Hydrogen peroxide dissolves ear wax! It's a unique experience to say the least. You drop in several drops of hydrogen peroxide in your ear with your head lying sideways on a pillow. After a few seconds you'll hear the bubbling reaction, then you will feel a warmth and oozing feeling as the wax dissolves exothermically, making the liquid in your ear more viscous. Once the reaction has stopped, you can put a cleanex on your ear and turn over, and the "daughter product" will run out (sometimes a Qtip helps here). It is totally safe, though I've been told it isn't as complete a treatment as the medical type and doesn't work in the most extremely ear-clogged cases. Enjoy! I haven't done that for years, but now this makes me want to. Weird, no?!!!