What to do if your hands feel hot after chopping chili peppers

Chili pepper is a pungent ingredient. If we don't wear gloves when cutting chili pepper, our hands will feel very hot. This is mainly caused by capsaicin stimulating skin cells. Therefore, we should wash off the capsaicin and not touch other parts of the body with our hands to avoid allergies. If your hands are very hot after chopping peppers, you can relieve the pain by soaking them in hot water and washing your hands with soap.

What to do if your hands are hot after cutting peppers

1. Soak in hot water

Usually, if people feel their hands are very spicy after cutting peppers, they should not wash their hands with cold water. They should put some hot water in a basin and then soak their hands in the water. In this way, the capsaicin absorbed by the skin will evaporate with the evaporation of water vapor, and the spicy feeling on people's hands will be significantly reduced. However, special attention should be paid when soaking in hot water. The soaking time should not be less than five minutes, and then it should be washed several times with cold water.

2. Apply white vinegar

After cutting peppers, if your hands feel particularly spicy, you can take an appropriate amount of white vinegar from the stove, apply it directly on the skin, and rub it back and forth with both hands. This will allow the skin to absorb a large amount of acidic components, which can accelerate the decomposition and metabolism of capsaicin in human skin. Rub the skin with white vinegar, wash it with clean water after 3 to 5 minutes, and the burning feeling on your hands will disappear.

3. Wash your hands with soap

When your hands feel very hot after cutting peppers, you can also directly apply an appropriate amount of soap. It is best to choose Diao brand transparent soap, apply it directly on the skin of your hands, and rub it back and forth with both hands, then rinse with clean water, and then apply soap. Repeat this several times, and the burning pain of the skin on your hands can be significantly reduced.

4. Apply toothpaste

Most toothpastes have the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying. Usually, after people cut peppers, their hands feel particularly spicy. You can take an appropriate amount of toothpaste and apply it directly on the skin where the symptoms are obvious, and gently massage with your hands. At this time, you can feel a distinct cool sensation. After 5 to 10 minutes, rinse the toothpaste on the skin with clean water, and the discomfort on the skin will disappear.