CHILLIE SAUCE IN EYE

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Oh dear god QUICK TO THE INTERNET!

Almost called 999, was playing with a someone tonight about 5 hours ago including chilli sauce play involving this apparently top 10 hottest sauce

http://www.chilliworld.com/search/chilliworld_hottest/index.asp

now, luckily I was not on the receiving end tonight because I cannot begin to describe how painful it was just now, 5 hours later, after having washed my hands thoroughly about 10 times, just tried taking my contacts out, and suffice to say I am now typing with one eye closed. My dear god the pain!

I thought I would have done a good enough job to get it off my hands but it must be really resilient, the moment I felt it I went into a panic it was that bad, I stripped naked because my body instantly got a hot flush, jumped in the shower and having my eye blasted with warm water seemed to help, but the minute I stopped it came back!

After it began to fade after about 5 minutes I went on the internet and googled what to do and find out if I had blinded myself for life, and according to

http://www.cornishchillicompany.co.uk/hints.asp

its not a big deal, but still, heed my warning, be very careful with these silly hot sauces!
 
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I feel your pain.

I have that sauce too, I thought the tiny tasting spoon in the bullet thing was silly but a serving from that is seriously all you need for your meal!
 
"I thought I would *have* done a good enough job...."

The heat is in the oils, which aren't going to come off your hands with standard cleansers. A good scrubbing in dish soap would have been your best bet, along with a splash of petrol, bleach, and ammonia. :p
 
SourChipmunk said:
"I thought I would *have* done a good enough job...."

The heat is in the oils, which aren't going to come off your hands with standard cleansers. A good scrubbing in dish soap would have been your best bet, along with a splash of petrol, bleach, and ammonia. :p
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I used both house hold hand soap and washing up liquid to clean my hands before hand
 
hurfdurf said:
Oh dear god QUICK TO THE INTERNET!

Almost called 999, was playing with a someone tonight about 5 hours ago including chilli sauce play involving this apparently top 10...
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What does this even mean?
Chilli sauce play? With someone?
Is this some kind of weird sexual fetish?
 
Is now a good time to point out that capsaicin isn't soluble in water, so washing your hands won't do anything to remove it? That's why those of us old enough to put common sense ahead of machismo use gloves when cutting chillies, for instance.


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Meridian said:
Is now a good time to point out that capsaicin isn't soluble in water, so washing your hands won't do anything to remove it? That's why those of us old enough to put common sense ahead of machismo use gloves when cutting chillies, for instance.


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What about water with detergents which you'd use to properly wash your hands? e.g. soap or a bit of washing up liquid.


Got a bit of chilli in my eye the other day, didn't even realise what it was at first, put some dirty plates to be washed then for some reason rubbed an eye and arrrgh. Turns out one plate had been used to cut chillies :mad:

Much splashing and dousing of eyes with water which did in fact help.
 
Hotwired said:
What about water with detergents which you'd use to properly wash your hands? e.g. soap or a bit of washing up liquid.


Got a bit of chilli in my eye the other day, didn't even realise what it was at first, put some dirty plates to be washed then for some reason rubbed an eye and arrrgh. Turns out one plate had been used to cut chillies :mad:

Much splashing and dousing of eyes with water which did in fact help.
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It's your tears which are doing most of the work: soap and water are about as effective as water on its own. It takes about fifteen minutes for tears to remove even pepper spray. One suggestion I've heard (for chilli on the hands) is: wash your hands in oil (olive, not engine), as capsaicin is fat-soluble, and then in soap and water. Didn't work when I tried it.


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I did this by mistake before, had some clear chilli sauce and didn't realise that it was on my hands, touched my eye and was in a whole new world of pain for about 10 minutes.

If you're going to whore yourself out and end up in strange situations you should at least employ some common sense.
 
XRAY said:
Ouch :(

Probably a bit late, but you should have poured milk over your eye. The milk protein binds to the capsaicin and washes it out without damaging your eye.
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I thouht of that but once in the shower with the water running on it the temp relief made menforget everything.
 
Should have rubbed hands with oil and washed it off several times, capsaicin is completely immiscible with water and as you noticed, not particularly effectively removed by soap :(

Had a similar experience myself a few years ago, all I can say is, I feel your pain :(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(

Also, 997 posts yaay :D
 
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