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[gimmmick]

My girlfriend's skin is burning from handling jalapenos while cooking dinner. It's been 5 - 6 hours later and it still hurts.

We have tried everything possible...

Milk
Lemon juice
Rubbing alcohol
Aloe vera
Flour
Baking soda
Burn cream
Mayonnaise
EvO

Does anyone have any solutions to help this problem?

 

[GenericPseudonym]

Sounds like you should take her to see a doctor. Six hours for jalapenos on skin sounds really serious. Maybe she has some allergies to it?

 

[Lakitu]

You should take her to do a doctor.

 

[SIP YEK NOD]

If soaking em in milk didn't stop it, chances are the skin is just really irritated, and it's no longer the jalapenos causing the burn.

 

[Rewrite]

Sounds like allergies.

 

[suffah]

Yea a doctor is a good bet at this point. Plus some of that shit you tried on her probably made it worse!

 

[StuBurns]

I'm going with doctor also. Shouldn't risk it, it shouldn't hurt that long at all.

 

[MickD]

Mayonnaise

:lol You should totally go to the clinic, has this happened before?

 

[GDGF]

You just may have to pee on her.





No. I'm kidding. Go see a doctor.

 

[gimmmick]

She ate the pepper so she isn't allergric. Thanks for the advice. Going to hit up her step dad and see what he has to say (he's a doctor etc).

I'm guessing it just a skin iteration at this point, but who knows.

 

[Jesus Carbomb]

Is she white?

 

[gimmmick]

Is she white?

What exactly does that have to do with anything?

 

[speedpop]

 

[Rewrite]

Is she white?

Wtf? :lol This is so irrelevant, man.

 

[StuBurns]

Is she white?

Exactly what I was wondering... No wait, what?

 

[KRS7]

Try oil or Vaseline. Capsaicin is oil soluble. So you can use oil to draw it out. You can then wash the oil off with dish washing soap.

 

[Thriller]

She's not white, shes red from the rash!

 

[roosters93]

She's not white, shes red from the rash!

 

[mAcOdIn]

Get a Shamwow
Place it over the burn
Pound it a few times with your fist
????
Profit

 

[TheFallen]

Thread fails to deliver. I was hoping this was about someone who forgot to wash their hands before masturbation.

 

[cmonmanreally]

seriously though, time.

next time when you're cooking with any type of hot pepper, make sure you either wear gloves or wash your hands thoroughly afterward.

 

[El Papa]

Even if you wash your hands, the hotness still stays on them for a while. I discovered this after making salsa and then later taking out my contacts. X(

 

[TiVo]

urine works

 

[Talladega Knight]

She ate the pepper so she isn't allergric. Thanks for the advice. Going to hit up her step dad and see what he has to say (he's a doctor etc).

I'm guessing it just a skin iteration at this point, but who knows.

Wait, so her stepdad is a doctor and you decided your first course of action was to come onto to NeoGAF and ask the opinions of us Gaffers? Have him check your head while you're at it.

 

[Crayon Shinchan]

Skin allergies aren't the same as food allergies.

 

[Tobor]

Wait, so her stepdad is a doctor and you decided your first course of action was to come onto to NeoGAF and ask the opinions of us Gaffers? Have him check your head while your at it.

I was literally going to post exactly this. :lol

 

[garath]

I made jalepeno hot sauce one time without gloves. Learned a valuable lesson. My skin was irritated for hours and tingled for a day.

 

[beelzebozo]

seriously though, time.

next time when you're cooking with any type of hot pepper, make sure you either wear gloves or wash your hands thoroughly afterward.

gloves are definitely the best option. it's incredible how even a very mild chile like a poblano can burn the fuck out of your hands.

 

[NotWii]

I've handled jalapenos bare skinned, I didn't feel anything?

Maybe she has a skin allergy.

 

[DoomGyver]

Semen, convince her semen will stop all of her pain.

 

[evilpigking]

It's too late at this point. The oil has already fully permeated throughout the skin cells and she just has to live with it. Tell her to wash her hands better with soap next time immediately following handing them.

 

[levious]

I've handled jalapenos bare skinned, I didn't feel anything?

Maybe she has a skin allergy.

cut up or whole?


Having an irritation for that long from fresh jalapeno juice is nothing to really worry about... but no reason not to ask her stepdad.

 

[joelseph]

1 zyrtec
2 shots of tequilla
1 cold press

 

[bionic77]

Semen, convince her semen will stop all of her pain.

He might get some of the peppers on his penis if he tries that remedy.

 

[DoomGyver]

He might get some of the peppers on his penis if he tries that remedy.

kinky

 

[daw840]

FHUTA?

 

[Raistlin]

My girlfriend's skin is burning from handling jalapenos while cooking dinner. It's been 5 - 6 hours later and it still hurts.

We have tried everything possible...

Milk
Lemon juice
Rubbing alcohol
Aloe vera
Flour
Baking soda
Burn cream
Mayonnaise
EvO

Does anyone have any solutions to help this problem?

After that list, it's probably the shit you were putting on her rather than the jalapenos causing the problem ... or at least, they probably made things worse.

I'm trying to understand the thought process behind using lemon juice and rubbing alcohol to help with a chemical burn?

 

[funkmastergeneral]

Mayonnaise

:lol :lol

 

[Big-E]

Must be some allergy cause I don't think jalapeno's are hot enough to burn skin on a normal person.

 

[DoomGyver]

After that list, it's probably the shit you were putting on her rather than the jalapenos causing the problem ... or at least, they probably made things worse.

I'm trying to understand the thought process behind using lemon juice and rubbing alcohol to help with a chemical burn?

I believe he listed part of his grocery list by mistake.

 

[morningbus]

I'm trying to understand the thought process behind using lemon juice and rubbing alcohol to help with a chemical burn?

I'm not sure about the lemon juice one, but capsaicin (the chemical that causes the burning sensation) is alcohol soluble. However, the reason beer or other alcoholic drinks don't work is because they contain too little alcohol. As weird as it sounds, rubbing alcohol should theoretically remove the chemical.

And I shall share my own story of pain: I was making veggie tacos using serrano peppers, a pepper that can be three times hotter than a jalapeno. I washed my hands a few times, didn't really feel any kind of burning sensation on my hands, and then decided to go to the bathroom. As my penis burned, I learned that I had, in fact, removed none of the capsaicin.

I also eat habanero peppers, both raw and in homemade hot-sauce. Pro-tip: when making habanero hot-sauce, never look over and into the pot while it is cooking. My face was burning for hours.

 

[GDGF]

I believe he listed part of his grocery list by mistake.

:lol

 

[Samara]

Sounds like an allergic reaction to me. You should take her to a clinic just in case. Maybe she used a new soap and her skin was "raw", so it burns her. In the meantime pour honey over it so it soothes the burn for a moment

 

[Khalifa Jayy]

She ate the pepper so she isn't allergric. Thanks for the advice. Going to hit up her step dad and see what he has to say (he's a doctor etc).

I'm guessing it just a skin iteration at this point, but who knows.

Go on...

 

[jon bones]

Is she white?

people are laughing at you, but i was thinking this as well.

but yea, call a doc

 

[TheRagnCajun]

Thread fails to deliver. I was hoping this was about someone who forgot to wash their hands before masturbation.

Exactly what I was thinking. I knew a freind who forgot to wash his hands after using icy-hot. He learned a hard lesson that day.