Ear candling

MrsE_2

Anyone tried Hopi ear candling?
Thinking of giving it a go.

sleepless_saver

Urgh. Have a look at this article especially the last reader comment at the end. Hot wax dripped on ear drum, hearing loss, pain, infection - no thanks!

brook2jack

Complete quackery and potentially very dangerous ,people have already been injured http://www.audiologyonline.com/articles/pf_article_detail.asp?article_id=1501

shegirl

I asked about it on here earlier this year after being told it would help with my sinuses.The replies I got soon put me off!

suki1964

My Step son thought these were brill a few years back

Good laugh

But do they do anything? Nope

heartbreak_star

nope, they are a massive load of rubbish. The only reason you get stuff that looks like earwax inside the candle is...wait for it...the candlewax itself looks like earwax.

Bunkum.

HBS x

mrsrobertson

I have quite waxy ears so i tried it & it did absolutely nothing!

hazyjo

After suffering with horrendous vertigo a couple of times, I'd avoid it like the plague! Not something I'd wish on my worst enemy (well, maybe a few )

Jx

Camelina

I tried it and for me it worked. Had ear infection/pain/loss of hearing and after 6 weeks of prescription drugs/products I decided I had nothing to lose by giving it a try. The relief was immediate. Had one follow up treatment after that.
Fast forward a few years and I have developed Tinnitus in one ear so decided to try Hoppi ear candling again, on this condition it didn't work for me.
I am not a touchy/feely person but found the treatment incredibly relaxing(face massage included in the treatment) just make sure a competent person carries it out(the person I used instructs students on how to do it)

Toothsmith

Do not try it.

Quackery of the worst order. Potentially very dangerous.

There will be no such thing as a 'competent' person doing it, because anyone with any degree of respect for their patients/clients will have researched what they are doing to people - and if you research this you find out that it's complete hokum.

Therefore, anyone doing it is either aware that they're a fraud, or don't bother to find out whether what they are doing to people is safe & effective. Either way, it would not be someone I'd want working on me or those close to me.

Fire_Fox

There are plenty of safer ways to loosen wax such as softening drops. I also noticed when I was using wax ear plugs regularly that the wax was easy to remove right after, presumably because the ear plug effectively traps body heat.