Embarrassing problem! Help me DL!

Jump in front of a bus

What spot, OP? You left something out.

Contacts.

Next!

It's like your belly button, it gets sticky and smells

R2 behind my ears

R3 noooo I can’t touch my eyes gross. I’ve never been able to wear contacts.

We believe you have more than that one spot that is smelly.

Or however one wishes to describe the stink.

[quote]R5 (too lazy to self-ID as OP): R2 behind my ears (sic)

OP, your ass is behind your ears.

In fact, it sags and drags a considerable distance behind your ears.

"It's like your belly button, it gets sticky and smells "

You too? I feel so much better now

Wipe behind your ears with a baby wipe a few times a day. Same with the part of the frame that touches that area. Easy peasy.

WFF is oozing behind your ears that requires constant sopping up?

Gross

Just stop storing you glasses in your pussy, OP.

I've never heard of a smelly spot behind the ears..I mean, where exactly?

Motorboat a large breasted woman or Louie Anderson twice a day.

Ear cancer. So sorry.

Can I have you . . . Never mind.

It's sebum. I get that too. Like nose grease.

NOTICE: When your Top locks your ankles behind your ears, REMOVE your eyeglasses to reduce the number of friction points.

OP I also get strings in my mouth after brushing my teeth.

Baby wipes as someone said above, or cotton wool with witch hazel or a (cheapish) toner that women use after cleansing. Something mildly astringent.

Do people complain? Are you able to smell behind your own ear, OP? If so there may be other issues.

R21 it makes my pillow smell really bad only a few days after washing

OP,

The stuff on your pillow--is it pus? Is it clear liquid?

Does it ever go away? When did this start?

Do a mid-day clean behind your ears.

R23 I started noticing it a few months ago but I know something funky has been going on with my sinuses for like 4 years.

OP,

Also, is it in exactly the same spot behind both ears?

Hydrogen peroxide.

Yes r26 I assume caused by my glasses

What is the consistency of the liquid? It thick, thin? Clean, cloudy? Pus?

What material is your glasses made out of? And did you just get them a few months ago?

R29 there isn’t liquid

Maybe it's a skin allergy to the glasses material.

Do you have another set of glasses you can wear for a week or two to see what happens?

Does it smell like BO? Some plastic stinks like BO when it gets old.

[quote]I started noticing it a few months ago but I know something funky has been going on with my sinuses for like 4 years.

Are you sure the smell isn't caused by stuff oozing out of your ears? Maybe you have a chronic sinus infection that has developped into an ear infection?

Apparently a not-so-small number of people have a fistula near or behind one or both ears. Fistulas can become infected, and I imagine the smell would be pretty nasty.

In any case I'd have that checked out, OP. Smelling behind the ear is definitely NOT normal. I wear glasses and have very thick hair covering my ears, and I've never noticed a bad smell in that area.

It's fungi infection. The ears can be cleaned twice daily with EYE WASH with boric acid, or MOUTH WASH with chlorhexidine, or BETADINE if you don't mind the coloring. The eyeglasses can too, once a day.

Apply clotrimazole or econazole twice daily behind the ears.

My mother has a little tiny one* above her ear--but it produces a little liquid, and she's had it her entire life.

OP is reporting two of these spots that just appeared a few months ago, simultaneously, and produce no fluid or pus.

*fistula

IIRC, has I kid watching old movies or movie shorts like The Little Rascals, mothers berating their child "to make sure wash behind your ears" or something like that. And I took it to heart and began to wash behind years as a child and continue to this day.

OP maybe it’s an allergic reaction to the glasses or it could be that the area is getting sweaty from the glasses and that causes the funky smell.

If you have health insurance go see the Dr.

Are there no other symptoms besides the smell, like pain or itching?

Whatever it is, it seems a bit weird that both ears are affected simultaneously.

... unless it really is an allergic reactions, but in that case you'd definitely expect there to be other symptoms

[quote] mothers berating their child "to make sure wash behind your ears" or something like that.

