How long will jalapeno stay on your hands?

Answer 1

All capsacains are fat-soluble. Grab some vegetable oil, olive oil, margarine, butter, peanut oil or butter, ghee, coconut oil, sesame oil, walnut oil...get it??? If you have housepets, stamp your foot and scare them out of the kitchen; they're ONE THOUSAND times more sensitive to these irritants than you are...SCOOT!!! ...and 'wash' your hands with the oil, then 'wash' the oil off with soap and water. Carefully clean off everything you touched during the 'washup' with warm soapy water. Dry your hands with paper towelling and dispose of towels completely. While you are doing all of this, don't even come NEAR your face, since you can still give yourself a huge problem just having your contaminated hands near your face. Next time you're at your pharmacy, buy some disposable gloves from them; they're about $5 for 100. Cheap insurance for 'next' time.

Answer 2

It has a high oil content, so you would use something that would cut the grease. Dishwashing soap should do it. Scrub for several minutes, including under the fingernails and rinse. This sounds odd, but I have found the quickest and most effective way of washing anything with a high oil content off your hands is by using a facial cleanser designed for oily skin and very warm water.

Answer 3

Capsaicin (the chemical that causes heat in peppers) burns can be awful. In future, be careful to wear rubber gloves when handling hot peppers. Also, make sure you don't touch your face, eyes, or pets while you have this problem.

There are several things I've heard about that you could try to deal with capsaicin burns on your hands:

1. Wash your hands with cold water and either dishwashing liquid or soap several times to try to remove as much of the loose capsaisin as possible;

2. To deal with immediate pain and comfort, you may want to plunge the affected fingers or hands into ice water (this is a temporary remedy).

3. Capsaisin is fat soluble, so you want to try to get something oily on the affected areas -- olive oil, vegetable oil, butter, margarine, hand cream, whatever you've got. But you need to keep it on for a while, even after the pain subsides.

4. Other remedies I've seen to help with the burns are various acidic fruits and vegetables, unsweetened Orange Juice, lemon juice, tomato pulp, tomato sauce, tomato paste, etc. These should be applied, left on for a quarter of an hour, then removed. Repeat if it seems beneficial. (I've heard the same thing about milk as well.)

5. Make a paste out of baking soda and water. Make a thick paste, spread it on the affected areas, and leave paste there until it dries.

Answer 4

I was told to soak a towel in milk and put it on the area that has the jalapeno juice.

Answer 5

try washing in milk -- prior to handling, try coating hands with veg. oil. If you work with hot peppers a lot -- coating hands with oil is a must!