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Question:
What is your opinion on using "ear candles" to remove wax?
Answer:
I do not recommend using them. For the uninitiated, ear candles are hollow candles that are placed into the external ear canal and lit at the opposite end. The lighted candle is thought to create a vacuum that draws ear wax (cerumen) and other impurities into the hollow candle. A dark brown waxy substance purported to be cerumen is left in the stub of the candle. Ear candling is becoming quite popular, but it is not effective and it is potentially very dangerous.
A small trial showed no removal of cerumen from the external ear canal - the brown waxy substance turned out to be candle wax! So, ear candling is not effective. In regards to its safety, a survey of 122 otoloaryngologists identified twenty-one ear injuries resulting from ear candle use (thirteen cases of burns of the auricle and external ear canal, seven partial or complete occlusions of the ear canal with candle wax, and one tympanic membrane perforation.
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