Ear Candle Wax Removal Experiment | See INSIDE the Ear Canal while Ear Candling! 😮

[@amandamcclellan1822]

Thank you! This validates what I suspected for years (about finding the wax) is a result of the melted candle, and not actually ear wax.

[@vaskomediainc933]

I find that wax candles in the ear don't work at all but I have found that paper tubes used like wax candles work really well. Basically you make a paper cone in the shape of a wax candle. After the paper tube burns sown to 4" i flip my head over onto a towel with my ear facing down and the heated wax just drips out of my hear. The wax is only liquidly for a few moments 30 seconds or so but in that time a noticeable amount drips out of the ear. Can you try an experiment with that setup.

[@leonoragayle6783]

I used to do these and thought they helped. Went to the ear doctor after trying one time and he said he could see soot in my ear canal. They not only DONT help; they actually can really hurt the health of your ear. Thanks for the video!

[@berserk322]

Sooo Gulible

[@TCraig00]

​@@berserk322 gullible*. She did the right thing and went to an actually ear doctor eventually.

[@AmberWilliams-u4z]

No you were right they they this is a f'd up video and sick this stuff needs stop

[@AmberWilliams-u4z]

How can they really going to let his supposedly degree and being caught a doctor and this test are you that blind I really need you to reply to this I need to talk to you cuz I'm going to pray for you I'm going to pray that the light shine so bright through you that you'll see the movie and pulled over your eyes just like this a tremendously but they don't bring your ear wax into the wax .NEVER DID . AND IF ANYONE'S IS CLAIMING THAT THEY DO THEN YEAH THEIR SKIN AND PEOPLE TOO BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY DO BUT THEY TREMENDOUSLY THE WAY HE WON'T TELL US THAT BECAUSE HE WANTS TO CHARGE US $8,000 TO FIX IT IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY YOU CAN'T TRUST

[@AmberWilliams-u4z]

​@@TCraig00she did the right the family doctor who treats multiple dis-eases which are dis-eases in the body not dis-ases.

[@movierun]

How about using a COLORED (e.g. bright red) ear wax candle (instead of a tan one)? Then see what color the debris is inside.

[@biblemansings]

Hahah I love this

[@aperkins07]

I like the idea, but didn't he say the wax is from the soot or stuff within the candle and not necessarily the candle itself? In that case, the candle color wouldn't matter

[@Supernova-iz2qo]

Never seen a colored ear wax candle sry

[@jeremycarter]

I have always been skeptical of the legitimacy of ear wax candles. Thanks for proving my suspicions!

[@crazyglockguy]

Thanks for taking the time to create this, I found it to be very informative.

[@bradlevantis913]

Really nice to see someone call out these scammers. They prey on people with marketing and, frankly, conspiracy theories about science and medicine. Keep up the good work

[@AmberWilliams-u4z]

You're kidding me right you're calling the ear wax people scammer but so many doctors are associated with big pharma how many how many meds do you have in your cabinet and what are they blocking in your body to make you think that you are getting better huh how many tests have you been given in your life did you know that there's 15 amino acids that need to get through the blood brain and how many taxes in these Alzheimer patients ever had on the how many scripts does Dr Doolittle written for drugs and how many tests have been done to see if anything was getting the amino acids that we need have broke through the blood-brain barrier it's all a scam all your doctors are in doctor why don't you do a truthful video about these ear wax things scammers 3 but also doctors get scammed when they start school and think that they're here to help Elizabethmost of them are yes I can't think that you're that ignorant to not know that the human body needs nutrients but you know what don't use does the minerals in there aren't small enough to get into your cells and they're just going to keep getting lodged into your tissues and getting lodged into places and then the cells go what's that what's attack it now we got 50 autoimmune diseases

[@eyeameye9565]

Go take another vaccine, goy.

[@DannyFriedman-y1m]

Great video. Love your directness and honesty. If only more people were like this right?

[@briansisco5925]

Thank you for conducting this experiment - well done. Really appreciate the time you took on this and showing us the results!

[@jodiroxx]

Massage therapist here, I too have wondered if this is true since I have performed several ear candling sessions in my 21 yrs doing this. I have lit an ear candle and hold it in my hand to see if there is anything at the bottom of the cone, there was in fact residue, looked like scrambled eggs, light/pale color BUT when I candle people’s ears, not only is the residue present, but there is amber colored dark chunks, consistent with ear wax inside the cone. You cannot argue that this is not actual wax and experimenting on a dummy head is not the same as a human head.

[@AnnaMiah-c7s]

thanks, doc! i was about to lit my ear candle then i bumped to ur video as per im searching on how to use it. thanks a lot, u saved me!

