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pamples
20 yrs ago
There's a place on Staunton St - an aromatherapy shop, sorry can't remember the name.
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How do these things work?? ie how to put a candle near your head without burning it??
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Check this out on the web. It's supposed to work by creating a vacuum that extracts the wax. Problem is to create a vacuum strong enough to extract the wax would also burst your eardrums. The wax you see is from the candle itself. Try a cotton bud afterwards to see the truth!! As I say do a search on the web and see what a rip-off ear candling really is!!
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Just found some info
http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/candling.html
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LJ
20 yrs ago
I agree with TC...DK aromatherapy staunton st is awesome for ear candling, one of the best treatments, with lympahtic drainage of the face and sinus areas, you'll see those cheekbones again. Highly recommended, I am also a beauty therapist. You can feel the difference in your breathing afterwards for yourself.
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And if it doesn't work would you be ready to give someone double the money back? I don't know anywhere that does!
Been there, done that. Didn't feel any different apart from irritation in ears. Scientifically proved it doesn't work on several websites. Do you know the strength of vacuum required for this to work? Still it's a money maker, no doubt, like pyramid schemes, etc
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If you want to do a little home experiment to prove the efficacy or otherwise of the candles' ability to remove earwax, stick the candle in a glass of water, burn it down. The 'earwax' still magically appears, because it's actually just beeswax from the candle itself. So really you're just holding an open flame dangerously near your vulnerable bits for no reason.
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But how could this possibly work? How? Please explain? No pressure created. No wax removed. What could possibly be the benefits?
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What do you mean by work?
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I went to DK Aromatherapy on g/foor 16A Staunton Street, Cental, Hong Kong. Tel 27712847.
They did a great job and you also get a fantastic facial at the same time. Very relaxing.
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If ear candles really did work (and I remain completely unconvinced that they do) there would need to be different explanation to the 'vacuum theory', which is clearly and demonstrably false. I have not heard any (convincing) alternative hypothesis so far and until I do I will attribute the positive experiences describe above to a simple (and well documented) cause – placebo effect.
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Lady N: Not questioning that it makes a difference for you. As a matter of fact, that's the definition of placebo effect - the phenomenon that somebody's symptoms can be alleviated (i.e., a real improvement, not an imaginary one) by an otherwise ineffective treatment, apparently because the individual expects or believes that it will work.
Again, I am not ruling out a perfectly valid explanation why ear candles should work, but I have yet to see one. And the vacuum theory/chimney effect explanation is completely and utterly false (on an unrelated note, chimney effect and vacuum are not the same, take it from somebody who has taught science up to university level – in fact, there is no such thing or term in science as chimney effect, but I understand what you mean), even Physics 101 will teach you that.
Not trying to argue with you - do whatever makes you happy/works for you. However, I do want to point out that you are putting at an (admittedly small) risk of injury and I would caution anybody else against engaging in this practice, both on medical and economic grounds (while Lady N might very well be genuine, this “industry” has more than its fair share of rip-off artists and charlatans).
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