Anyone ever try ear candling?

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17. Ear wash was the best for me, but somehow got lost.

I had the candling done as a kid and it worked, the pop/clearing of the stuffiness, the woosh out the funnel. But not since then, don't know who knows how.

Many years ago I found this little old ear doctor who did the ear washing for $50 a pop. It was great, a pan held at the shoulder under the ear, the sink hose flushing warm water, with results (debris) clearly seen in the pan. But he retired and the next time I tried an ear doctor they had apparently "modernized" and to my shock inserted a pencil-like tool with a wire at the end and SCRAPED crap. When I reached my pain threshold, the doctor or physician assistant thought I was a crybaby and was fairly much insisting on proceeding, which I refused. Finally, she said she could prescribe some drops for softening stuff for a week for me to come back. That's what we did and she was able to finish without the wire.

I have not found anybody to do the water/flushing. I'm thinking I can do it with a shower hose, but haven't been bothered enough to get around to it.