[@beautybeagles6982]

Ear candling when taught correctly is not designed to remove wax. The vacuum required to suck it out in that way would be dangerous to your ears. What ear candling is supposed to do is soothe anxiety, the gentle warmth MAY help soften ear wax to help it naturally migrate out the ear over the following few days. The wax in the candle at the end is simply the wax from the candle.

[@rissa1048]

I used to have ear candling done, never really believed in it but my mom does it so I try to support her. Ten years or so ago I had a drop of the hot beeswax go into my ear canal when it was being done and it caused so much pain and I had to go to the doctor for several visits to get the wax out of my ear I have never had it done again. Works just fine for me to run warm water into my ear when I’m in the shower and I’ve never had issues with clogged ears.

[@Alicia-ig7cv]

Did you use a paper plate to put the cone through?

[@rissa1048]

@@Alicia-ig7cv yes. That’s how we’ve always done it. We also make sure to place a towel over their hair and shoulder just in case there should happen to be a bit of hot ash, wax, or what have you that should fall and burn them. You never know what could happen when you’re working with fire

[@FruitandNutcaseOK]

Try putting olive oil in the ear this also softens the ear wax and it runs out when it gets warm,, we have beendoing this for years as the nurse who used to do ear wax removal said we had to do the before the removal to make it softer and easier to remove

[@scribble71891]

I'd rather use diluted hydrogen peroxide because I'm not a fan of putting anything edible in my ear.

[@aleadiann]

I don't know if olive oil is a good idea because it can go rancid.

[@mathewhex7045]

I've found that olive oil does help me personally forget where I learned it. I'm not sure what was even wrong with the ear but the weather was very dry and the ear was just generally itchy and uncomfortable and did it two or three times and it got better and no problems since. Definitely want to have a shower and make sure there isn't a bunch of residue left over or I imagine that could have led to other, different problems.

[@vdoubleu-o4u]

​@scribble71891 my 17 year old son uses Earol, which is oil made for the ears, he uses this as a prevention from build up but also seems to require irrigation every 6 months. He constantly has ear buds in his ear though and that just causes more wax.

[@Superhero18]

This is so cool, I was wondering if you could perhaps do the same but with Earwax MD. I'm curious to see what the solution is doing inside of the ear canal.

[@DrCliffAuD]

That's a GREAT idea!!!

[@Superhero18]

@@DrCliffAuD I came across your channel because I was dealing with ear wax issues and I have natural hearing loss, so your channel's just been like a super awesome resource for those in the deaf/hearing loss community and I wanted to thank you for what you do as an Audiologist for your patients and what you're doing now for others around the world.

[@RonFleener]

Very well done, excellent and you have the full length vid to back it up. Thank you.

[@davidj.wilcox6053]

As a retired family doctor for 44 years I agree with the results. For those who have an ear wax problem I recommended that they run warm water in their ears each time they take a shower. It slowly washes away the wax if they will do it regularly. Ear wax softeners also help make this work better. Ear wax is a condition that needs regular care to reduce its amount and the problems is causes with reduced hearing. Otherwise seek out a doctor that will take the time to remove the wax safely. It isn’t a quick fix or quick job. It takes time even with expensive equipment. It must be done correctly or the ear drum can be damaged. Leave this one to the professionals.

[@ty8473]

Bs that just slowly pushes the wax deeper, liar.

[@bukopandan1557]

@@ddddzzzz5426 go to a professional

[@RunRun458]

The best and surefire way to tell if ear candles work is to try it yourself, check the earwax in your ears before and after if you see a difference it works if not then it doesn't work it's that simple, I don't trust doctors anyway if people didn't stay sick doctors wouldn't make any money think about that, whether you like it or not doctors have a vested interest in keeping you sick,that's why they quick to prescribed you medication over natural pathology, medication is all chemicals doesn't belong in the human body when you consume them you get a chemical reaction which are the side effects which are worst than the symptoms, and what do doctors do...... (prescribe you a different medication for the side effects) which causes even more side effects keeping you sick and keeps doctors pockets lined it's a never ending loop a scam, stay away from doctors they're wicked you have to your own doctor

[@yeahrightmate]

Well doc I am sorry to tell you but that does nothing! try putting some earwax into a little clear container and adding warm water and see what happens, it does not dissolve the wax, but if you put a few drops of Peroxide onto the wax and it dissolves it completely so warm water does nothing, maybe boiling water might work but I don't think anybody would put boiling water into their ears.

[@yeahrightmate]

@@96hjkfgg Yes that is a typical doctors answer on anything that is home remedy, but a simple way to prove they don't work is just light one and test how much suction it has and it has zero in fact my test even had smoke coming out the bottom so it actually has slight pressure so it is impossible to suck anything and it will allow wax and ash to fall into the ear.

