Try the ear cleaning kits ( carbamide peroxide ) sold at groceries and pharmacies. They work great. You can also use regular hydrogen peroxide ( weak solution ) to dissolve ear wax. Then blast it out with warm distilled water and a squeeze bulb. Thump --- Kent Swafford <kswafford@earthlink.net> wrote: > Try this: > > http://tinyurl.com/382ec > > Direct URL > > http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/candling.html > > > People swear by these things, but.. all I know is I > had an earache a > few years ago and a doctor took a look and told me I > had no wax at all. > Nothing that needed to come out. > > Kent > > > > On Feb 20, 2005, at 9:27 PM, ilex cameron ross > wrote: > > > hello hello again, list! > > > > I took quite a hiatus due to being too busy to > keep up with the emails > > - I figured if I was deleting over half of what I > was getting from the > > list just to maintain my inbox, that was a > definite sign to go > > inactive! > > > > Soooo, I was in some airy fairy gift shop today > and saw ear candles > > and started wondering what "we" (of the piano > tuner persuasion) think > > of such a device? Everyone I know who has used ear > candles says > > they're just incredible, that even if you clean > your ears regularly, > > these things manage to extract all sorts of gunk > out of there, thus > > vastly improving your hearing. Thing is, you're > only supposed to "ear > > candle" once or twice a year because your ears > produce wax as a > > protective measure. So, my thought/question is > that maybe ear candling > > *isn't* such a great idea? > > > > Has anyone here done this or heard any scientific > research on whether > > or not it really is a good idea? > > > > Yep, leave it to me to come back with some > off-the-wall question like > > this ;) > > > > -"ilex" / holly ross > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
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