Never stick candles in your ears !!!
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this is the funniest thread in ages ![Big Grin](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
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but seriously it sounds like you have had some sort of reaction to the wax, and your ear canal is producing copious amounts of gunk to counter-act the irritation. has your doc given you any drops with a mild steroid in them? they should help ...
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but seriously it sounds like you have had some sort of reaction to the wax, and your ear canal is producing copious amounts of gunk to counter-act the irritation. has your doc given you any drops with a mild steroid in them? they should help ...
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I worked for a year for an ENT surgeon and in my first week of work we had a lady come in as an emergency. She had been to a salon to have ear candling and the hot way dripped down into her ear, burning her eardrum. When she came to us the Dr had to first scrape the dried wax off her eardrum to see what damage had been done. She had extensive blistering down the canal and terrible burns to her drum. The scarring from the burns left her permanently deaf in that ear.
The Dr explained also about having your ears syringed. What it does, is to blast water blindly into your ear. If not done correctly, the pressure could cause a burst drum. It's much better to go to an ENT to have suction rather than water blasted in.
Oh, and when the lady was done having the wax scraped off her eardrum, I was supposed to go into the treatment room to let her know her Botox could use a touch up and we did it at our office if she was interested.
The Dr explained also about having your ears syringed. What it does, is to blast water blindly into your ear. If not done correctly, the pressure could cause a burst drum. It's much better to go to an ENT to have suction rather than water blasted in.
Oh, and when the lady was done having the wax scraped off her eardrum, I was supposed to go into the treatment room to let her know her Botox could use a touch up and we did it at our office if she was interested.
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Hiya - well you get lots of sympathy from me. Very funny thread though.....![LOL](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/lol.gif)
But seriously, hope you get better soon![Smile](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif)
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But seriously, hope you get better soon
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stuck in blightys other half....liz
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I had my ears syringed once. Not as bad as what i thought. I got cotton wool trapped in my ear so went abit deaf for a while. Very un-balancing that was.
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Awh dont worry about it. Maybe Im the dopehead.
No worries. Was taking it too seriously.
No worries. Was taking it too seriously.
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How much ear wax do you need to make one of these hopi ear candles ?
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and is this fuse long enough ?
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