[@Anandb123]

Sir please make a video on treatment for hearing loss in 2021-21

[@whereitsfrom]

My mom suffered for years from some kind of vertigo.. constant spins.. she tried plenty of doctors and pills nothing helped.. few months ago an herbalist gave her a 10 min treatment with ear candle, since then the spins disappeared. How do you explain that? Maybe it’s not about the wax? Maybe it’s about inflammation and other factors?

[@stephaniepatel4132]

Maybe about her BELIEF that it helped her. The belief structures of the mind are very powerful.

[@whereitsfrom]

@@stephaniepatel4132 Nah.. she didn't believe it will help her at all.. it just did.

[@annielavoie6165]

@@whereitsfromwell how do you explain the fucking video??

[@benevolence_isavurtue2971]

A quick search onto vertigo causes & remedies- vertigo relates to a temporary period of the inner ear crystal being out of place or balance so to say. There are tons of KZbin videos showing the details & some positions to attempt to re-center that inner ear crystal within the fluid.

[@rosafuentes2399]

​@annielavoie6165 he used a dummy, not a real human being with warm new wax not old petrified wax from pts with impacted eardrums, and the numbers did change even if only slightly. Why didn't he try just burning a candle without putting it in the "ear" and seeing if it collected anything? Or he could have used patients and taken pictures of their canals before and after, this experiment was designed to increase the chances of failure to prove his opinion not to find the truth.

[@IHaveNoRNG]

I used them and have multiple different videos of the dark wax from my ears being sucked out along w the waxy sut from the candle. I moved it around however to help suck up the wax in the ear instead of burning it in one place. Say u had a control of u actually moving the candle around, it would have probably worked better at removing the wax out of the ear

[@patrickruiz7963]

I once removed a live ant from my friend's ear by using an ear candle to suck out the ant. It took 5-10 seconds.

[@chrisbob9210]

Epic

[@StazyaDall]

Did your experimental ear have a hole inside of the base that would connect to the sinus canal? The human ear does. Or was it closed off?

[@warpedweirdo]

The presence or absence or such a hole in the model would have no effect, as the referenced hole in humans lies behind the ear drum, sealed away from the ear candle.

[@ToddDouglasFox]

@@warpedweirdo Biology matters. An inanimate object can’t be used to biologically demonstrate urination or ejaculation, it’s only a facsimile.

[@justjanetpls]

thanks, doc! i was about to lit my ear candle then i bumped to ur video as per im searching on how to use it. thanks a lot, u saved me! ❤

[@adrienne1717]

Hey so I respect your experiment here but I do have a valid question. You're calling your experimental ear and ear canal however it's a closed system. A closed system cannot create a vacuum action which is what the ear candle is supposed to be doing. Just wondering are you able to change your apparatus to make it more similar to an ear canal and redo this experiment

[@DrCliffAuD]

An ear canal is also a closed system unless you have a hole in your eardrum which would be even more dangerous to ear candle. The vacuum concern is accurate although that variable is very well accounted for in this experiment.

[@winterowdaolcom]

My mother, who wears hearing aids, has a lot of ear wax build up and wanted me to do ear candling for her. I decided not to after watching your video. The problem is she has a LOT of pain when she gets her ears 'professionally' cleaned by the Medical Assistant at her primary care physician's office. She hates it and does not want to go back there. Does your method of cleaning out the earwax cause pain to the patient? Please advise.

[@ladybirdleebee]

3% hydrogen peroxide works for me 👍🏻

[@TheRedGlint4427]

​@@ladybirdleebeebe sure to dilute with water before doing that. About 50/50.

[@finlaylomas2770]

I have a plugged ear and it’s extremely painful so would that mean that I have an ear infection

[@drumforyou87]

So if it's not sucking wax out of the ear then what exactly is the candle doing?

[@jweber53]

About 30 yrs ago I had a friend that was an ear candle fanatic. She wanted to ear candle me, but I insisted on an experiment first which led me to decline the treatment. I simply burned the ear candle in a clean shot glass and it produced the same amount of wax as she was getting from real ears. Your test goes even further eliminating any rare possibilities, but I was convinced even back then it was cosmic debris. She wasn't convinced and stayed in denial as long as I knew her.

[@STORMFIRE07]

Send her this video

[@yeahrightmate]

Of cause it will because you did not have it sealed, it won't vacuum if it is not sealed.

