Replacing wax guards every few days

I brought this up a while back and the response was spot on, because of the shape of my custom speaker, its difficult to insert without scraping along the ear, picking up wax. I am therefore getting wax into the guard and having to replace very often, sometimes two a week! By contrast, the right custom speaker doesn’t have the length or the hook and I replace the wax guard there about twice a year, no kidding.

Here is the left speaker:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yz152rdwxcegkw7/IMG_1244.HEIC?dl=0113

Does anyone have tips on a way to insert (using Oto-ease solution makes it easier but doesn’t change the situation with the wax guard getting plugged up) that might make this less tedious?

Thanks!

Thanks all. I want to reiterate this is just the left ear, and it is because the mold is shaped this odd way. When I had a more normal left speaker, there was too much feedback. Except for this issue with the wax, its working really well, comfortable and no feedback.
I have no issues with the right side, and my audi has remarked at the dearth of wax, so I am sure its just the scraping of the canal on insertion, don’t know if there is a workaround here.

I suggest cleaning your left ear before each insertion with a tissue wrapped around your pinky finger. This way you can wipe away any excess oil and wax from the ear canal wall and reduce the amount that is scooped up by the wax trap. You can also look into a consumer hearing aid vacuum such as Jodi Jr. to clear out the wax trap so you wouldn’t need to replace it as often. If you are having problems with excessive wax build-up, I suggest you consult a specialist through tele-health services. They can give you better advice after meeting you.

I have ReSound custom silicon molds. I have lot of wax in my ear canals. It hardly ever enters the receiver opening bores and almost always does not go very deep into the openings if it does. Any wax is easily sucked out with a (consumer) Jodi-Vac. I change my wax guards once a month but they always look clean. I found periodic treatment with a mild acetic acid solution (a prescribed medicine for a previous ear infection) loosens accumulated wax and causes most of it to come out within a day or two of treatment as a glop adhering to my molds (and sometimes clogging receiver openings 'til vacuumed). I will add links to this post or a further reply shortly when I have more time. I used to wear open domes, power domes, tulip domes, etc. but those did get regularly jammed with wax upon inserting perhaps because the flaps can be deformed, allowing the receiver opening to plow along close to the waxy ear canal surface. Since my molds are pretty rigid and the receiver opening bores are positioned at some distance from the circumferential surface in contact with the ear canal, they are very hard to clog, except when loosening wax with (in my case), a prescribed ear medicine.

Here’s a link to the medicine I was prescribed for a previous ear infection. I use it once every couple of weeks now just as a “ear conditioner.” A single bottle on my medical insurance cost $10 and retails for $38. There are probably similar over-the-counter ear treatments. I think it’s the polypropylen glycol base that’s having the wax loosening effect and also probably causes the liquid to adhere more to the ear canal surface and not just run out right away. https://www.akorn.com/prod_detail.php?ndc=50383-889-1512

Usually things that require a prescription have the possibility of side effects, etc., so it’s probably not good to overuse anything like this and consult your own physician, etc., before self-medicating, etc.