<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> Go to <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/candling.html">http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/candling.html</a><br> <br> Tom Cole<br> <br> ilex cameron ross wrote:<br> <blockquote type="cite" cite="midNHBBIEHNALKAHNFANHAHGEBLCKAA.i1ex@earthlink.net"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; "> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name="GENERATOR"> <style></style> <div><span class="080532103-21022005"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">hello hello again, list! </font></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span class="080532103-21022005"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">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!</font></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span class="080532103-21022005"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">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?</font></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span class="080532103-21022005"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">Has anyone here done this or heard any scientific research on whether or not it really is a good idea?</font></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span class="080532103-21022005"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">Yep, leave it to me to come back with some off-the-wall question like this ;)</font></span></div> <div> </div> <div><span class="080532103-21022005"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">-"ilex" / holly ross</font></span></div> <div> </div> </blockquote> </body> </html>