OK, I don't know how to describe this without grossing you out, so if
you have a weak stomach, close this post.



Ok, you decided to stay. For about 3 weeks, I had this problem with
my right ear ( and NO, it wasn't because I don't wash my ears, thank
you!) where it continued to develop a hard dry crust of skin flakes
just inside the canal. I put up with it for a while, but it finally
became painfull enough that I couldn't stand it, and would just, in
desperation, jam my fingernail in there to try to peel it off. Well,
it wasn't that easy, and by the time I was done, it was either
bleeding or exuding a clear fluid, and it felt like someone set it on
fire. Then, in a few hours it was back just like before. Out of a
lack of finding anything usefull in the medicine cabinet, I put some
plain old EVOO (tribute to Rachael) on a q-tip and did this 2 nights
in a row. Only 2. The condition left and never came back. I guess
used motor oil may have had the same result? Or is there something
special about olive oil?

AlleyGator wrote:
> OK, I don't know how to describe this without grossing you out, so if
> you have a weak stomach, close this post.

Old moms and grandmoms have used olive oil variously over the decades
as a cure for various skin conditions - that's the use I'm aware of,
anyway. I remember my mom dosing my little sister's scalp with it when
she had "cradle cap." (Do babies even get that anymore?)

Anyway, it sounds like a similar skin thing - BUT, I've known interior
ear infections to show symptoms as you describe - best idea, see a
doctor.

N.

"AlleyGator" > wrote in message
...

<snip>

Or is there something special about olive oil?

Yes.

http://www.uga.edu/fruit/olive.htm

Dimitri

On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 20:36:00 GMT,
(AlleyGator) wrote:

>OK, I don't know how to describe this without grossing you out, so if
>you have a weak stomach, close this post.
>
>
>
>Ok, you decided to stay. For about 3 weeks, I had this problem with
>my right ear ( and NO, it wasn't because I don't wash my ears, thank
>you!) where it continued to develop a hard dry crust of skin flakes
>just inside the canal. I put up with it for a while, but it finally
>became painfull enough that I couldn't stand it, and would just, in
>desperation, jam my fingernail in there to try to peel it off. Well,
>it wasn't that easy, and by the time I was done, it was either
>bleeding or exuding a clear fluid, and it felt like someone set it on
>fire. Then, in a few hours it was back just like before. Out of a
>lack of finding anything usefull in the medicine cabinet, I put some
>plain old EVOO (tribute to Rachael) on a q-tip and did this 2 nights
>in a row. Only 2. The condition left and never came back. I guess
>used motor oil may have had the same result? Or is there something
>special about olive oil?


It's an antifungal, and what you;re describing sounds, well, fungal.

Hope
delurking to talk about ear cooties?

In article >,
(AlleyGator) wrote:

> OK, I don't know how to describe this without grossing you out, so if
> you have a weak stomach, close this post.
>
>
>
> Ok, you decided to stay. For about 3 weeks, I had this problem with
> my right ear ( and NO, it wasn't because I don't wash my ears, thank
> you!) where it continued to develop a hard dry crust of skin flakes
> just inside the canal. I put up with it for a while, but it finally
> became painfull enough that I couldn't stand it, and would just, in
> desperation, jam my fingernail in there to try to peel it off. Well,
> it wasn't that easy, and by the time I was done, it was either
> bleeding or exuding a clear fluid, and it felt like someone set it on
> fire. Then, in a few hours it was back just like before. Out of a
> lack of finding anything usefull in the medicine cabinet, I put some
> plain old EVOO (tribute to Rachael) on a q-tip and did this 2 nights
> in a row. Only 2. The condition left and never came back. I guess
> used motor oil may have had the same result? Or is there something
> special about olive oil?

I've used Olive Oil on dry, cracked and flaking skin on my feet.
The problems go away rapidly.

Yes, there seems to be something special about olive oil for helping to
heal some skin conditions.

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AlleyGator wrote:
> OK, I don't know how to describe this without grossing you out, so if
> you have a weak stomach, close this post.
>
>
>
> Ok, you decided to stay. For about 3 weeks, I had this problem with
> my right ear ( and NO, it wasn't because I don't wash my ears, thank
> you!) where it continued to develop a hard dry crust of skin flakes
> just inside the canal. I put up with it for a while, but it finally
> became painfull enough that I couldn't stand it, and would just, in
> desperation, jam my fingernail in there to try to peel it off. Well,
> it wasn't that easy, and by the time I was done, it was either
> bleeding or exuding a clear fluid, and it felt like someone set it on
> fire. Then, in a few hours it was back just like before. Out of a
> lack of finding anything usefull in the medicine cabinet, I put some
> plain old EVOO (tribute to Rachael) on a q-tip and did this 2 nights
> in a row. Only 2. The condition left and never came back. I guess
> used motor oil may have had the same result? Or is there something
> special about olive oil?

I think there is something in this. I remember as a child having a
rather bad ear infection (in the middle of the night, of course) and I
remember my parents using a few drops of oil to alleviate the pain,
until I could see the doctor the next day..