[@MoneyStrategiesSOULutions]

@@yeahrightmate exactly

[@caroljohns6934]

Had ear candle done on my ear, no ear wax came out, so if what he is saying is true about it being from the ear candle, then I should have gotten that "fake ear wax! And you don't put the candle straight up and down which would cause the candle to drip hot wax into the ear. By the way that was the first and only time having it done. (And I didn't have my ear weighed!)

[@warpedweirdo]

@@yeahrightmate Sealed?!!!! Consider this thought experiment: Find a medicine syringe. Pull out the plunger. Place a small grain of dirt inside the syringe. Re-insert the plunger, nearly all the way in. Cover the opening of the syringe with a finger, and draw the plunger back. Question: It took some effort to draw the plunger back and hold it. Why? Answer: What you're feeling is the result of the difference in pressure between the inside of and outside of the syringe. The small amount of air remaining within the syringe is pushing out, but the higher pressure air outside the syringe is pushing in with much greater force - about 14.5lbs per square inch at sea level. You're not resisting a "suction" force; quite the opposite. Question: Why doesn't the grain of dirt jump around, levitate, or otherwise move while you hold the plunger back? Answer: There is no air flow. Question: What happens if you remove your finger from the opening? Answer: Air rushes into the syringe, possibly causing the grain of dirt to move. Application: How much air flow would be required to extract ear wax from the ear canal? Can the flame of a burning ear candle produce the energy required for the necessary air flow? If so, how would the flame generate the required air movement? How would sealing the base of the ear candle to the ear canal facilitate the movement of air into and back out of the ear canal?

[@ginnywilken4505]

I've burned an ear candle without putting it in an ear and no wax was found in the candle. So when you say that the wax comes from the candle itself, it did not when I burned the candle .

[@ToddDouglasFox]

Same, hundreds of times.

[@piratechief8456]

This just goes to show, people want to believe doctors, but doctor’s are people too, and like people they are opinionated. If ear candles dont remove wax then why is the wax in the candle yellow when done.

[@rumpelstiltskin6150]

​@@piratechief8456because different waxes behave differently and even change colours when burned.

[@jamsha3893]

Why would the wax also be only on the inside if it’s from the candle

[@jennagenshaw9855]

I just did this experiment at home and had plenty of wax in the control candle 😔 I’m only 29 and have a reduction of hearing in my ear but also just lost my insurance so I’m feeling a little stuck 😮‍💨

[@Alicia-ig7cv]

Wouldn't you get the same amount of substance in each candle then and it not vary?

[@juliemcmahon2063]

Thank you for clearing up that issue.

[@wefvince]

Excellent video! Thank you!

[@OnlyLoft10]

What kind of paper they use

[@SolGold]

What do you do with all that ear wax ?

[@PoppyStat]

Me, doing earcandle and watching this video🗿

[@tonynewton9972]

Thanks doc... helpful stuff

[@caribgirl8938]

Excellent video. Thank you for sharing this valuable info.

[@mariatopczij4525]

I like that you did your test scientifically with measurements. Have you looked at the wax under a microscope to determine what it is? If it's human wax, wouldn't it show on a microscope, and prove your test even further?

[@AuntBeeDoesLife]

Good control study resolution to the mysterious stuff no wiggling the candle around priduced

[@nezuminezuminezumi7266]

You can do what some universities do and spend thousands on mass spec or chromatography to try and show what the substance is. But ultimately you already know that ear candles have removed nothing from ears. There's no need to launder tax payer money through government grants in this case. :P

[@meghannbyrd6275]

There are other things that need to be replicated to get a better control subject. Is the dummy at the same temperature as a normal human ear, for example?

[@mariatopczij4525]

@@meghannbyrd6275 that's a good point.

[@rosafuentes2399]

I agree...​ he used a dummy, not a real human being with warm new wax not old petrified wax from pts with impacted eardrums, and the numbers did change even if only slightly. Why didn't he try just burning a candle without putting it in the "ear" and seeing if it collected anything? Or he could have used patients and taken pictures of their canals before and after, this experiment was designed to increase the chances of failure to prove his opinion not to find the truth.

[@zafaran001]

it may not remove wax but the process removes negative pressure. my hearing is always cleared after ear candling

[@minichris11]

I'm searching for something that shows pictures of an actual human ear canal before and after candling. Ive just had too much success, and even my doc looking in my ears impressed with how free of the wax they are now, compared to how bad they used to be.

[@luciantempest1291]

I’ve always been into natural therapy’s but this always felt like it was doing nothing and the reside at the bottom was always obvious it was part of the candle. Thanks

[@royalandrosey]

Have you tried breaking down wax with peroxide/water mix?

[@tobiasschafli5724]

does the ear candle help to get water out of your ear?

[@DrCliffAuD]

No it does not.

