Though ear candling has been practiced for millennia, the practice’s authenticity is still questioned. “It is best defined as the use of an ear candle which is (typically) a beeswax or paraffin wax ...

Allergies, cold and flu affect hundreds of thousands of North Texans. Many constantly search for ways to ease their symptoms. Some have turned to a controversial home remedy called ear candling. And ...

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 ...

Ear candling seems to be popping up in salon windows and Instagram feeds everywhere these days. But what is it exactly? Ear candling, which was a popular practice of the ancient Egyptians, involves ...

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 ...

Every day, millions of Americans use cotton swabs to clean their ears. However, cotton swabs can push earwax further into the ear, causing wax blockage in the ear canal. Ear candling or ear coning can ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Here’s a really stupid idea: ear candles, fabric tubes soaked in beeswax ...

Q-tips, pencils, hairpins, pen caps, jewelry, even Barbie doll accessories — people stick all kinds of things in their ears to remove earwax or to scratch an itchy ear. But wedging a foreign object ...