Ear Candles are not a new invention. Asian and tribal cultures alike have been using them for centuries. Ear candling has been practiced by naturopaths and alternative health industry experts for decades. Painless and a totally relaxing experience.

What is Ear Candling Treatment?

Ear candling is also known as ear coning or thermal-auricular therapy, and it is the act of lighting one end of a hollow candle and placing the other end in the ear canal. Not only can this ear candling treatment help to remove ear wax, but it can also bring about other benefits for general health and wellbeing.

What’s Involved with Ear Candling?

For our ear candling we make use of ear candles that are about 10 inches long and hollow, made from cotton or linen wound firmly into a cone shape. They’re soaked in a form of wax and left to harden.

During an ear candling treatment, you will lie on one side, with the treatment ear accessible. The ear candle is threaded through a hole in a paper or foil plate – this will protect you from dripping wax – and then the candle is inserted into the external ear canal.

The practitioner lights the candle at the other end, and they trim away the burned material as the candle burns. After a few minutes, when there’s only a candle stub left, it is removed and your ear will be wiped clean. It’s a completely natural, relaxing and easy way to remove wax from the ear canals.

How Does Ear Candling Treatment Work?

Ear candling treatment works by using the hollow ear candles to create a subtle suction effect. This gently softens and draws out wax and other particles from the ear, drawing it into the hollow candles.

During ear candling treatment, a brown waxy material is left in the candle. This is made up of ear wax, debris and Bacteria.