The cause of severe burning is capsaicin. It is an oily substance found in all types of hot pepper. In moderation, it gives the dish piquancy, pleasantly burns the taste buds. But in contact with the skin, capsaicin can leave a burn.
In some families, bleach is still used to disinfect everything and everything. If a bag or two is also lying around in your house, know that bleach turns capsaicin into a water-soluble salt.
Dilute one part of bleach in five parts of water. Hold your hands in this solution, and then just wash them with soap.
Burning oils can be neutralized with sodium bicarbonate. Make a paste of soda and water, apply to the affected areas of the skin, let it dry and rinse thoroughly.
Another option is to mix soda with liquid soap. Rub your hands with the resulting paste, then rinse it with vinegar and rinse with water.Capsaicin is also soluble in alcohol. Therefore, any alcohol-containing cosmetic product (lotion, tonic) or plain vodka can reduce burning.
Rub your hands with alcohol, and then hold them under running water. If the burning pepper juice got on other areas of the skin, wet a cotton pad with alcohol and treat them.
Oils from hot peppers are perfectly neutralized by other, more pleasant ones. For example, olive or sunflower.
To get rid of the burning sensation, rub the skin with olive oil for a minute, and then wash your hands thoroughly with warm water and soap.
If one vegetable oil failed, add a pinch of sugar to it. It will turn out something like a scrub.
And it will be even better if you lubricate your hands with olive oil before working with pepper. The main thing is not to overdo it, otherwise the knife will slip out of your fingers.
Dip your hands in cold milk, kefir or other dairy products for a few minutes. Add ice cubes to the bowl: this will relieve itching even faster and soothe the skin.
By adding flour to the milk, you can make a therapeutic mask and apply it to your hands and other affected areas. When the burning goes away, wash off the mask with warm water.
If pepper gets into your eyes, rinse them with milk, and then attach cotton swabs soaked in it. If you accidentally peppered the dish and are now suffering from a burning sensation in your throat, use the tips from this article.
After any of the described procedures, the hands should be lubricated with a greasy nourishing cream.
When working with hot peppers, use thin latex gloves. As a last resort, put transparent plastic bags on your hands and secure them with stationery elastic bands. It will be uncomfortable, but it's better than jumping around the apartment in terrible pain.
You can try to replace a dangerous ingredient with an analog if you want to avoid such difficulties and do not plan to recreate the dish from the recipe exactly.
