Originally posted by shanny
I was told by the doctor that this is not true.
The issue is not whether or not the wax is malleable, but that you cannot see what you are doing and that you end up doing damage to the incredibly sensitive inner ear.
They recommend making an appointment with an ear, nose and throat specialist 2-3 times a year to have them remove wax.
-Josh
I've done candling which is fascinating (you should see how much ear wax is left in the candle that's not burned up!).
Getting them syringed is uncomfortable. Yucky yucky.
Josh, did you sleep thru your first year of RTA? Don't you remember the very specific instructions to never put q-tips in your ear?! Hahahaha! (That class used to be taught by Russ Holden who's son was born without his hearing. They did surgery and he had to wear ear muffs for the first few months of his life so he wouldn't be startled and bust his ear drum!)
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Last edited by muzzybear on Jul-12-2006 at 22:53
Jul-12-2006 21:40
m2j
Music Addict
Registered: Nov 2004
Location: Toronto, Canada
well, the muffling is slowly dying down also, but not completely gone yet.
Going to go to my family physician tomorrow morning for him to have a quick look and see if I require an Ear Specialist.
But I think i'm going to set an appointment to have the wax removed properly from my ears either way.
so i guess this thread serves as a warning to anyone that uses q-tips to clean out their ear: Do NOT insert the q-tip deep into your ear to remove wax! It can cause serious damage, as it has in my case...
Registered: Dec 2003
Location: in the jungle the mighty jungle
quote:
Originally posted by muzzybear
Josh, did you sleep thru your first year of RTA? Don't you remember the very specific instructions to never put q-tips in your ear?! Hahahaha! (That class used to be taught by Russ Holden who's son was born without his hearing. They did surgery and he had to wear ear muffs for the first few months of his life so he wouldn't be startled and bust his ear drum!)
I wasn't sleeping I was just hypnotized by the sounds of that Orson Welles tape.
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Jul-12-2006 23:49
Jem_hadar
I remember...
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: Pandora (South of Nowhere)
quote:
Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~*
When Josh went to go get his ear plugs made the ear specialist told him that putting a q-tip in his ear is probably the worst thing you could do. It more often than not just ends up pushing the wax down into your ear and compacting it!
Very true.
My doctor has mentioned this to me on many occaisions.
QTips in your ear is dangerous. What you can do, he recommended, is when having a shower, let the stream of water fall directly into ur ear for a bit. Then turn that side of ur head facing the floor and just shake ur head up and down... any wax that was loosened will come out.
Thats the safest and recommended way to deal w/ ear wax buildup.
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Originally posted by VERTiG0
Ear candling is horseshit,
I love Cales DIRECT adn CONCISE statements!
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Jul-14-2006 02:48
shanny
Ferocious One
Registered: Dec 2003
Location: in the jungle the mighty jungle
quote:
Originally posted by muzzybear
I remember that. Scary. Did you have to look that up in your notes? Or it's still fresh in your mind. Shewt. Now I want to go back to school.
Russ Holden and everything he ever said to me are permanently embedded in my brain.
Some promoters also say that ear candling can cure a wide range of medical problems, including ear aches, sinus infections, sinus pain and pressure, and vertigo.
There's your cure Cale.
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