Methods 1: Capsaicin was dissolved in olive oil.
1. Coat your hands with olive oil. Pour 1 tbsp olive oil into the palm of your hand, and then gently rub your hands. Fingers, palms and backs should be evenly coated with olive oil. Capsaicin is more soluble in oil than in water. Simply washing your hands with water can't wash away capsaicin, but it will lead to the diffusion of capsaicin and aggravate the burning sensation.
Vegetable oil can replace olive oil.
2. Apply some oil to your nails. Once capsaicin enters under the nails, it will remain for a long time. Even if you wash your hands hard, the burning sensation still exists. You can try to put some oil under your nails carefully. Twist a corner of the kitchen paper towel into a small tip by hand, and then dip the paper tip in some oil. Gently insert the tip of paper soaked in oil into your nails. So that the residual capsaicin can be dissolved in the oil.
In addition, nail cutting can also remove the residual pepper juice.
3. Wash the oil off your hands with hand sanitizer and water. It may take several times to wash the oil thoroughly. Don't forget to wash the residual oil under your nails. Don't wash your hands with ordinary hand sanitizer, choose detergent. Detergent is specially used to wash off the heavy oil on tableware, so it can wash off the oil on your hands faster.
Olive oil can also moisturize dry skin. So after washing your hands, you will find that the skin of your hands becomes softer.
Method 2: Wash your hands with alcohol or diluted bleach.
1. If you want to relieve the pain quickly, put your hand in a bowl full of alcohol. Pour 250 ml of alcohol for external use into a large bowl, and then soak your hands in it. Rub your hands hard and make sure that alcohol covers every inch of skin on your hands and wrists. Like olive oil, alcohol can dissolve the fat capsaicin in Mexican peppers.
You don't have to soak your hands in alcohol for a long time As long as your hands are completely soaked in alcohol, you can take them out of the bowl.
If there is no external alcohol, vodka and other high-concentration wines can also be substituted.
2. If there is no alcohol, you can also soak your hands with diluted bleach solution. In addition to soaking your hands in alcohol, you can also try to pour 5 parts of water and 1 part of bleach into a large bowl or other large container. Take your hands out of the container immediately after they are soaked. If the skin is exposed to bleach for a long time, it will be severely stimulated and burned, so be very careful when using bleach. Bleach will react chemically with capsaicin attached to the skin to neutralize the irritation. Bleach is very chemical and can remove the pigment from the cloth, so be very careful when you pour it into the bowl. You can wear an old T-shirt or apron to avoid bleach splashing on your clothes.
It is best to dilute bleach in the kitchen or bathroom sink to minimize the chance of bleach contacting carpets, towels, etc.
3. Wash your hands and apply moisturizing cream. After washing your hands with alcohol or bleach solution, gently rub your hands and wrists with hand sanitizer and water to wash off the residual capsaicin. Alcohol and bleach can dehydrate the skin quickly, so you'd better wash your hands with mild hand sanitizer instead of dishwashing liquid. You may need to wash it several times to get rid of the smell of bleach on your hands.
Chemicals can cause skin dehydration, so don't forget to apply moisturizing cream after washing your hands to restore the original moisture of your skin.
Method 3: Use baking soda and hydrogen peroxide.
1. Mix water, baking soda and hydrogen peroxide into a paste. Pour 1/8 teaspoons of baking soda, 1 tablespoon of water and 1 tablespoon of hydrogen peroxide into a bowl. Gently stir all the materials with a fork to form a block of baking soda. Be sure to stir it. Hydrogen peroxide will affect the molecular structure of capsaicin and neutralize its irritation.
Baking soda can absorb capsaicin and activate hydrogen peroxide.
2. Put your hand into the paste made of baking soda and hydrogen peroxide. Be careful that the paste must completely cover your hands. In order to make the paste evenly cover your fingers, you'd better cross your hands and rub them. Dip in the paste by hand and take it out of the bowl after 1 minute.
Hydrogen peroxide will stain clothes, so clothes should be kept away from medicine paste. I suggest you put on an apron to protect your clothes when applying for a job.
3. Wash the paste with water and hand sanitizer. When the paste is dry, apply hand sanitizer and rub your hands to form a layer of foam. Then, wash off the paste with running water. Don't forget to rub the skin under and around your nails when you wash your hands. Particles in the paste will remove capsaicin left under the nails.
Using hand sanitizer and water should be able to dissolve and clean the residual capsaicin.