“Well, I tried ear candles, but my ear is still blocked!”
That’s the story Geelong ear nurse Mardi hears every week. People often come to Mardi when they have tried other methods to clear their ears, without success.
Well, what is ear candling?
A hollow candle is placed into the ear then lit and the belief is that it draws the earwax out of the ear.
In fact, the “wax” that remains in the unburnt section of candle, has been tested by scientists, and found to be simply candle wax.
Mardi spoke to an audiologist, who did a simple test of burning an ear candle in a mug on the bench, without putting it anywhere near an ear.
At the end of the burning he examined the candle which was full of ‘wax’.
“People tell us that ear candling is very relaxing but, in fact, it does not work to remove earwax.”
You need someone to look inside the ear, to establish if earwax is present.
Ears are dark tunnels and very difficult to see into and many people don’t realise they have a problem.
Mardi’s clinic in Pakington Street, Newtown, specialises in unblocking ears gently, professionally, and without water.
Nurses like Mardi spend all their working days examining and cleaning ears.
This is a very common problem.
Ears are precious and our hearing is precious. It is important to seek professional help when we have an ear problem.
Ears often block up and some families more prone to this problem than others.
Wearing hearing aids or earplugs regularly causes ear wax to block the ear.
Learn more at www.crystalclearclinic.com.au or phone 1300 260 750.
