Q-tips work best right after the shower. The wax is moist and soft. The proper technique will make all the diff. You can push the wax deeper and watch out if you touch your eardrum.
That is some of the worst pain I have ever felt and I have been burned 3rd degree over 50% of my body. Watch out sticking those in your ears. my doc says you should never put anything in your ear that is smaller than your elbow.
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I tried this before.My brothers wife worked at a spa,and she went on and on about this ear candle thing.So i bought some off the interent for like $5.00 for 4 .
Anyway ,i couldn't believe it,but it works,Ya light the end on fire and ,Somehow it creates a sizzling vaacum that sucks the wax out if your ear and puts in the small tip of the cone.My buddy had huge amount in thei,worked for me too.Ya just can burn it down much lower than 2 inches.
im hard of hearing so im really "in tune" with the human ear/ audiology (its not my chosen profession/study however)
Cleaning your ears with Q tips are actually counter productive to a certian extent.
the proper way to clean your ears actually if you go to a doctor they will squirt warm water into your ear and flush the wax out... this is the safest way.
see, that's how they sell it. with the sizzling smoke vacuum and all the wax residue left behind.
if you burn one and just hold it with your hand in thin air it creates that same bunch of waxy grossness that you think just came all out the side of you face.
Let me reiterate what I said before, because there's an amazing amount of bad info in this thread.
Ear candles DO NOT WORK. THEY ARE A SCAM.