What to do if your hands are spicy with chili peppers

1. Wash your hands with vinegar

When your hands feel spicy, you can wash them with vinegar, because vinegar is acidic and can neutralize the alkaline substances in chili peppers. When cutting it, try to press it with your fingers so that your hands won't get too spicy.

2. Put some soap on your hands

If your hands feel very hot after cutting it, you can put some soap on your hands and wash them vigorously for about 5 minutes, and that will be fine. Because capsaicin can easily hide around the pores and is relatively soluble in alkaline solutions, washing hands with soap is very effective.

3. Apply toothpaste

You can find a tube of white toothpaste and apply it to the places on your fingers that feel spicy. After a while, wash off the toothpaste and your hands will no longer feel spicy.

4. Soak in hot water

Chili peppers are alkaline and dissolve easily in hot water. But it should be noted that your hands are sensitive to heat, so it will be a bit uncomfortable when you first soak in hot water. But be sure to hold on. After 15 minutes, the spicy feeling will almost disappear.