Allergic to AirPod Pro eartips

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Same issues for me. I've used the Pro's since their release without issues until I lost mine and bought a replacement set in august. Almost immediately I began to experience inflammation, drainage and crusting in both ear canals. I am at my wits end and about to see an ENT. Now I'm wondering if Apple changed their tip materials since my original set didn't irritate me. When did you purchase your Pros and how long did it take to notice this?

Same here .

I bought mine December 2019 , used them 2h/day until August .

In November I started with itching and some pain . Went to the doctor and stopped used them in early November .

I not totally fine yet , I still have some itching and “full ear”.

I bought the regular AirPods but I didn’t used them .. I confess I’m afraid to put them in my ears and have all the symptoms agin !!

Having the same issue itchy, redness, swollen, drainage, scabbing. I bought foam tips and that hasn’t helped. Had to buy different brand and bummed cause apple isn’t allowing them to pair with my Apple Watch.

I had the infections and bought the Creative Outlier Gold headphones which are really good and don’t cause any infection issues.

I think I’ll be winding down my Apple usage and leaving the ecosystem when this phone’s contract is up. This APP episode was a fiasco, the aftercare was awful, and now it appears Apple are taking political censorship into overdrive. It’s just not the company it was. Bad products, bad values.

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I just got the Sony noise cancelling earbuds and wow. Where have these been the whole time? Kinda surprised I missed out on these for so long.

went back to using my AirPods 2nd gen for awhile and thought I’d check out some YouTube videos on what the best noise cancelling earbuds are. After about a million videos later and doing a deep dive all week, I kept hearing the general consensus being that the Sony’s were cheaper, had better noise cancelling, had way better sound quality AND had volume controls on the sides. So I thought hey. It’s my birthday soon. Let’s give it a try!

just went to target and picked these up and have been using them all day. My god. The second I put these in my ear it felt right. And the sound quality: man they weren’t kidding. Blows the AirPods out of the water. And I can customize the eq settings on top of all that? This just changes the game for me.

just thought I’d post to let you guys know a good alternative is out there. These sony earbuds are freaking amazing. I just tried switching back and forth between these and the AirPods and I think these ruined other headphones for me. The AirPods sounds so tinny! Like how did I listen to that all the time?

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I’ve developed the same problem. I wore them often and never had a problem. Now after a short time wearing them I get itchy, draining, swollen ear canals followed by a week or two of crusty ear holes. I’ve tried several different buds on the air pod pros and there is no change. 20 minutes of wear causes two weeks of unsightly and painful ear problems. What the heck is the deal? I’ve disinfected them many times and experimented on one ear at a time. I wish they would work for me. Costly problems.

I similarly had a reaction (itchiness, moist/wet ear canals, skin peeling after a few days) but not straight away. I used the Airpods Pro for it seems months before I had any reaction. Now even a single exposure recreates the symptoms so I can't use them now. I've never had an allergic/dermatitis-like reaction to any substance previously and I've been around for a long time. My Sony in-ear silicon tips don't cause any reaction so I'm at a loss to explain why I can't use the Airpods Pro ear tips. I guess my only option is to try alternate ear tips but I really like my Airpods Pro so I'm hopeful for a solution.

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I am dying here. I live my AirPod pros but this is ridiculous. Left ear infection of the severe case with all of the listed symptoms and now it’s staring in the right one. 4 oral antibiotics, ear drop antibiotics and a shot in my hip and it’s no use if I don’t completely stop wearing them. This really sucks and apple should fix it if I’m paying this much for their product. I guess it’s off to shop for some Bose now.

Changed my tips to a foam type and still got the ear issues. Prior use of the APP’s was September 2020 waited for ears to clear up, took almost 4 months. In December 2020 got the new tips and within 24 hours of using the APP’s I had the dry ears with clear fluid coming out, itching and brown pus in the inner ear.