[@marichrisaniciete9115]

Im just wondering what is the purpose of wax inside the ear candle?

[@DrCliffAuD]

It melted from the candle.

[@watchman835]

Well done!!! You are a scientist.

[@cryptoscriptorium3338]

I think one problem that some people have is when they are questioning if this is real they don't consider that when put in your ear the tube is plugged. Most people I know who doubted burned one of the ear candles by itself and the way it behaves under those circumstances is different. When I tested it I actually held it in the end of a small jar so the end would be plugged and anything that when in would be easily seen. Once I saw that when plugged up by the jar the candle has the same waxy contents it has when in my ear I realized it was total bunk.

[@azizabbas9916]

thank you, almost bought it

[@ericdaozero]

Thank you for the video.

[@GrumpyStoic]

Great video. Love your directness and honesty. If only more people were like this right? 🤔

[@asgoodasthe1sttime]

How about itchy ears does ear candling, work on reducing the itch factor?

[@ToddDouglasFox]

Yes, many get relief. It’s a big factor that supports ear candling done correctly enough times.

[@LESVOR]

I just had a guy here at work telling me how great ear candling was.... I did a youtube search and find your video :)

[@abentley55]

2:01 I was using one when I was 17 and something happened and it lost suction and burn the inside of my ear. I can’t hear out of my left ear anymore. I’m 41 now it still giving me trouble

[@autumngalix4616]

I immediately thought that "sucking out" ear wax using a candle is not scientifically possible. There's no way that would create suction, it defies the laws of thermodynamics and physics. I'm still glad I checked this out though, thank you so much!

[@SwagSo7fly7]

Have you tried the Wush device yet ?

[@sophietheresehautenauve]

What is that ?

[@curious_k8]

I used to have chronic ear wax build up as a kid and through my early 20s. I had muffled hearing a lot of the time and oftentimes, when I would go swimming, water would get stuck in my ear. A trip to urgent care for an ear flush was a regular occurrence UNTIL... When I was about 25 years old I started working for a wellness clinic that had chiropractic care. I started getting regular spinal adjustments, especially my cervical spine where I experienced the most tension. I experienced many benefits but there was one in particular that stood out to me. Throughout the first year of regular adjustments I noticed that every now and then my inner ears would itch and when I scratched there was a little bit of wax, as if my ears were slowly pushing wax out of my ear. That had never happened to me before, at least not without flushing. Also during that first year I noticed that my hearing was still clear and there didn't seem to be the typical wax build up that inevitably led to an urgent care visit. When I told my observations to one of the chiropractors, he said it's likely that up until that point the subluxations in my cervical spine were probably causing the nerves to my ears to not function optimally. He explained that the skin inside ear canals grows outward, bringing small amounts of wax along with it until it falls out or we have an itch that makes us scratch some of the ear wax off. I gathered that the nerves from my cervical spine to my ears were likely suffering due to subluxations, causing the skin in my ear canal to either slow down or stop growing outward like it's supposed to, causing all the issues I had for over two decades. Now, ten years later, I still receive regular chiropractic adjustments and haven't had any ear wax issues since.

[@justinstewart5507]

Awesome. I do regular chiro too.! I love how A properly aligned spine helps your body to function properly and mitigates problems by restoring regular natural processes for wellness.

[@claughlin]

🤣

[@bigsmall246]

Did it also solve your liver and heart problems?

[@Chichirumiru]

I had cancer, after going to a pseudo scientist, it has completely vanished. When I got the results from my doc, everyone stood up and clapped, even former president Barack Obama was there!!!1!

[@tantron3527]

Quackery abounds…

[@ewssw54321]

What if you can't afford to go to an ENT, I've been using drops to soften thebear wax but my ear is clogged.

[@CRJCrombo]

Hydrogen peroxide? Just research the ratio of hydrogen peroxide and water 😊

[@el_compa_lalow]

Damn bro idk how I got here 😂 but I'm from PHX too I see this video is 2 years old and no matter what it comes down to I appreciate passion and I just gotta say your growth game is strong proud of you doc keep them socials growing 🔥

[@c420smokey]

Yeah I know this works and the reason I know is because after I did it I used a Q tip and I had ear wax that had been pushed out that was still in my ear that I couldn’t get prior to the ear candling. I also felt where my ear canal was and it was expanded then after two treatments it’s no longer expanded. For those wondering about the white looking powdery substance that is bacteria from an infection.

[@DrCliffAuD]

@@c420smokey false. It does not work. Anything you experienced to make you feel like it did was 100% placebo effect.

[@c420smokey]

@ when I can feel the difference with my fingers on the outside where my ear canals are, it is clearing out something.

[@KJVAV1611]

Jim Carry is a audiologist?

