Do Not Try This At Home or Anywhere!

Some home remedies like cornstarch and water on a bee sting work just fine, but other do-it-yourself health techniques can spell trouble. 

Do not try this at home

Don't be fooled by every home remedy you hear about. Your health is something that should be handled with care. Experts review these home remedies that should NOT be attempted at home, describe what works better, and explain when you need to seek professional help from your health care provider.

Ear Candling

Ear candling also known as ear coning is a procedure to cleanse ears by suction, In this procedure a hollow candle is used and lighted from one end, the other end of the candle is placed in the ear canal (opening of ear). lighting a flame inches from your ear isn't exactly easy, and in fact, it can be dangerous.

Dangerous therapy

Tooth Paste For Acne

Some people use tooth paste to treat acne. The common logic here is that the baking soda in toothpaste dries out your pimple and therefore makes it die down. But while the baking soda itself is probably fine, the added chemicals in toothpaste could seriously irritate your skin. Tooth paste will aggravate acne instead of healing it. It will burn the area of acne and cause irritation. So avoid using tooth paste for acne. You can use diluted vinegar or salt water instead.

It will just make it worse sometimes

Wart Cutting

Some people use a blade or other sharp instruments to cut off their warts. This can cause infection and you may harm yourself by an accidental cut. There are other safe home remedies for warts and they are effective too. However wart cutting is a dangerous cure.

Looks painful by it looks

Buttering Your Burn

Some people apply butter on the burnt skin. It can cause a bacterial infection as butter is a favorite medium for bacterial growth. You can put cold water instead if the burn is mild or use an anti-biotic burn ointment to promote healing. This is one of the home remedies to avoid

Never use butter on burns

Needle To Remove Eye Stye

Many people use a needle to pierce the eye stye This is very dangerous as you may hurt your eye and the bacteria present in the needle can cause an eye infection. You should use an antiseptic eye cream instead.

Accident can happen and high risk for infection

Head Lice

Some people use petrol, kerosene or pesticides straight for head lice. These home remedies are not only ineffective but very dangerous as well as they can cause toxicity. All these chemicals can enter your blood circulation through the scalp. These chemicals are highly toxic and cause organ damage.

Changes for intoxication

Paraffin Intake

Most people give paraffin to their child for vomiting if they have accidentally ingested any poison such as kerosene. Paraffin is very toxic and it can go into the lungs during vomiting. It causes more damage to lungs than the stomach. Avoid giving your child home remedies such as paraffin, milk and charcoal for vomiting. This will prove to be a harmful home remedy.

Hair Pins Inside Ears

Some people insert hairpins inside ears to clear the dirt and wax. Another procedure to remove dirt from ears such as cotton bud is wrapped around a matchstick is also dangerous. These procedures may cause hearing disabilities. The matchstick can also break inside your ear and gets stuck there. 

Accidents can happen and you know what i mean

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