Hopi ear candling is also known as Thermo Auricular Therapy. Before your treatment, a consultation will take place, to determine your health and any other relevant factors, such any reasons why you could not have an ear candle treatment (eg if you have grommits in your ear, or a perforated ear drum etc).

You then lie down and your therapist will look inside your ears with an Otoscope to see how much wax is in there, whether it is impacted or not etc.

The candles are placed in one ear at a time and are lit at the other end. They are held in place by your therapist. It takes approx 10 mins for each candle to burn.

A light suction action (chimney effect) and the movement of the flame create a vibration of air in the ear candle, generating a massage-like effect on the eardrum. This induces a pleasant feeling of warmth and a balance of pressure in the ears, forehead and sinuses.

Afterwards, a facial massage is given, with particular emphasis on draining the sinuses and lymph drainage.

Finally, your therapist will open the ear candle to check the filter, in order to determine how much wax has been removed and whether further treatments are required. It is likely that about 3 treatments over 3 weeks will be needed for full effect.