I live in a ground-floor flat, so neighbourly noise has always been a problem. At night, I rely heavily on earplugs - sometimes wearing them the whole night through. As a result, the pressure in my ...

Ear candling does not work and has many dangerous health risks like your ears getting clogged with candlewax, your eardrum getting punctured, and ear infections. Ear candling involves placing a hollow ...

Last week, I paid a woman in New York City to stick burning candles in my ears like it was the second night of Hanukkah. It was about 4 p.m. on the Fourth of July. I just got back to Manhattan from ...

Plenty of folks swear that ear candling works, and if you’re trying to be good and not use Q-tips, this spa service may seem like a reasonable way to get earwax out of your ears. Unfortunately, the ...

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Today I’m trying ear candling, which has an ancient history in China and is related to moxibustion. It involves burning a flaming candle with mugwort smoke in and around someone’s ear. (No joke!) It’s ...

I’m not particularly weird, but I like to clean my ears. Not as much as Lena Dunham’s character, Hannah, on the HBO show, “Girls,” who jammed a Q-tip so far in there she had to go to the hospital. Nor ...

If you buy something through a link on this page, we may earn a small commission. How this works. Earwax, also called cerumen, serves an essential function in the body. It helps to remove dead skin ...