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Byline: Diane Evans
Sherri, a mother of two boys, asked about ear candling as a way of removing excess earwax. She experimented with candling after one of her sons failed a hearing test at school.
"I took him to our doctor," she wrote in an e-mail, "And for $150, the doctor flushed the ears of both of my sons. One with water, one with something that looked like a metal crochet hook. Ugh. Afterward, a friend told me about candling. I can't believe what they draw out of the ears. The candles are cheap, quick, easy, convenient. How effective are they?"
I didn't find much information on ear candling by way of medical studies. What did turn up ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Don't get burned by using ear candling.