ear coning and equalizing

[tiggrr]

Well, read all of the opinions posted and had to try it out for myself. Burned 2 of the candles covering the end of one and leaving the other open. neither of them dripped any wax and the insides were completely bare. What we found inside of the ones we used on ourselves the other day contained matter found on a Q-tip.... just a larger quantity. (ewww lol)

As for the concert/placebo effect, I thought about that quite a bit.....saw another show last nite and nope......I have had pretty bad hearing for enough time to know that it is clearly improved.

Also, strangely enough, I purchased the candles in Windsor, Canada. They also sell them next door to my work, just more expensive there.

Back to my initial question though, it wouldn't matter then how much ear wax was in your ear, you would equalize the same no matter what??

Sorry if this is too noob for anyone, I am just curious.

 

[RichLockyer]

Same sensation as a reverse squeeze?..since candling doesn't do a thing to the inner ear it can't be like a reverse squeeze.

If it creates a suction in the ear canal, then it DOES have exactly the same effect as when your inner ear is pressurized to, say 60ft, and you ascend rapidly.

If it DOES create an actual suction in the ear canal, then it is in fact very hazardous to the eardrum.

You have just established the level of your medical knowledge of the ear.

 

[Wildcard]

Apparently if you light an ear candle and just hold it mid air, it ends up with the same amount of "crud" in it that is supposedly drawn out of your ear. If they "really" worked by forming a vacuum, don't you think you would get the same sensation as a reverse squeeze while you were using them? Aren't they banned in Canada because they're effectively a quack treatment? Any perceived hearing performance is probably a placebo effect.

Any of the chunks of wax I get out of my ear certainly aren't going to be "sucked out" by a p!ssy little candle-flame and a paper cone

Follow Kriterian's (or your doctor's) advice - use ear wax drops and the inflator bulb (or large syringe). I've had the same ear plugging experience from cotton tips.

I try to be open minded about this sort of thing. I tried it and felt and heard better. Then I burned one by it's self. Same crap, melted bees wax at the bottom.

 

[SubMariner]

Why do people have problems with Q tips. You gently go in and twirl, you don't push it into your ear drum.

My ex thought that too. Wound up with a perforated eardrum that required some painful surgery to correct.

Kriterian makes some very relevant points. Listen! [pun intended].

Be well,

 

[Sideband]

Bah! Q-tips are the devil! Never put anything into your ear bigger than your elbow.

What kind of Q-tips have you seen that are bigger than your elbow?

Joe