Ear Candling –

is also called “auricular candling”, coning or “thermo-auricular therapy”, and refers to procedures that place a cone shaped device in the ear canal extracting earwax and other impurities with the aid of a burning wick or smoke.  It is used to improve general health and well-being, to purify the blood, and cure cancer.  Medical research has shown it is both dangerous and ineffective, and fails to remove either earwax or toxins, and has no effect on cancer.   The potential for burns to the face or of hot wax dripping into the ear poses real safety concerns.   Painbytes assessment: two thumbs down.  This is a potentially dangerous procedure, does nothing useful, and should be avoided