Review (2/5): Might be good for some folks
This stretching balm did very little. I found a nice, hot shower before stretching and then a liberal application of triple antibiotic ointment does the job much better and prevents infection. I've got some weird allergy stuff going on, but when I used this, my right ear got horribly infected. A friend who had already stretched told me to skip the balm and just use triple antibiotic ointment. Since that advice, I haven't had any infections during the stretches and I'm down to a zero.
Like I said, it might be just the ticket for some folks, but I'd just do the hot shower first and the antibiotic ointment for massaging into the ear.