“How are acupuncture needles removed from your ear?”
I am a 36 year old female. I want to know how are acupuncture needles removed from your ear?
25 Answers
AcupuncturistAcupuncturist
Go to acupuncture clinic .
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We use short needles and have experience placing and removing acupuncture needles. This is why you should see an experienced acupuncturist.
with the practitoners hands
ASP needles are easy to remove and can be taken out by the patient. 2-5 days post insertion when the needles are ready to be taken out, they are easiest to remove after a shower. Post shower, gently pull the needles out. Some needles might have already fallen out on their own unnoticed (they are tiny).
Lejla Fazlicic
Acupuncturist
Just pull them out. They are shallowly inserted and sometimes they come out by themselves.
The same way they are removed from the rest of your body. Slight pressure is applied as they are pulled out.
The physician will remove them before you leave the office
Just normal as removing needles from any part on the back or on the arm or on the leg, one needle at a time and wipe clean with alcohol cotton ball.
Acupuncture needles are removed from the ear or body by a licensed acupuncturist. Sometimes when they are removed a cotton ball is applied and there may be slight bleeding depending on the constitution of the patient or what medications they are on.
Thank you for your question.
Thank you for your question.
Carefully? I’m sorry. I’m not sure I quite understand what you mean. Generally speaking, with acupuncture, we remove the needles as carefully as possible to avoid skin grabbing on to the needles or anything that might cause discomfort.
They are pulled out by the acupuncturist at the end of your treatment. It is painless to have them removed.
They are gently extracted with fingers.
Warmly,
Natalie Ramsey, MS LAc
Warmly,
Natalie Ramsey, MS LAc
Same as needles in the body, they are slowly pulled out painlessly.
I'm not sure which kind of ear needles you are asking about. If they are temporary just during your visit, I simply pull them out using the handle on the needle. If you are speaking of the needles that are left in for a few days or weeks, then we use tweezers to remove them.
Hope that helps
Rawls Whittlesey, L. Ac.
Hope that helps
Rawls Whittlesey, L. Ac.
The same way all needles are removed from the body. Taken out by one hand and covered with cotton by the other hand.
All acupuncture needles have handles and are inserted and removed using those handles. If you are speaking of battlefield acupuncture with the small implantable needles, they are either removed with tweezers or will have a sticker-type backing on them that you can peel off and have the needle come out with it.
Ask your acupuncturist or whoever inserted the needles.
They are simply pulled out like any other needle inserted in the skin.
Mr. Anthony James Lorenzo
Acupuncturist
By pulling them out.
I use a q tip at the base of the needle to press against the ear to stop qi from escaping while the needles are withdrawn.
They are simply pulled out and a cotton ball is placed where the point was to absorb any blood.
A very short needle is used to pierce the ear with a needle. After the needle is left for a period of time, gently pull it out with your fingers.
A well-trained acupuncturist will insert the needles at a correct depth and with the correct stimulation. This assures an easy removal of the needles. Needles are simply removed by pulling them out of the skin. Usually leaving no marks. Here is a video that explains the procedure:
https://youtu.be/0tHJDQfU25Y
https://youtu.be/0tHJDQfU25Y
Usually the same way they got there in the first place, assuming the patient didn't fall and land ear-first in a pile of needles.
Seriously, though, there are a variety of ways to interact with auricular points not all of which involve needles. If I'm using needles on ear points, i prefer to use Korean hand needles which are much shorter/smaller than typical acupuncture needles. These are inserted either by hand or via a special tool for the insertion of Korean hand needles. Removal is usually by hand, with a pair of hemostats (kind of like small locking pliers), or a set of tweezers.
Occasionally, I'll use a pyonex needle on a patient's ear. These are very tiny needles on a circular, sticky backing - kind of like a circular bandaid. They can remain in place for several days and are usually peeled off by hand or with a pair of tweezers.
Lastly, there are ASP needles which are used to stimulate ear points. These are a barbed needle packaged inside an insertion device. They deform the ear cartilage around the barb which holds them in place. Eventually the cartilage will return to its regular configuration which usually pops the needle out. Otherwise these can be removed with tweezers.
The vast majority of the time, I use ear seeds on ear points. This is a small round seed on a sticky backing, and applies pressure to the ear point. These can also remain in place for up to several days and are typically removed by hand or with tweezers.
Seriously, though, there are a variety of ways to interact with auricular points not all of which involve needles. If I'm using needles on ear points, i prefer to use Korean hand needles which are much shorter/smaller than typical acupuncture needles. These are inserted either by hand or via a special tool for the insertion of Korean hand needles. Removal is usually by hand, with a pair of hemostats (kind of like small locking pliers), or a set of tweezers.
Occasionally, I'll use a pyonex needle on a patient's ear. These are very tiny needles on a circular, sticky backing - kind of like a circular bandaid. They can remain in place for several days and are usually peeled off by hand or with a pair of tweezers.
Lastly, there are ASP needles which are used to stimulate ear points. These are a barbed needle packaged inside an insertion device. They deform the ear cartilage around the barb which holds them in place. Eventually the cartilage will return to its regular configuration which usually pops the needle out. Otherwise these can be removed with tweezers.
The vast majority of the time, I use ear seeds on ear points. This is a small round seed on a sticky backing, and applies pressure to the ear point. These can also remain in place for up to several days and are typically removed by hand or with tweezers.
