Ear candles are exactly what you’d imagine them to be, you light the candles up and put them in your ear canal, with the wacky devices claiming to naturally draw out the wax from ears in a safe manner ...

Earwax, scientifically known as cerumen, is technically just skin cells that have fallen off inside the ear, bits of hair and secretion from the ceruminous glands mixed together. Although earwax is ...

Do you suffer from excess ear wax, ear pressure problems, buzzing, or whistling sounds in your ears? Then you might be interested to hear about ear candling. This technique has been around for ...

What not to do: stick a Q-tip in there. If you go in too deep, it can puncture the eardrum. Cotton swabs are meant to stay out of your ear canal. For most people, cleaning isn’t required. Cleaning ...

Jesse Eisenberg is set to play Lex LuthorMat Hayward / 2014 Mat Hayward As the L.A. Times health blog reports, the Food and Drug Administration recently issued a warning advising consumers not to use ...

It can be tempting to prod the ears in a bid to shift earwax. But popular methods of dislodging it — cotton buds, fingers and candling — may cause more harm than good, according to NHS GP Dr. Sooj.

We end the day with this warning from the FDA: Consumers should "steer clear of ear candles -- hollow cones that are about 10 inches long and made from a fabric tube soaked in beeswax, paraffin, or a ...