Hopi Ear Candles

steps40

Does anyone know where I can find these at a decent price ? I would like to try these to see if they work for me ( they seem pricey just to test to see if they help )
Any advise welcomed

Thanks

santer_2

http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/candling.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ear_candling

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southeast/sites/mind/pages/hopi.shtml

http://www.theholisticshop.com/acatalog/Hopi_Ear_Candling.html

Seem to be £8 to £9 delivered

http://www.hopi-earcandle.co.uk/hopi-ear-candles/

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Biosun-Hopi-Candles-Pair-Pack/dp/B0013GAFJ6

birkee

Can't you make them with the wax out of your own ears? Cheaper!

Giddytimes

Personally ear candeling does work for me, my ears feel as if there is a pressure imbalance if that's possible, this used to mean I could never sleep through the night, I would wake up in pain and feel an unbelievable need to stick something in my ear to relieve the pressure. My doctor could never figure out why, he could see nothing wrong with my ears. Ear candeling once every 6-8 months seems to have solved my problem. I've no idea how or why but I'm not arguing.

There have been reports of injuries with Hopi ear candles though and there is little scientific research to say they do much good.

If you want to try them I really wouldn't advocate doing this at home. You can't do your own ears and the person doing this has to hold them very still and just the right depth into the ear canal. I wouldn't trust someone who'd never done this before not to damage my ear drum.

I pay 25-30 pounds for the treatment from a reputable salon, worth paying the extra for an experienced therapist in my opinion.

bcl999

birkee wrote: »

Can't you make them with the wax out of your own ears? Cheaper!

You don't even need to remove it. Just shove a wick in, light it and Robert is your father's brother!

hcb42

I have done it at home ok - with help of hubby. I think they are great. In fact I have never actually done them in a salon.

cootambear

`Ear candling` is a total myth created by `ear candle` manufacturers.

The Hopi tribe are very angry about this practice because their culture has never practised it so con artists are using their name to make money.

However as voodoo `treatments` go, it is not the most dangerous, though it is a waste of time and money .

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Ear Candling Risks continued...
Such injuries are not rare. A 1996 survey, reported in the journal Laryngoscope, found that 14 out of 144 ear, nose, and throat physicians surveyed had seen patients who had been harmed by ear candling, including at least 13 cases of external burns, seven cases of ear canal obstruction with candle wax, and one perforated eardrum.

And Richard Harris, PhD, a professor at Brigham Young University, posted an account on the Internet, complete with video otoscopy (imaging from inside the ear canal), of a 55-year-old woman who, after ear candling, had wax on her tympanic membrane (eardrum). "She easily became convinced that ear candles no longer constituted a preferred course of treatment for ceruminosis [excessive accumulation of ear wax]," Harris says.

FDA and Industry Perspectives
The FDA prohibits advertising that claims ear candling will help earaches, sinus headaches, allergies, hearing difficulties, and other medical problems. The FDA also has prohibited the importation of ear candles from at least four Canadian companies. The American Academy of Otolaryngology (specialists in ear, nose and throat) strongly denounces the practice.

Such opposition has made some practitioners cautious when they discuss ear candling. When asked about the benefits, Frank Seeley, founder of Academy Health Services of New Jersey, merely reported that his clients "say how well they can hear, how the pressure seems to be off, how they feel better. They describe a sense of well-being."

Wally's Natural Products even denies that ear candling creates a vacuum that sucks ear wax out of the ear.

"Ear candling doesn't suck anything out of your ear, but it's not a hoax," said Travis Berry, the director of sales and marketing. "The smoke particles seem to bond with ear wax particles, and allow them to fall out as flakes. They fall out naturally while you're sleeping, showering, driving to work. Your body does this anyway. Ear candles merely aid the body in removing excess ear wax."

Even if ear candles could remove wax from the ear, that would be a bad idea because the wax, or cerumen, provides a protective coating that repels water and dust. Also, cerumen is acidic, so it creates a hostile environment for bacteria. Only ear wax that has reached the opening of the ear canal should be removed.

"The easiest way is in the shower," says Carmen. "As long as the spray isn't too forceful, just turn your ear toward the water. Then use a washcloth."

Scientific examination of ear candling points to one conclusion:

"It's a magic trick," says Neil Sperling, MD, director of otology at SUNY at Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. "I had one patient bring ear candles to me and we did it in my office. It's just hocus-pocus. It doesn't do what it purports to do. Besides, you're igniting a fire just a few inches from your ear."