Medically reviewed by Dale Garber, MD A variety of methods can help you get water out of your ear. You can usually remove ...

Swimmer's ear is the colloquial name for acute otitis externa, an infection of the outer ear. Though the nickname implies that you get the infection from swimming, you can contract swimmer's ear ...

Cartilage piercings may also hurt for up ... “Don’t take it out immediately. You might trap the infection in your ear if it heals up,” says Penny. To help avoid this, Clem advises ...

Cartilage piercings may hurt for up to a ... “Don’t take it out immediately. You might trap the infection in your ear if it heals up,” says Penny. To help avoid this, Clem advises ...

Current treatments involve taking a sample of cartilage from the ribs from the patient and manually carving it to resemble a typical ear shape. This can then be implanted with a low likelihood of ...

"Swimmer's ear is an infection of your outer ear canal, which is bone and cartilage covered by skin and runs from your tympanic membrane (ear drum) to the outside of your head," said Dr. Thompson.