there are certain candles you can get at herb stores, i dont know what they are called
you put some ear drops in the ears to soften the buildup, and then you put the candle in, light one end and keep trimming the candle down until its almost gone, and it acutally pulls the buildup out of the ears
alot safer than q tips and peroxide, except catching your head on fire hehe
my mom is a herb fanatic, and these things do work