I was making chili verde earlier. I worked with the hot peppers. Ever since then my fingers are burning. How do I get them to stop? I have washed my hands and tried lotion but the burning wont stop. Help!
2007-01-13 12:11:57 · 18 answers · asked by Mrs. Always Right 5 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
I'm not sure how to make it stop...but seriously dont touch your privates until it stops...I did it before and it was terrible...I'm n ot even joking..
2007-01-13 12:16:18 · answer #1 · answered by Heather 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Call the local ER (or a pharmacy like Rite Aide), and don't touch your eyes.
Burning Skin
Try rubbing alcohol first to remove the burning oil. Then, soak the skin in milk or another dairy product. Only use water or saline for your eyes, the best way to combat the chile pepper heat is to use rubber gloves when handling peppers. Good luck.
2007-01-13 12:26:21 · answer #2 · answered by MB 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Soak your hands in milk or yogurt. The casein protein breaks down the peperein enzyme of the hot peppers.
I once was slicing a bunch of jalepenos and my baby finger went numb for three days cause I forgot to wash.
2007-01-13 12:23:01 · answer #3 · answered by cookinB4U 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The heat from the peppers is oil based. Use something like Dawn dishsoap or rubbing alcohol to wash your hands and remove the oil. You may have to the several times before the oil is completely gone.
2007-01-13 12:16:26 · answer #4 · answered by Carole 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Believe it or not, rinse your fingers with milk. Milk neutralizes the acidic juice of the peppers. Next time you're working with hot peppers, wear vinyl gloves to keep the juice off you.
2007-01-13 12:19:07 · answer #5 · answered by Blue Jean 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Not sure if this will help, but the person a few steps above me had it right, it is oil based and water will not help.
I know that drinking milk will help if you eat or get some in your mouth, so it might help, but I can't swear to it.\
Someone else above me had a good suggestion, don't touch other parts of your body till you get rid of it. . .
Hope the chilli was good. . .
2007-01-13 12:20:44 · answer #6 · answered by Walking Man 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i cook a lot with peppers and the "hot" is an oil, the thing i found that works the best is fingernail polish remover. it cuts the oil and gets rid of the pain
2007-01-13 12:37:32 · answer #7 · answered by rusmaster2003 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure, ingesting some warmth water with some grains of cayenne pepper, minus the honey, is a good trick to do earlier workout consultation because it "warms" you up interior, and also you do burn extra energy. putting honey on it ought to not be the kind of excellent suggestion, because then your body will be utilising the glucose from the honey, truly of utilising the saved fat. yet do not placed too a lot cayenne, that is difficult on your abdomen.
2016-11-23 16:43:02 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make a paste of baking soda and water and apply to fingers
2007-01-13 12:58:21 · answer #9 · answered by Dawn C 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't use anything, it's a time thing. Let your body to get rid of it by itself.
Or, you could probably use some chemical to neutralize it, by I'm not a chemist, so I don't know what to use.
P.S. No matter what you do don't rub your eyes!
2007-01-13 12:19:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