[@mikekimmen4730]

If you tested the wax removed from the candle, you will find that it is not actual ear wax.

[@fazeelalaher6250]

So besides the powder what's the other hard stuff that comes out. I feel I have been scammed n now I won't do it in the future

[@dave311lye2]

Aren’t u suppose to do it while the head is sitting upright?

[@TheRedGlint4427]

No

[@daleloveridge2722]

You gave a very convincing argument very scientific but it worked for me and so I'm convinced that it works

[@user-rb6kh2rq3i]

I grew up only using these candles to relieve vertigo and to ease ear pressure and earaches. The smoke vaccum in my experience when it goes in the ear canal eases pain and I am assuming reduces inflammation. I cannot prove how it works especially with vertigo but for me, it somehow effects those crystals in the ear and in many people clears up the vertigo. I never believed they actually remove wax, using common sense one should conclude that the wax coating inside the candle is the residue left behind, it’s not going to “pull” anything out of your ear.

[@Ashley-z3n]

Honestly it did give me slight relief, i had tried everything before hand with minimal results

[@alexandrafarcas6717]

Why are you using this for ear wax remove? It for when you have current in ear

[@nickcarter1616]

Is this experiment flawed by the lack of body heat being supplied to the ear wax control? Would the increased body heat allow the wax to be softer and possibly free up easier on the control model?

[@DrCliffAuD]

I performed the experiment in temperatures of ~99 degrees Fahrenheit. This would have accounted for the temperature inside of a living person's ear canal.

[@nomensky]

It's really or fake?

[@DrinkiD]

Dr Cliff I love this , it’s so hilarious, I love it. I can’t stop watching this episode. JUST HILARIOUS.

[@channelrachael4167]

I appreciate this video because it led me to my own experiment. unfortunately, I performed the ear candling on myself first (with the help of my husband, who burned a hole in a blanket when cutting the burning candle). I say that to express the dangers of this practice. I was so excited when I pulled out so much wax from my ears! Literally grinning from ear to ear. so I thought. I had been wanting to do this for months.... I thought I felt my "earwax" start to melt my first time in my right ear. did not have the same sensation in left but pulled same amount of wax. after watching video, I did my own experiment. I took a beer bottle, wrapped foil around top and popped candle down to create a similar "suction". to my GREAT disappointment...it "pulled" out the same color and amount of wax although the consistency was a bit different. Therefore, my excitement vanished. I am left with complete paranoia relating to alternative medicines... and am so thankful nothing terrible happened to my ears! I was scared the whole time but willing because I just wanted the benefits I thought it provided. Thank you for the revelation. Do your research first people. And me, never forget this lesson. Blessings.

[@flowerjpotter1629]

Thank you !

[@veganconservative1109]

Always thought ear candles were a scam. Now there is actual scientific-method proof of it. Good video. Thank you for your work in helping out your fellow Man. You have shown yourself to be a kind and honorable person: the best kind of human being. Subscribing.

[@bekhamv6217]

The experiment is flawed from the beginning. This is not science, it's a manipulated experiment missing crucial variables. What human being has cold earwax inside their ear? None. Temperature should have been a crucial part of this experiment. A more accurate experiment would be to heat up the earwax to normal 'body temperature' before inserting into the fake ear. While also, making sure to keep the fake ear at body temperature so as not to disturb the natural state that the earwax would have been if it had been in a natural environment, in a real human ear.

[@viviennejordan215]

I So Agree! Thank You for the video, this So Needed to be shown.

[@flowerjpotter1629]

Since first hearing about ear candles I've remained amazed that anyone would want to stick a flame so close to their hair, especially long hair. It's like the risk people unthinkingly take when they have lit candles next to their curtains. Yikes !

[@herbladie]

They’ve worked for me for over 20 years now. They have to be beeswax candles, and you need to only burn them down a quarter of the way, clean and then llight it again. I use a chop stick to clean the candle. I have to do it twice a year and I get old dark wax out. Towel is over my head and a mirror is always helpful. It works for me IF I can find the correct candle.

[@troubledseed]

Did you not watch the damn video explaining that what you are doing is pointless and doesn’t work. Or did you just decide to live in your own world and ignore the factual evidence?

[@johnlarson4254]

This one looks awesome. My aunt is an acupuncturist and I remember my mom getting the ear candles from her. I always thought they worked because you could see the wax. But I was a kid when I tried them the first time

[@robscott5290]

Just cancelled my order after YouTubing how to use the candles and came across this vid. Thanks!!

