Rx for Jalapeno Hands

It's official, I will never cut another jalapeno pepper again unless I wear protective gloves. Actually, I might just veto jalapenos all together and never buy one again.

I pretty much endured the most excruciating irritation ever as the remnants of the pesky pepper set my skin into an absolute state of inferno. This burning feeling was all over my hands and it even seeped under my finger nails. Trying to sit though a church meeting while feeling like I was on fire was quite the challenge. But this was just the beginning of the blaze.

Why on earth it didn't occur to me to NOT take out my contact lenses with my jalapeno hands is beyond me. UM, OH MY STARS!!! That one put me into tears! I should have doused my eyes into gasoline next.

But instead, my tear laden eyes struggled through a Google search to see what on earth I should do with myself. Ready for the Rx?

I had to soak my hands in milk then take a super long steamy shower for the eyes. The shower thankfully did the trick for my ocular catastrophe, but for some reason the hot water seemed to "activate"' the burning on my hands all over again. It was like a reverse milk osmosis. Dang it!

Not that you've read my sob story, my eyes are fine, but almost a day later, my hands have moved from a burning state to a simmering state.

No more peppers for me, and now you know what to do should you have a pepper problem yourself.