DO EAR CANDLES REALLY EXTRACT THE WAX FROM THE EAR?
Consider the force that would be required to extract a thick substance, such as ear wax. Even in a very softened, fluid state, the suction required would be intense. It is just not possible for a flame at the end of a hollow cone to generate enough suction to move a solid, or even a liquid. We recently spoke to a research scientist at the National Institutes of Health (who uses ear candles, by the way), and he said, “If something is powerful enough to suck ear wax and debris from my ear, I don’t even want it close to my head.” He is right. Such a device would be dangerous, and damaging. Some manufacturers claim that there is a “chimney effect,” which draws wax from the ear during the candling process. Respectfully, we know that claim to be false. Our own research, and the research of highly qualified scientists and medical watchdog organizations, who have tested ear candles in “good faith,” has proven over and over again that there is no such chimney effect…drawing wax from the ear.