[@DrCliffAuD]

Smart move

[@xbrandi12345x]

I have had ear tests and they couldn't find anything wrong. I am still trying to unravel the mystery. A few years ago someone I knew moved into a home with 2 staircases, 2 staircases that were next to impossible for me to go up and down because my balance was off and my right ear has been plugged for years but nothing medical has found a cause or can even prove to a doctor that I am not full of it. My boyfriend kept suggesting ear candles and one day he came home from work and told me to sit down and he pulled out an ear candle and put it in my ear and lit it. I don't recall any earwax coming out but it was an immediate change with my balance being improved. I was very impressed. I always hear people say they don't really do anything and are a waste of money but that experience makes me think they are worth trying. I still have ear issues but something made a difference and I don't think it's all in my head. I would buy them again. I don't know what they did but it seemed to help me.

[@Grimmistired]

It might have changed the pressure in your ear a bit. I still don't recommend that though because they can drop burning debri into your ear.

[@lillepercon86]

Did a similar experiment at home one in My ear one just open air and both looked the same

[@nicolenecoetsee7598]

Please can you then make a video burning the ear candle without inserting it into the ear to show the remains....???

[@mic175]

OIf course he can not :) Because in his "experiment" tons of deaisl incorrect. From direction of application to temperature of the "body". But he prefers not to pay atten tion to it as it goes against his "made up proof". Same with burning candle alone. To claim does not mean to prove.

[@hayaq9991]

I did candling for the first time this week and couldnt ear.. i dont know what to say considering i could hear now

[@nicolecc79]

Have you seen the video of what a ear wax candle does? I will never do that again, and I did it only once! I do believe the peroxide method works better!

[@amandaking4629]

Do u maybe think the reason why no ear wax was collected was because it was positioned straight up and down and not at a 45 degree angle? I wish you'd tested it the way the directions tell you too.

[@Gainsforlife]

Look at his other video where the angle is used. Result was the same 😂

[@adriantaylor5387]

My church offers courses for holistic courses, this being one of them. I've never heard of candles to remove ear wax. My mum has bad tinnitus which makes her partially deaf so I thought of her. Unbeknown she was also looking at this type of therapy too. I thought I'd dig deeper do a bit of research - interesting video Just wondered if you could create an experiment somehow to measure suction

[@rusticroots6654]

I wouldn’t trust his experiments ..he’s an ear doctor he will say his method is the only way that works ..but that’s mostly just paying a bunch of money for useless drugs that really don’t work .. or sitting in a waiting room so he can scrape your ear with a metal scraping device😮

[@stefaniegainor6189]

Well done Dr. Cliff!!

[@MikeA11Day]

I wonder if it would work better during the test if the wax was also at body temperature rather then room temperature?

[@DrCliffAuD]

It was. I waited until the outside temperature in the shade was 98 degrees. I did the experiment on my outside porch.

[@pinkysistamb]

This is in the name of science! Thanks for doing a follow up video for the naysayers. I think the 1st video you did on the real human ear was all I needed to see to confirm it wasn't effective method.

[@candiikinz7719]

I’ve used these for years, but not for wax removal. The heat can be very soothing for ear pain, tho you should be very careful for all the reasons mentioned. You can get the same soothing effect by using a hot compress like a warm wet wash cloth to help ease ear pain.

[@ToddDouglasFox]

Warm moist cloths absolutely don’t have any suction. Candling is gentle suction. While there is nothing visible to see after candling, there is definitely benefit for many. Like anything else, such as wielding a scalpel, care should be taken. It’s fire, wax, and your ear.

[@isaacholzwarth]

​@@ToddDouglasFoxthere is no suction at all. The smoke travels down the inside of the candle and into the ear, proving that it creates no suction (otherwise the smoke would go out the top). It also does not heat the inside of the ear at all, because heat rises and the flame isn't even near your ear. The only thing the candle does is deposit ash into your ear.

[@gravityisfree]

@@ToddDouglasFox Yes, I think that makes sense. My experience was a dramatic reduction in pain and I think the heat and gentle suction seem like the reason. The wax removal isn't the selling point for me.

[@ToddDouglasFox]

@@gravityisfree I recently had yet another patient who went to an ear, nose and throat (ENT) doctor who lied and lied and lied. The doctor found a deviated septum (which the patient knew about and it didn’t bother him) and which many, many people have and the doctor also found some sinus irritation. The doctor prescribed Flonase (a steroid which this patient can’t take due to certain reactions) and also recommended urgent surgery. Oh yeah and the doctor did some ear cleaning and reported removing A TON of debris. The latter was a complete lie. The patient was right there and saw what came out, it was minuscule and not blocking his hearing or causing any discomfort but the doctor documented that it was causing both and even suggested a hearing test. And finally the doctor documented that the patient agreed to everything that was suggested, again all lies. I wish I had been there as a “friend” and then reported him to the medical board. The kicker was that my patient was experiencing some inner ear pressure and discomfort previous to the ENT visit, had about a half dozen ear candling sessions with a professional a couple of weeks before the scheduled ENT visit and reported he felt great and didn’t think he needed the ENT visit. The doctor knew this but documented none of it. All of these people should have their licenses removed, yesterday and permanently. Glad you “get it”. PS the doctor also claimed he could see some ear candling wax! Wow, if only the patient had not mentioned ear candling, eh?

