it depends on the type and severity of the ear infection and how you are being treated. if you have a middle ear infection you can certainly use gentle ear wax removal (softening drops and warm water lavage) assuming your ear is not painful when you do it. if you have otitis externa - an ear infection in the external ear canal using any type of wax removal would likely be painful. if you have an inner ear infection wax removal will not be a problem assuming you use warm water to lavage the ear.
can you use ear wax removal when you have an ear infection