Ear Candles

Gross!!! I have never, ever heard of that. How would somebody do that??? Light a candle and let the wax drip in your ear then harden and pick it out??? Ouch!! That does not sound right to me. Why would you want to do that?

I've heard of ear candles before but never tried it I'm looking forward to reading the responses here to possibly learn more. LOL I've never heard of it being connected to Catholics though - my parents are both Catholics and never heard of them using ear candles.

Whoa! I was born and raised Catholic - went to Catholic school for 6 years - and I've never heard of that being a ritual for us. I actually never heard of it until about 6 or 7 years ago. A friend of mine had heard of it to help with allergies and stuff. She tried it and it worked pretty good for her. I've never heard anything bad about it - except don't try to improvise and use stuff that "might" work in place of the real thing. You could get burned... But if you do it right, it's supposed to really help clean out your sinuses.

I just got over a bad ear infection. The doctor gave me 2 different kinds of drops that didn't work at all. A friend of mine suggested ear candles. At the time I never heard of them so I searched on the internet and found alot of postive info on them. I went to the health food store and bought a box of 4 for 10.00. I was afraid to try it by myself thought I was going to set myself on fire so my son helped me. It felt so good and they had a lovely lavendar scent. Worked like a charm. I am glad I did it.

I have heard of this but I have never done it. I think that it would be fairly comfortable and that it would get rid of the wax. I might have to try it sometime. I do think that there are many benefits to alternative medicine.

I have used them and I think they work great. Very effective. Just be very careful with the flame. I use them over my bathroom sink.

hi modestah! yup! i have tried ear candling and i love it! there was so much ear wax that came out and it stuck in the end of the candle. then the therapist let me clean my ears with cotton buds dipped in agua oxenada. i think i used five cotton buds (10 ends). i felt so clean afterwards and the itchiness that could not be removed by simply cleaning my ears was gone. au contraire. ear candling is not a catholic thing. it is an ancient form of cleaning the ears. i think it started in egyptian times, but of course the candles were different. we have candles available commercially already. i love ear candling! take care and God bless you! happy mylotting! :D

I've heard if ear candling, but I've never tried it.

i've never tried it,but i know people who swear by it. seems to be particularily good for people who have narrow canals and they're always getting blocked.i guess it wicks it up better than other methods.

In fact when I went to have the facial treatment several days ago, the staff suggested me to have the ear candling. I declined it. I was worried about whether it would have a bad effect on my hearing. As I read from the newspaper and it said it was not so safe to have this kind of treatment. I don't want to take a risk. And actually I don't think it's very a comfortable feeling when you hear something outside of your ears when this treatment is available. I love China

They do it here in the beauty shops if you want it done...I personally have ear problems most of the time...when I am tired. They say that an ear infection is like a volcano....it sizzles all the time then erupts once in a while..so when I am tired I do get an ear ache....which is alot of times! LOL....but I use peroxide to get rid of the excess wax. I do however know someone who did it....but she just did it once......never heard good or bad from her though..maybe it was a waste of her money!

Ok I was raised catholic. Granted, I did not pay attention as much as they wanted me to but I love candles and incense and all and my love of those things stems from my church-going days as a child. I do not have a clue as to what ear candling is. Please educate me on this. I'm curious now.

Yes I try it I am a over producer of ear wax and for a while I did not have any medical insurance. To do this right it take two people it more of a pain for Your friend to help but it the safe way to do it I got good results Doctors will say it will not work because they charge from $200to $500 for a ear wax remove cleaning.