[@marywillison_33432]

Now do the Inonic foot detox bath. Some are better than others but the array seems to turn the water brown regardless of if feet are in the water. Some people do get parasites and metals out but the bulk of the waste is oxidation of metals from the array not actual toxins exiting the body.

[@AmberWilliams-u4z]

Would have been really cool if you just set it up through the whole thing even when you were explaining do you have of that version

[@augigato9913]

Thanks for creating that video. Thanks to your expirement in this video, I will be saving money on a scam. It really makes a lot of sense: the wax is just melting to the bottom of the cone.

[@bjornloken8299]

Yeah it’s funny. I did an experiment where I lit an ear candle and placed it in a class cup and let it burn. There was still waxy debris. So it obviously not earwax

[@vernellkyles6308]

What will happen if Carl's ear was bleeding

[@shanethecolloidalsilverman718]

Ear candling can help cure a ear, sinus or throat infections

[@Salgronian]

Jaundice also

[@shanethecolloidalsilverman718]

@@Salgronian yea only for you should try it lol

[@AmberWilliams-u4z]

Dr dolittle do you think that we would know that you sped it up.

[@AliciaMarkoe]

Thank you 🦋

[@SoundMindAmbient]

They’re the only thing that helps me consistently. Every time, it pulls up a sizable chunk of caramel/orange ear wax - clearly not soot. CARL had his candle in completely vertical, I always do it an angle (because gravity and ear shape) and adjust positioning/depth (changing vacuum) as I go along. Need to do this study again multiple times at different angles/different brands.

[@biblemansings]

Literally every professional is saying it’s a scam. The “orange earwax” is actually just the candle wax. I would check in with yourself and ask “well how does it work?” Can you yourself actually replicate your method with a test to prove you’re actually sucking wax up from your ears. Make a container that’s the size of your ear, then put some of your earwax in it and record. Post it as proof if it actually works.

[@aperkins07]

It still should've shown some difference. There was no significance in the weight difference over each candle. I was skeptical about it not working, but it was a good controlled test with good visual

[@rusticroots6654]

If you just burn the candle you get clean candle wax ,his experiment is bunk !!what comes out of your ear is that caramel orange ear wax as you said … doctors will go to any lengths to prove that you need them !!

[@daleloveridge2722]

The most outstanding flaw in this experiment to me was the ear that he tested on the dummy was not at body temperature so that changes the viscosity of the wax @@rusticroots6654

[@cassbrowning4711]

Another one is the fact that people tend to speak... If you speak during the candling, your ears have slight internal movement, even from swallowing - both of which is not occurring in the experiment. Also- we cannot assume that the earwax adheres to smooth plastic in the same way that it does to warm skin and hairs... The depth and location of where the earwax was built-up on those who claim it works are also unknown to us... It appears that this "experiment" doesn't take many factors into consideration - We have natural oils on the surface of our skin- yet another factor. I am assuming that every persons earwax is unique to that person and that some people might have more oils within their wax compared to anothers - which means that the candle might be successful for one person and not the next... The size of ones ear canal might actually come into play- I mean hell- the more I consider the validity of the experiment, the more flawed it becomes

[@carjen121]

It’s good to know about all this information, thank you Dr. Cliff 💕👏🏼👍🏻

[@Douglasvilleadventures]

What if you warm up the earwax to body temperature?

[@DrCliffAuD]

It was. I conducted the experiment on my patio at ~96 degrees.

[@dharshanisaldinzakin]

thanks Doctor...

[@talk9415]

Love your work

[@daleloveridge2722]

One factor that was missing from your experiment was your ear was not at body temperature which would affect the softness of the wax.

[@eddrjames]

Challenge to ear candling patients/practitioners: get a wireless otoscope ($20 amazon/temu), take pictures of the ear canal before the candling & immediately after (maybe earwax was removed, maybe candle wax was added). If you experience some wax falling out the days following the candling, take pictures of ear canal & compare with the pictures before the candling. We honor and respect the candling practitioners compassion to help their patients, so maybe this challenge would nudge them to add modalities of earwax softeners/solutions & flushing equipment. Peace be with you! 🙏