Meg/Mags, please move this if necessary.
Wasn’t sure if it comes under General, Health, or Beauty?
Hopi Ear Candling.
Has anybody here ever had this treatment?
If so, what made you want to try it?
What did you think of it?
If you went because of a problem, did it help, worsen, or made not a scrap of difference?
How many treatments did you have, or did you stop at just the one?
Thanks for any experiences you can share. 
I had to look it up Mups 
I don’t think I would be brave enough to have that done…
Yes many times Mups . It’s a lovely experience. I’ve also done it for friends . It’s very relaxing . You can hear the pop pop as the wax is melted and sucked away .
My ears felt very clean and I’m convinced I could hear better
I use sodium bicarbonate ear drops. That’s enough messin’ for me.
I’d give it a go, I think…its been around for thousands of years so it must work. I just use warm olive oil in a syringe.
Do you suck it back out?
I had a perforated eardrum a few years ago, caused by infection. It mended itself, but I’m now wary of damaging it.
No D00d, you warm the oil under the hot tap, turn your head sideways, squirt in and stay like that for a few mins. Then you stop the oil running out down your face with a cotton wool ball. inside the ear. The excess oil soaks into the cotton wool and you remove it. Repeat daily for as long as it takes. Its very gentle, non invasive. The oil softens the wax and lets it come out naturally.
Oh I haven’t seen them before, yes the dropper would be more precise. Thanks!
It’s a hoax
There are loads of videos on YouTube proving that they don’t remove wax and the stuff inside the candle looks the same when the candle is put on a glass as when its on an ear.
I can understand you wanting to be careful, dOOd.
I would be wary too.
Mrs Zaphod tried this just a few years ago, as one of those “last resort” efforts which didn’t work for her.
In fairness she has since - after years of trouble and visits to various doctors etc. - been diagnosed with a hearing problem that no treatment including operating can cure and is slowly deteriorating towards complete deafness.
Oh, that must be rotten for her, Zaphod.
Poor Mrs. Z.
Thank you for your kind thoughts.
Thank you for that, Mags.
I will have a read.
Your experience is interesting, Susan, thank you.
I have been reading many health reports condemning this practice today.
All I have discovered so far is the clinics and practitioners who offer this treatment are full of praise for it, and list the problems it can mend, but the ones who do not offer the service - e.g. health professionals - condemn it and say it can be dangerous!
It seems mostly for ear wax, and I do not have that problem according to the ear specialist.
I admit I am worried about making my hearing loss worse by candling, hence the homework first.
This is just one of the sites who say not to do it:
I wouldn’t dream of damaging my ears with ‘candling’.
When I suffer from wax build-up, I spray olive oil into the affected ear canal - I use ‘Earol’ spray - for a few days, massaging the ear afterward to spread the oil where it’s needed.
Then, I syringe my ear(s) using a 50ml syringe and warm, soapy water - quite hot, but not hot enough to burn. Cold water just makes me feel dizzy.
I think it’s important to use a device on the end of the syringe that spreads the jets of water away from the centre of the ear canal. This avoids any damage to the eardrum due to a strong jet of water hitting it directly. It’s preferable to make the water swirl around rather than shoot in directly.
This is a cheap all-inclusive set of gear, though the 20ml syringe is a bit titchy: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Earwax-Remover-Syringe-Medi-Grade/dp/B07C2SBCDL/ref=sr_1_13?adgrpid=106056700922&dchild=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwvr6EBhDOARIsAPpqUPEiDk5RSZ8FjDdGycBPlP79VxNGRoPbkNSgBppwkHUhH44FRedKRioaAh00EALw_wcB&hvadid=448951949021&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9046449&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=5090704174254466274&hvtargid=kwd-335543094656&hydadcr=28179_1821129&keywords=ear+syringing+equipment&qid=1620053757&sr=8-13
That usually works, but if it doesn’t the final act is to go for professional suction of wax from the ear canal. That is likely to work out at about £30 per ear and I can be sure that everything is then gone.
Thanks JBR and I am glad your method works for you.
Unfortunately it doesn’t apply to me though, as my problem is not wax, as I mentiioned to Susan.
Still trying to get confirmation what has actually happened, but they definitely said there is no wax to be seen at all.
One possibility suggested by the ENT chap, was it could have been caused by the bang to my head when I fell a while back, and knocked myself out.
Thing is, 3 months later now, and I still haven’t got my hearing back in one ear, and that’s why I was exploring the candles.
Mups, 3 months is a long time - I do hope they get an answer for you soon! Its unsettling not being able to hear properly.
Yes it is, Pixie, especially when you have always had excellent hearing.
It’s weird. Sound is distorted and I can’t always tell which way a noise is coming from.
Also, crazy that it sounds, although I can’t hear one side, certain noises in that ear are painful. Silly things like the microwave door shutting, or the kettle boiling, some car engines that go by, and even certain voices. It’s really weird.
