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The ins and outs of ear candling
On the way to the beach my friend, Maryn asked me if I'd ever tried ear candling.
"What?"
"You know, ear candling. You stick this piece of wax in your ear, light it on fire and the smoke is supposed to draw out all of the toxins in your ear canal."
"You've been living in LA for way too long."
"I really want to try it!"
After a few calls to 411 Maryn finally tracked down a GNC that sold the ear candles and swore by then.
Below is a picture of Wally's 100% Beeswax ear candles.
Maryn before lighting her ear candle ablaze.
Trying to see if I can see the "gunk" in her ear. As I'm sure you could've guess, I could not spot any "gunk."
Ear candles burning up!
Keep in mind it was roughly 90 degrees down the Cape with 100% humidity. Adding a flaming candle to your ear made for a steamy afternoon. 
FIRE BURNING! It was my job to cut the ash off.
So when Maryn removed her ear candle I could've sworn I saw something drip out of her ear, hence the tissue lodged into her ear ball.
I tried to get a picture of the two of us rocking our Beeswax ear candles but I didn't want to set my newly blonde hair on fire so the picture didn't come out so great.
The first ear that Maryn ear candled didn't produce anything not worthy. However, when she pulled the candle out of her right ear there was some funky stuff going on:
Like honestly. What is that long orange-ish looking thing?
They do this in Chile for earaches! I've had it done. I swear it works!
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I am thorougly disturbed and confused by this whole ritual... I have major ear issues and I think this would put me over the edge. I've heard they actually have ear candling parties... like in that events & adventures thing I did, they totally had that as an event. weird.
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haha! I have yet to try ear candling, but I am intrigued by it for sure!
Let me just warn you to NEVER...EVER... use the ear wax removal drops - they are Satan's toys! I tried them one night, and a few hours later I was in so much pain and tears, my husband had to call 24 hr CVS to make sure my brain wasn't gonna blow up. My ear finally "popped" in the shower the next day...and OH the gunk that came out....but still, NOT WORTH IT! I only got about 2 hours of PAINFUL sleep that night....
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OOOOH I've been wanting to try this and now I just might!! awesome leees!
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I have had worst ear pain for the past three days. I have tried drops, didnt work. Went to the dr today, ear infection in both ears. Ihave never had an ear infection in my life. After getting home I done the ear candles in both ears and OMG!!! It was the worst gunk i had ever seen. My ears feel so much better and I have no ear pain at all. I am a firm believer in the ear candles.
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Hey, I work for Wally's Natural Products,
Just searching the web for people that use our products. I'm glad that you are enjoying our ear candles! If you have any questions about our products, I'm here to help.
Thanks,
Wally's Dude.
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I usually get a disposable pie tin and cut a hole in it to put the candle through. Then lay on the bed on my side. Then you don't hafta worry about cutting off ash or burning your hair!
Posted 9:01 PM on 08/13/2009