hair. I've been told I have eczema in my ears but Otimize ear spray really works for me – I take it when my ears start to itch a lot – with Otimize and ear plugs, I get far less ear infections than I did.

i have been suffering for 3 years with my right ear its very painfull. my doctor told me i have exma on my ear drum i ofton wake up with flakes of dry skin on my pillow. i cannot let any liquid go down my ear including water this causes severe haed achs an dry eyes and rumbling sounds.

Hi i keep getting ear infections ive been gettng them for a few years now and i dont know why

i have had a lot of problems with my ears since i was 2 years old as i have a hole in both ear drums, i have had 4 opperations that in clude gromets and ear graphs non of these seem to work propperly as my ears have gone back to how they were before the opperations, what can i do to stop them causing me any futher complications ? thank you
lydia X

Hi My Daughter is 13 And Recentlie For About A Month She Has Been Haveing Dizzy Spells Like When She Stands Up Or Closses Her Eyes Or When She Turns Hr Head or With a Headache And Paracetimal Just Dont Seem To Do The Job And i Just Wondered If It had Anything To Do With Her Ears?
ThankYou.

I had really bad itching in my both of my ear canals, it was really irritating and painful. Eventually I saw my GP who prescribed Otomize ear spray which works really well. The only down side of it is that it creates excess wax, which then causes some problems with the ear-mould fitting of my hearing aids. Still, it's not a bad trade-off for the itching going away!

I have had a lot of problems with my ears over the past 6 months. They are very dry, itchy and often bleed which causes ear infections. They do not smelly really bad but sometimes you cam smell a bit of something. I do get puss but that is mostly when I get an ear infection due to this. I have had 3 ear infections in the past 4 weeks which has caused me to have a lot of time off work and the pain when I do get an ear infection is unbearable. I have been to the doctors and he said I had eczema in my ears and gave me some cream called fucibet cream, this helps a lot and stops my ears from drying out and cracking which then stops the infection. It is a continuous thing that has to be done every night. I would not advise people to put eat buds down there ears as this makes the problem worse just a put some cream on it little finger and gently rub it on you ear and inside but as u say don't put the cream on an ear bud and start forcing it down. I also have otomize ear spray which helps when I can feel my ear getting really sore, my doctor has given me a few bottles of this. I hope this helps people. Best of luck to you all.

I have had a lot of problems with my ears over the past 6 months. They are very dry, itchy and often bleed which causes ear infections. They do not smelly really bad but sometimes you cam smell a bit of something. I do get puss but that is mostly when I get an ear infection due to this. I have had 3 ear infections in the past 4 weeks which has caused me to have a lot of time off work and the pain when I do get an ear infection is unbearable. I have been to the doctors and he said I had eczema in my ears and gave me some cream called fucibet cream, this helps a lot and stops my ears from drying out and cracking which then stops the infection. It is a continuous thing that has to be done every night. I would not advise people to put eat buds down there ears as this makes the problem worse just a put some cream on it little finger and gently rub it on you ear and inside but as u say don't put the cream on an ear bud and start forcing it down. I also have otomize ear spray which helps when I can feel my ear getting really sore, my doctor has given me a few bottles of this. I hope this helps people. Best of luck to you all.

hi ive had problems with my ear drum for many years im under surgeons and suffer with balance disorder, but why do i still suffer with all these infections and chronic head aches and suffer in so much pain