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My AirPods are causing sores in my ear

My AirPods are causing sores in my ear. The sores are very uncomfortable and make it painful to wear my AirPods. I got AirPods for the simple reason of my job in the military. I work in a very noisy environment and handle a lot of phone calls. Wired earbuds are frowned upon because the wire gets in the way. So AirPods are perfect for this. Yet, after I wear them enough, sores open up in my ears. I’ve already seen a doctor and he said that it’s just the pressure and friction caused by the hard surface of the AirPods. It is quite inconvenient.



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Posted on Oct 27, 2020 8:16 PM

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Posted on Oct 27, 2020 8:26 PM

XXavier1999 Said:

“Airpods: My AirPods are causing sores in my ear. The sores are very uncomfortable and make it painful to wear my AirPods.[...]I’ve already seen a doctor and he said that it’s just the pressure and friction caused by the hard surface of the AirPods. It is quite inconvenient.”

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Doctor:

Excellent step on contacting your doctor!👍


Provide Apple With This Feedback:

Apple rarely reads these forums on their own time. So, to get the word out to Apple on this, provide them with feedback. They won't get back to you directly on this, but the more they hear of it, the more they will know what problems exist and how to go about fixing them. So, do you part and provide feedback on it. Be certain that you are positive with the feedback (elsewise, it'll likely be filtered out).

  1. Go Here: Feedback - AirPods - Apple
  2. Select: "Performance" for the "Feedback Type"
  3. Proceed from there as necessary
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Oct 27, 2020 8:26 PM in response to XXavier1999

XXavier1999 Said:

“Airpods: My AirPods are causing sores in my ear. The sores are very uncomfortable and make it painful to wear my AirPods.[...]I’ve already seen a doctor and he said that it’s just the pressure and friction caused by the hard surface of the AirPods. It is quite inconvenient.”

———-


Doctor:

Excellent step on contacting your doctor!👍


Provide Apple With This Feedback:

Apple rarely reads these forums on their own time. So, to get the word out to Apple on this, provide them with feedback. They won't get back to you directly on this, but the more they hear of it, the more they will know what problems exist and how to go about fixing them. So, do you part and provide feedback on it. Be certain that you are positive with the feedback (elsewise, it'll likely be filtered out).

  1. Go Here: Feedback - AirPods - Apple
  2. Select: "Performance" for the "Feedback Type"
  3. Proceed from there as necessary

My AirPods are causing sores in my ear

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