Ear candles are a dangerous scam!

Ear candles are a dangerous scam! They are not part of authentic Hopi Indian tradition! They are dangerous! Ear candles can mess up your ears!

FDA Alert on ear candles:
http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/9518/importalerts.png
QuackWatch:
http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/candling.html
American Academy of Family Physicians article:
http://www.aafp.org/afp/2007/0515/p1523.html
Medical report:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8849790

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Tags:

• jessica
• simpson
• ear
• candles
• candling
• coning
• quackery
• alternative
• medicine

[ANIideas]

Great video!

These things need to have a ban - there's no controversy, they don't work and are unsafe.

I work in the waiting lists department of a hospital and can tell you that people have had was deposited in the ear, sometimes so deep, moulding to the shape of the cavity, that surgery has been required to remove it.

[ixjezabelxi]

@SkeptiGamer Okay. Well you know what? I just went to the salon, and burnt all three colors down.

Guess what? No dust, pollen, hair, or orange ear waxy stuff.

[SkeptiGamer]

@ixjezabelxi They do NOT work at removing wax from ears. That wax is really from the burning candle.

[ixjezabelxi]

@ANIideas

Candling doesn't need to be ban... its suppose to be done by a licensed professional in a safe, controlled environment. They're suppose to have their ear drum checked by the SAME instruments and tools used in hospitals before proceeding. They DO work. They ARE dangerous. They should be banned for 'at home use.'

[tintdawg]

She's doing it wrong. They work.

[rowdybliss]

What did this prove?

[Oudler]

Bravo! I like that quack quack quack quack! LOL