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Searched for MAUDE (medical device) Adverse Event Cases containing the term: "ear candle" and found more than 10 results.
Brand Name Manufacturer Event Date Patient Outcome Patient Narrative
EAR CANDLING ▸ WHITE SANDS SALON AND DAY SPA 02/01/12 A "FRIEND" WHO WORKS AT THE (B)(6) SALON AND DAY SPA IN (B)(6) SUGGESTED AN EAR CANDLING SERVICE. ON (B)(6) 2012, (B)(6) PERFORMED EAR CANDLING. ON (B)(6) 2012, I HAD SEVERE EAR PAIN AND IT WAS REPORTED TO A SALON EMPLOYEE WHICH WENT IGNORED. ON...
EAR CANDLE ▸ 05/20/11 I WAS GETTING EAR CANDLING DONE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND THE FIRST SIDE (LEFT EAR) WENT FINE. ON THE RIGHT SIDE, AFTER 5 MINUTES, THE CANDLE EXPLODED IN MY EAR AND I STARTED SCREAMING. THE AESTHETICIAN BECAME OBVIOUSLY UPSET AND UNCOMFORTABLE AND...
* ▸ NATURE'S WAY RPTR NOTED AN ADD FOR EAR CANDLES AT A HEALTH FOOD STORE IN WEST COLUMBIA. AS NOTED FROM PERSONAL ENCOUNTERS AND FROM MEDICAL LITERATURE THESE DEVICES CAN DEPOSIT WAX IN EAR CANAL. REPORTER WANTS TO URGE THE FDA TO BAN THESE DEVICES. THEY ARE A...
LEE'S ▸ LEE'S CANDLES INC RPTR IS GIVING THE SOURCE OF EAR WAX CANDLES. RPTR HAS NO COMPLAINT OTHER THAN THAT EAR WAX CANDLES ARE DANGEROUS TO USE.
▸ 11/25/13 PT'S MOTHER WAS USING AN EAR CANDLE TO HELP WITH PAIN TO THE PT'S EAR. THE WICK OF THE CANDLE FELL INTO THE CHILD'S RIGHT EAR CAUSING 2ND DEGREE BURN TO THE LOBE AND OUTER CANAL. THE TM AND INTERNAL CANAL IS SPARED.
▸ UNK 10/09/10 EAR CANDLING 09/10 AND 10/10 BY (B)(6). REMNANTS OF THE EAR CANDLE WAX IMPACTED RIGHT EARDRUM, RESTRICTING MOVEMENT OF THE EARDRUM AND CAUSING INFLAMMATION OF THE SURROUNDING AREA. OWNERS OF (B)(6) REFUSED TO PROVIDE ANY INSURANCE INFO. ANOTHER...
WALLY'S ▸ WALLY'S 08/21/06 PATIENT USED AN EAR CANDLE. STATES SHE FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN HER RIGHT EAR. OUR INITIAL EXAM DEMONSTRATED WHAT APPEARED TO BE "WAX". ON FOLLOW -UP 1 WEEK LATER, THE TYMPANIC MEMBRANE WAS EXAMINED AND A PERFORATION WAS IDENTIFIED.
▸ LOCAL HEALTH FOOD STORE 12/07/08 USED "EAR CANDLE" FROM HEALTH FOOD STORE. WAX DRIPPED INTO MY EAR CAUSING BURNING & WAX BLOCKED MY EARDRUM. EXPERIENCED SEVERE PAIN & IMPAIRED HEARING. I USED THIS PRODUCT PER PACKAGE INSTRUCTIONS. DEFECTIVE PRODUCT CAUSED HOT WAS TO ENTER MY EAR...
100% BEESWAX EAR CANDLE ▸ WALLY'S NATURAL PRODUCTS 11/10/12 I WAS USING AN EAR CANDLE (NAME BRAND WALLY'S 100% BEESWAX EAR CANDLES) AS MY BOYFRIEND STOOD BY TO OBSERVE TO MAKE SURE NOTHING WENT WRONG. I FOLLOWED THE DIRECTIONS, USED A PLATE TO PREVENT BURNS, EXTINGUISHED THE FIRST ONE IN A BOWL OF WATER...
PARAFFIN EAR CANDLE ▸ 06/13/15 I PURCHASED PARAFFIN WAX CANDLES FROM (B)(6) AND USED TWO ON MY LEFT EAR. I LET THE SECOND CANDLE BURN SLIGHTLY MORE THAN HALF WAY BECAUSE I WASN'T NOTICING ANY RESULTS. WHEN I GOT UP I FOUND MY HEARING HAD BECOME MUCH WORSE AND THE INSIDE OF MY...
WALLY NATURAL PRODUCTS ▸ 12/10/07 MY BOYFRIEND WANTED TO TRY EAR CANDLING. I THINK THAT THESE SHOULD BE BANNED OR AT LEAST A VERY HAZARDOUS WARNING PUT ON PACKAGING. THE PACKAGING WAS ALL CUTE. IT ENDED UP THAT THE HOT WAX WENT DOWN HIS EAR AND BURNT A HOLE THROUGH HIS EAR DRUM....
CONING WORKS LLC ▸ CONING WORKS, LLC 08/09/10 WIFE HAS USED EAR CANDLES FOR YEARS, WHICH HAVE ALWAYS SUCKED AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF WAX FROM HER EARS, AND NEVER CAUSED A PROBLEM. I FOOLISHLY CONSENTED TO HAVE HER TRY THIS PROCEDURE ON ME, WHICH RESULTED IN MELTING WAX DRIPPING ONTO MY EARDRUM...