This comes from a time when people didn't bathe or shower for long stretches of time, and just washed hands, face, and neck every day.

Behind the ears is a problem area. My friend started getting huge pimples (more than a pimple, maybe a fistula) behind his ear. He would puncture, rinse and repeat. He finally did go to a doctor. It's really horrible-looking, those fistulas.

I actually had problems (behind ears) from wearing masks (itchy, dry).

(You can't puncture a fistula.)

Maybe it was an abscess, then.

It's one of the sources of dreaded Old People Smell.

Try as you might, you'll be fighting a losing battle against OPS.

I get behind the ear funk if I don't shower for a few days. Wash behind your ears daily and dry them either with a towel or hair dryer before putting glasses on. Clean the ear part of your glasses with rubbing alcohol at least once a day.

I am freaked out now ! How many people took their glasses off and smelled them ? LOL !

OP is Mary Katherine Gallagher.

Have you considered a lorgnette.

OP, I am told cyanide works but only in small doses.

I was just talking about this with someone. She used rubbing alcohol behind the ears after every shower. I use witch hazel. After you thoroughly dry your ears off of course.

There’s always Lume. You can put that shit on any part of your body. It neutralizes bacteria for 72 hours.

Have you, by any chance...

been putting your pillow between your legs when you sleep?

Just hang out with people smell worse than you! Problem solved.

Apply deodorant behind your ears.

Dab on some argon oil.

LOL

My dad would try to make us as little kids smell his fingers after he rubbed them behind his ears because they smelled like swiss cheese. It was a joke and he'd chase us around with his stinky finger.

We never smelled it.

God, that sounds awful, R58. Did he also tell you to pull his finger and then fart?

No, that was his brother.

It was a joke like his Frankenstein walk.

Put a 50-50 mixture of rubbing alcohol and distilled water in a plastic bottle. Put some of that solution on a washcloth and scrub behind your ears daily. Make sure you dry them well.

One time I put my finger behind my ear and my dog sniffed it and went nuts for the smell. Gross!

Lol, R61, when your dog (or cat) loves your stink you know it must be bad, really bad by human standards. Canines and felines are such pervs when it comes to bodily odors.

You seem stupid as fuck, OP.

I’m sure it’s nothing, OP.

Gasoline, though rising in price, will take care of it once and for all.

This thread is literally making me nauseated.

[quote]I get behind the ear funk if I don't shower for a few days.

For a few days?? Why wouldn't you? Particularly if you get "funk" behind the ears. My God. That's disgusting.

Wasn't there another thread about someone who got a smell behind his ears? How filthy are you guys?

Ask a dermatologist for a prescription anti-perspirant to apply behind your ears.

Drink 10 liters of gasoline then light a match and swallow it.

You're an alcoholic , OP. and your liver is trying to get rid of fat in your blood. It does that through pushing fat out through your pores on your face, head and neck. Greasy, wet, ear canals? You need to stop alcohol consumption, bud!

Cut off your freaking ears. Then gouge out your eyeballs. Then buy yourself a pretty cane.

Lose 'em! Who needs extra baggage these days when less is more, OP??!

R70 I stopped alcohol consumption 2 years ago. I had elevated liver enzymes in my blood then. My blood test this year showed my liver enzymes are now normal. I feel very blessed that I didn’t do as much permanent damage to my body as I originally thought in my 10 years of heavy drinking.

I think it’s sebum/oil, I have the same prob, it smells like vinegar behind both ears, & I only wear reading glasses & shower daily.

It's booze, sweetie. It's booze. You can do this. Just commit.

Smells like cheese? Yeast infection or dermatitis likely.

Here's more info...

Did you Google it? See #4.

🙄 Your glasses are NOT the problem.

We already had a thread about somebody having a cheese smell behind the ears. One was plenty...

“I’m asking him to change his ways….”