Since I was a kid, I have had occasional outbreaks of eczema in my ear canals. It baffled ENT for years: they had no idea why the “infection” wouldn’t respond to anything they tried (they never tried corticosteroids).

Anyway, it’s doing it again, and it HURTS LIKE FUCK.

(I had to figure out if was eczema myself. No medical professional has ever done anything other than give me stuff to treat an ear infection, which I don’t have, and so never works).