"Dimitri" > wrote in message
...
:
: "AlleyGator" > wrote in message
: ...
:
: <snip>
:
: Or is there something special about olive oil?
:
: Yes.
:
: http://www.uga.edu/fruit/olive.htm
:
: Dimitri
:
and there again, it might not have anything to do with the olive oil, cause and
effect ?
It is stories like this that elevates (nearly) everything to mystical status.
If one believes these tales, then people in Indian would live forever, they
don't of course, and have just the same ailments as the rest of us.

On the other hand, I'm glad it cleared up, but would recommend a visit to a
physician for some medication, then keep the cream in the fridge for next time!
cheers
Wazza

"AlleyGator" > wrote in message
...
> OK, I don't know how to describe this without grossing you out, so if
> you have a weak stomach, close this post.
>
>
>
> Ok, you decided to stay. For about 3 weeks, I had this problem with
> my right ear ( and NO, it wasn't because I don't wash my ears, thank
> you!) where it continued to develop a hard dry crust of skin flakes
> just inside the canal. I put up with it for a while, but it finally
> became painfull enough that I couldn't stand it, and would just, in
> desperation, jam my fingernail in there to try to peel it off. Well,
> it wasn't that easy, and by the time I was done, it was either
> bleeding or exuding a clear fluid, and it felt like someone set it on
> fire. Then, in a few hours it was back just like before. Out of a
> lack of finding anything usefull in the medicine cabinet, I put some
> plain old EVOO (tribute to Rachael) on a q-tip and did this 2 nights
> in a row. Only 2. The condition left and never came back. I guess
> used motor oil may have had the same result? Or is there something
> special about olive oil?

I know it is quite often used to remove excess earwax, and sooth earache.
It's a good, clean vegetable oil, most of which will have some healing
properties - I am guessing other oils may have similar properties.

Shaun aRe

"Shaun aRe" > wrote:

>I know it is quite often used to remove excess earwax, and sooth earache.
>It's a good, clean vegetable oil, most of which will have some healing
>properties - I am guessing other oils may have similar properties.
>
>Shaun aRe
>
>
What's funny , Shaun is my daughter who is 16, had what I believe was
the first earache of her life a few weeks ago. She was nearly in
tears, which is sort of the opposite that the "tough girl" would want
to portray. My wife came back from the pharmacy with a tiny bottle of
"Sweet Oil" that the pharmacist recommended. I said "good God, I
didn't pay this much for the bottle of real Greek oil that Harry D.
brought back from his trip home". Whatever. It worked.

Olive oil does have some antibiotic properties, so it would give
benefits that plain vegetable oil wouldn't.

I haven't got the research at my fingertips but I've seen claims in the
press that studies show Olive oil does all manner of things - reduces
heart disease? Fights cancer? I dunno. Since I'm Lebanese American, I
use lots of it in our daily diet - mostly for vinaigrettes for veggies
and salads, or in building soups, stews, braised meats, or to drizzle
over chicken and fish when baking.

Leila

"Leila" > wrote:

>Olive oil does have some antibiotic properties, so it would give
>benefits that plain vegetable oil wouldn't.
>
>I haven't got the research at my fingertips but I've seen claims in the
>press that studies show Olive oil does all manner of things - reduces
>heart disease? Fights cancer? I dunno. Since I'm Lebanese American, I
>use lots of it in our daily diet - mostly for vinaigrettes for veggies
>and salads, or in building soups, stews, braised meats, or to drizzle
>over chicken and fish when baking.
>
>Leila
>
Well, Leila, it can't hurt you, that's for sure. I just wondered
whether it had some "magical" medicinal properties that I didn't
know about - and I guess it does, after all - imagine that, on top of
tasting great in it's own right - Dang, I love the taste of a good
olive oil, particularly a genuine Greek olive oil that our friend
Harry brought back with him as a gift to us. Well, not exactly a gift
<G> I told him to pick up the best oil he could fiind and we'd pay him
for it. Money well spent, I promise you.

AlleyGator wrote:
> "Shaun aRe" > wrote:
>
>> I know it is quite often used to remove excess earwax, and sooth
>> earache. It's a good, clean vegetable oil, most of which will have
>> some healing properties - I am guessing other oils may have similar
>> properties.
>>
>> Shaun aRe
>>
>>
> What's funny , Shaun is my daughter who is 16, had what I believe was
> the first earache of her life a few weeks ago. She was nearly in
> tears, which is sort of the opposite that the "tough girl" would want
> to portray. My wife came back from the pharmacy with a tiny bottle of
> "Sweet Oil" that the pharmacist recommended. I said "good God, I
> didn't pay this much for the bottle of real Greek oil that Harry D.
> brought back from his trip home". Whatever. It worked.

I don't know about "healing properties" but I use it on my face as a night
moisturizer. Uh, you do remember you said you'd proposed to me? Heheh.
I'm older than you think, dear And I still want to know who you are!

Jill

Don't know if it really does have healing or medicinal properties but
decades ago women in my fam used it to moisturize newborns skin. While
Moms bathed their new babies, they placed a closed bottle of Pompeian
olive oil in the water to warm and after they dried theit babies they
generously oiled them all over. Then they took another dry towel and
wiped off the excess. They finished up by powdering them with Johnson
baby powder (surprisingly, there was no sticky oil residue). The baby's
skin was blemish free and smooth as a baby's... May be some ancient
African thing (maybe originally with coconut oil) like my Grandfather
taking his newborn grandchildren who were around him out into the spring
rain.