Safe Ear Wax Removal: The Best Way To Clear Clogged Ears - Dr. Oz: The Best Of Season 12
What this video covers
Posted August 26, 2021, this clip is drawn from The Dr. Oz Show’s “Best of Season 12” run — a compilation series the channel used to resurface popular segments from the show’s final full seasons. The topic is safe ear wax removal, prompted by the craze over earwax-removal videos on TikTok.
The segment sits squarely in the show’s consumer-health how-to lane. The on-air method, demonstrated with an audience member: use a cotton swab only on the outside of the ear, then tilt the head and place about five drops of hydrogen peroxide into the ear canal, letting it sit — the bubbling softens the wax — before tilting the ear down to drain it. The show’s rule of thumb: anything smaller than your pinky should never go inside the ear. Oz also explains the wax-color guide: yellow, orange, and brown wax are normal; red may indicate a scratch or injury from digging, green may indicate infection, and black signals impacted buildup that may need professional removal.
The “best of” framing signals this was a segment that performed well in its original broadcast and was judged worth a second run. With nearly 1.8 million views, it is among the most-watched practical-health clips from the show’s final seasons — evidence that the channel’s audience kept coming for straightforward, actionable segments even as the show itself wound down (the final season aired 2021–22).
Key points
- The clip is a “Best of Season 12” resurfacing of a segment on safe ear wax removal, prompted by viral earwax-removal TikTok videos.
- The on-air method: cotton swab for the outer ear only; about five drops of hydrogen peroxide into the tilted ear canal to soften wax; then drain by tilting the ear down.
- The show’s rule: nothing smaller than your pinky should ever go inside the ear.
- Oz’s wax-color guide: yellow, orange, brown are normal; red suggests a scratch or injury; green suggests infection; black indicates impacted buildup.
- The segment’s popularity (1.78M views) reflects the channel’s strength in practical how-to health content in the show’s final years.
- The Dr. Oz Show ended after Season 13 (2021–22), making Season 12 compilations some of the last “classic” daytime-era material the channel published.