A few months ago I interned at this pharmacy in Broumana. One day this woman walks in and shows me a brochure for this wax removal torture apparatus for children as it seemed.
The Ear Candle. Instead of all the pretty standard, easy to use wax removal products available, this woman opted to light a flame over her 4 year old’s head. According to her, this is an ancient Native American technique of ear care (probably serves as an offering to the spirit of the buffalo too). The Hopi tribe had to deny having anything to do with ear candling, thus discrediting an already idiotic marketing campaign. The FDA labels these products unsafe as well. All this aside, isn’t the look of terror on the little girl in the picture enough to think that this might not be the best option for your kid?
I was relieved to find out that the pharmacist didn’t have this product, among the many quack alternative homeopathic bullshit products he actually did have. We don’t need anymore stupid health trends in this country, Zein El Atat and Amanacare are more than enough to deal with.
Beirut Apothecary 