What are ear candles, do they really get rid of wax and how much does the treatment cost?
Are holistic healers' claims about the health benefits of ear candling too good to be true?
EAR CANDLING is a natural therapy to remove toxins from the ear that supposedly dates back to 2500 BC.
Alternative therapists claim that the treatment was used in Ancient Egypt with parchment and beeswax and even by the North American Hopi tribe.
However, an officer for the Hopi Tribal Council itself has debunked these claims as fraudulent and denies any link between ear candles and the tribe.
There is much debate about the effectiveness of ear candles with some claiming that the practice is dangerous.
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They even go as far as to describe the process as "ineffective and dangerous."