Why are AirPods 4 causing bleeding ears?

Stop using them and go see your doctor.

And take the AirPods with you to the doctor.

Is it both ears?

It may be an allergic reaction to the material in the ear tips. Try a different size ear tip so see if it's widespread throughout the tips. Also photograph the bloody ear(s) (not the British bloody mind you) to document the issue.

How long have you had the AirPods? If you're within the 14 day window since purchase you can take them back for a full refund no questions asked.

Tayylorbug wrote:

my husband if having issues with the AirPods 4. His ears have started to bleed….

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Original Title: AirPods 4 bleeding ears

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Ears - get medication from doctor

Maybe give the buds a rest for 2 weeks or as advised by doc

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In regards to an allergic reaction do you have an allergy to silicone?

AirPods 4 don’t have ear tips.

They also don’t go inside your ear canal, they are supposed to sit outside it.

Tragus

the prominence in front of the external opening of the outer ear

The tragus is the tongue-like projection of the outer ear. Its name comes from the Greek word tragos, meaning "he-goat."

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tragus

Thanks for the feedback and info. I've always had the Pros so didn't know what they were like.

I'm curious how are they held to/in the ear?

The tragus holds them in place

Do you mean the Doctor Who's tragus? That I got to see. 😉

I got that wrong. I was thinking of the Tardas of Doctor Who, his phone booth time machine.

Old Toad wrote:

I got that wrong. I was thinking of the Tardas of Doctor Who, his phone booth time machine.

So his ear canal may be bigger on the inside than the outside?

LD150 wrote:

Old Toad wrote:

I got that wrong. I was thinking of the Tardas of Doctor Who, his phone booth time machine.

So his ear canal may be bigger on the inside than the outside?

Exactly

TARDIS

Time and Relative Dimension in Space