Ear candles are marketed as an easy solution for people wanting to get rid of their wax. The technique involves placing a lit, hollow cone-shaped beeswax candle in the ear. This is supposed to ...

Ear candles are made of cotton or linen tightly wound into a cone shape. The candle is soaked in beeswax, paraffin, or soy ...

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In order to prevent blockage of ear wax, keep the area moist by carefully wetting in the shower with lukewarm water. Don’t use candle ear wax remover — they don’t work and they are a fire ...

Likewise, ear candling, which requires placing one end of a candle in the ear and lighting the other end, is another common method to draw out the wax from the ear and is considered unsafe.