OMG help!!! Jalape?o pepper on face-burning!!!?!


Question: OMG help!!! Jalape?o pepper on face-burning!!!!?
I was making salsa, cutting up endless tomatoes, green pepper, onions, and jalape?o pepper!. i carelessly touched my face!! the pepper is all over my face and my eyes!. it all burns!!!! aloe isn't working, what do i do!?!?!!!! PLEASE HELP!!!Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
bleach is the only thing that dissolves Capsicums oils!.!.!.!.not that it helps now!.!.!.right now yogurt is your best bet Lipoproteins in yogurt will sooth the burn!.!.!.
but, in the future when your having to handle a lot of peppers!.!.!.make a small bowl of 1 part bleach 5 parts water!.!.!.and dip your hands in after every few mins!.!.!.

Our crab cakes recipe calls for jalapeno and I cant tell you how many times ive gotten it in my eyes!.!.!.you would think I would have learned after the first time!.!.!.but the oils stay on your hands for quite a while!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

wash it out with water and milkWww@FoodAQ@Com

i wish i could make some salsa!.
its really good on chipsss!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Milk and BredWww@FoodAQ@Com

wash it out with sugar waterWww@FoodAQ@Com

just wash and wait!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

use Banana or milk or buttermilk to take the sting out immediately
good luck
I'd write more but you need this ASAPWww@FoodAQ@Com

Pour milk on your face, it works trust me!!!!Www@FoodAQ@Com

never ever touch any part of your body when handling hot peppers!.!.always wear food gloves!.!.!.take a shower!.!.!.hope that helpsWww@FoodAQ@Com

Water just spreads it!. Spread some yogurt on the face or a washcloth in milk!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

might want to try milk or some other dairy like sour cream!. they tend to neutralize the burning!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Get a washcloth and hold it under cold water!. Hold the cold, wet washcloth to your face until until the burn subsides!.!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Try some sugar, wet face and gently pat sugar on, also could try ice, crush in wet wash rag and apply, and keep flushing for goodness sake with cool water!. Some say that milk will work, for the tongue!.!.!.could help your face, too!. I feel for you brother! I have learned to use gloves, because I wear contacts, and believe me, without gloves, sometimes I can put my contacts or take them out several days later and they STILL burn from the residual on my hands!


Big lesson here, never DO that again! Try to have a lemon on hand, wipe it over your hands as the acid can help dissolve away some of the pepper oil's heat! You can try that on your face, too, now, just not in your eyes! Use a sqeezed lemon, so as not to get dripping juice, rub it on face and hands too!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I REALLY THINK U SHOULD WASH IT WITH WARM WATER, LET IT DRY, THEN PUT SOME CREAM OR LOTION ON ITWww@FoodAQ@Com

On the face soap and water!. You have to get rid of the oils from the pepper!. Soap is the best way to do this!. Soap is a surfactant that will break up the oils!. If it is in your eyes then flush with a lot of water!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Get into the shower (lukewarm water) and let it spray onto your face!. As much as you can, with eyes squinted, let the water run into your eyes (but not with the spray directly into your eyes--let spray hit top of head and forehead and run down into eyes)!. I hope that you were wearing latex gloves while chopping the jalape?o!. If not, lots of dish soap (preferably Dawn) and water to get jalape?o oil off of hands!.

Good luck, enjoy your salsa after the burning subsides!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Put some yogurt on the area!. Plain is best but flavoured should work too!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

put some milk on a washrag and place it where it burns!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Dairy products like milk or ice cream!.Www@FoodAQ@Com





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