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Ear candles
- Thread starter Jedster
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YmirGF
Bodhisattva in Recovery
It doesn't sound like a particularly brilliant idea. Stick to the tried and true little Q-Tip.
Use them carefully and don't just jam them in your ear. Softly, slowly...
I want to try them on someone whose ears are actually plugged with wax. A Q-Tip will not work for that.
I don't really see the benefit....
YmirGF
Bodhisattva in Recovery
Understood. Good hygiene is difficult for some.
True, but when I got my ears tested and I saw the little bits of wax and she noticed that I felt bad about it, she said that some wax is good and mentioned that it kept the bugs out, though I don't know if she was kidding.
Apparently it's bad for you: Ear candling - Wikipedia
YmirGF
Bodhisattva in Recovery
Just reading that makes the whole idea seem even more ludicrous than I thought it was when I saw the thread title.
Subduction Zone
Veteran Member
I would suggest something like this:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Mack-s-P...06993540513867317530&affillinktype=10&veh=aff
The carbamide peroxide is very similar to hydrogen peroxide. It will foam up in the ear helping to loosen the ear wax and then the irrigater rinses it out.
Yup. Good experience, on more than one occasion. However, I know very little about them. Only that they worked for me.
Not recommending this, though. I'm neither doctor, nor well informed on this issue.
It doesn't sound like a particularly brilliant idea. Stick to the tried and true little Q-Tip.
Use them carefully and don't just jam them in your ear. Softly, slowly...
Hmm...not sure that approach doesn't have it's own issues.
My old man swears by his car key. Which is completely feral, and certainly not recommended.
YmirGF
Bodhisattva in Recovery
I was jokingly going to suggest people use a jeweler's tiny flat headed screwdriver or a curled carpet knife but my legal department rushed in and deleted the line before I could hit "Post Reply". Damned lawyers. (And now I get a bill for $500.00, to boot!)
"Jeeez. They just burst in again...."
Subduction Zone
Veteran Member
I used to swear by pen caps from Bic Pen. . . Hey!! Do you work for Bic? They're here now.
I don't really see the benefit....
Holy crow! I didn't realize such a thing existed. It would take a lot of ear wax to create a candle of that size.
Start saving it now.
Jedster
Well-Known Member
@Revoltingest @Stevicus @Subduction Zone @YmirGF @Lvcifer Invictvs @savagewind
Thanks for all your answers, which didn't answer the OP.
I have acute tinnitus for years now and have tried everything bar these candles, which I always thought ridiculous.
I just wanted to know (as per OP) if anyone had ever used them.
I guess I'll just have to dance with my tinnitus.
Thanks for all your answers, which didn't answer the OP.
I have acute tinnitus for years now and have tried everything bar these candles, which I always thought ridiculous.
I just wanted to know (as per OP) if anyone had ever used them.
I guess I'll just have to dance with my tinnitus.