Are ear candles have adverse effects for the ears and other body parts?

Services cleans the ear wax with ear candle lot to offer a number of salons, but what about in terms of security? Apparently, there is a permanent danger behind the ear candle use.

Ear candle is a popular practice of ancient Egypt, by placing a hollow cone-shaped tube soaked in wax or

paraffin. Then the tube was burned.

"It's supposed to remove ear wax from the ear canal to create a vacuum effect and 'suck'," said Roheen Raithatha, MD, Specialist in ear, nose, and throat in New York City as reported by Women's Health,

But, the reality is not like that. Many studies have shown, not only removes dirt ear candle not your ears, but can also be dangerous.

"The risk of ear candle including burns on her face, hair, scalp, ear canal and eardrum and may eardrum perforation," said Raithatha.

"It can also leave precipitate wax in the ear canal, causing more blockage," she added.

Raithatha and colleagues at the American Academy of Otolaryngology recommends not to try this trend. If you want to clean earwax, you can go to the doctor.

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