This practice has been suggested to me a few times for the purpose of removing ear wax. Wax is created from the skin glands of the outer ear and then build-up falls into the ear. So you’ve got more of a skin condition than an ear condition. Sometimes those with acne will also have ear wax build up. Face washing/ear cleaning, pillow case changing, limited headphone and cellphone usage, irrigating the ears with a peroxide solution and even ear candling-are all surface solutions. They do not regulate the signal your oil glands are receiving to produce more oil in the glands. I’ve been influenced to think it may be more of a hormonal issue or a nutritional one. I think there’s some truth to the myth that greasy oily food will give you oily skin. Particularly trans fat or what I call zombie fat. It’s weird un-natural stuff.
There are apparently some misconceptions and mistakes about ear candling:
-Ear candles will not remove anything from the middle ear nor the inner ear. The eardrum is blocking this, so it will not clear the eustachian tubes, nor will it pull anything from your sinuses.
-Apparently it’s rare for an ear candle to remove any wax, if it does then it’s a small amount and others are confusing the melted wax in the candle for their ear wax.
-Ear candles don’t remove ear wax in the candle. The smoke that travels in the ear dries up the wax in the ear canal and allows it to then naturally fall out. For those that believe in energy it’s also a technique to remove the weight of others words.
-Quality of candles ranges from brand to brand. I’ve read the stories where burning hot ear wax drips into the ear, burns a hole in the ear drum and damages your hearing. Therefore there are packages that say “drip-less” and beeswax has been suggested to me. Before I place them in my ear I want to test them by burning one to see if they drip while in a horizontal position and while vertical while covering the end with a finger.
-Those who are heat sensitive report feeling a burning sensation in their ear. However this is just because there is something on fire near your ear. I’m not sure what to do about the heat sensation in the ear, but for feeling any heat outside of the ear canal I’ve heard that you can use some foil or some other shielding device to prevent this.
-Those who receive assistance with this are less likely to have anything catch on fire.
I’ve heard that it’s quite relaxing and that there are scented ones which hopefully don’t downgrade the quality in another area of the candle-like make it smoke excessively. Does anyone know of any good brands?
