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One of my dogs has had ear infections for her whole life. I have gone through the long gambit of buying every oily, expensive, messy Rx sold by Vets, for seven years, without ANY long term cure. Even getting the dog's ears irrigated (under sedation) at the Vet did not cure it. The yeasty ear infection in one ear always returned. THIS EcoEars product finally cleaned it up. I have had perfect results with this product. This really cleans the gunk out of the ears like NOTHING I have ever used!. That is the first step to getting rid of a chronic, long-standing ear infection. Whatever you use is not going to cure the infection until the gunk and residue is out of the ear. 1. If your dog's ear are raw and inflamed on the outside from scratching, I would NOT put this on the outside raw areas AT FIRST. I would coat the EXTERIOR outside raw areas with vaseline, or a bit of triple antibiotic cream, to soothe them. THEN apply this product inside the ears. After a couple of days-- when the scratching stops-- I would clean the vaseline off with a warm wet paper towel, dry the ear, then apply EcoEars all over the inside flap of the ear and down into the ear. (I had a new scratch on my hand when I used it and could feel it burn. This step saves the dog from further misery.) 2. GENTLY massage the ear to keep the product inside as long as possible. Then put a big cotton ball in the ear canal opening (do NOT push the cotton down too far) and let her loose to shake the ears. I recommend doing this outside if you can! The cotton ball will catch some of the mess. Gently dab any loose gunk that comes out when your dog is finished shaking. Check the ears, and be sure the cotton balls are out of the ear at this point. 3. After several days, or even a week or two, depending on the severity of the infection OR once the ear is clean and you can't smell that yeasty odor, I recommend switching to ZYMOX OTIC HC 1.0% for a couple of weeks. The Zymox Otic product will help balance the pH and the enzymes will be able to do their job on the now clean ear. It is an oily gentle product. 4. REPEAT as needed. If your dog has long-standing, reoccurring ear infections, you will have to be vigilant and repeat these steps until the ears are clean and healthy again. It is very difficult, I know. My tendency is to stop as soon as the dog gets relief. Now I leave the the two products out on a table with a big bag of cotton balls so I am constantly reminded to keep it up. (Be sure to buy 100% cotton balls, and not the "cosmetic cotton balls" that often have synthetics added that can irritate the ears even further. As long as I have dogs, I will never be without this EcoEars Dog Cleaner and the ZYMOX OTIC HC 1.0%. I can't recommend BOTH of them enough. Together they have fixed a seven year ear infection!