Subject: Lame ear candle FAQ

From: [email-masked] (Bruce Berryhill)
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 1994 09:45:08 GMT

If you have more info on ear candles, fix this!  There has been 
consistant interest in ear candles here.  One report that ear candles did 
nothing.  I liked my _one_ experience with them.

Ear candles are 9-12 inch squares of plain cotton cloth, dipped in wax, and
rolled into cones about 1 inch across at the top.

You lay down and have someone place the narrow end of the candle in your
ear.  Light the candle and let it burn half way down.  You can put it thru a
hole in a paper plate to catch the ashes.

Ear candles allegedly will completely clean your ears, even small objects
stuck there.

The FDA pulled ear candles off the shelf because the wax might run down the
candle into your ear.

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					-bruceb