Why ear candling is a dangerous, ineffective way to remove ear wax — and safer ways to do it

Ear candling is a practice meant to remove earwax but puts you at risk for burns, ear infections, and event temporary hearing ...
Post and Courier

Ear candling: Holistic method remains controversial practice

Though ear candling has been practiced for millennia, the practice’s authenticity is still questioned. “It is best defined as the use of an ear candle which is (typically) a beeswax or paraffin wax ...
WIS TV

Health Alert: Ear candle risk

(National-NBC) Feb. 21, 2005 - Donald Cuthbert had trouble hearing. He says his job puts him around loud noises, and the result is too much wax build-up. So, his wife suggested an ear candle, "I ...
Lifehacker

Ear Candling Doesn't Work (and Can Make Your Earwax Worse)

Plenty of folks swear that ear candling works, and if you’re trying to be good and not use Q-tips, this spa service may seem like a reasonable way to get earwax out of your ears. Unfortunately, the ...
Los Angeles Times

Another FDA warning, this time about ear candles. Ear candles?

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Here’s a really stupid idea: ear candles, fabric tubes soaked in beeswax ...
Atlanta Magazine

Test Drive: What happened when I tried ear candling

I’m not particularly weird, but I like to clean my ears. Not as much as Lena Dunham’s character, Hannah, on the HBO show, “Girls,” who jammed a Q-tip so far in there she had to go to the hospital. Nor ...
Time

Don’t put burning candles in your ears, FDA says

Jesse Eisenberg is set to play Lex LuthorMat Hayward / 2014 Mat Hayward As the L.A. Times health blog reports, the Food and Drug Administration recently issued a warning advising consumers not to use ...