# Ow ow ow!!! Pepper in my eye!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 4, 2007, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-ow-ow-pepper-in-my-eye/421506 "2007-10-04T15:39:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-ow-ow-pepper-in-my-eye/421506/1 "2007-10-04T15:39:13Z")
AAAAAHHHH!!! Slicing jalapeño pepper for soup. Touched left eye. Slow burning turning into OW BRING ME DEATH!!! I burning your eye!!! Anyone have any good suggestions for relief?? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-ow-ow-pepper-in-my-eye/421506/2 "2007-10-04T15:40:22Z")
Yogurt? Capsiacin isn’t water-soluble so it’s hard to wash away. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-ow-ow-pepper-in-my-eye/421506/3 "2007-10-04T15:44:07Z")
Your eye will feel a lot better if you hit your thumb with a hammer. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-ow-ow-pepper-in-my-eye/421506/4 "2007-10-04T15:57:24Z")
I once was holding a cup of open red pepper in my mouth and sneezed. I was holding a pizza and trying to open a door if you’re wondering why. I just stuck my face in the sink for like 30 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Dottygumdrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Dottygumdrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dottygumdrop)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-ow-ow-pepper-in-my-eye/421506/5 "2007-10-04T16:21:01Z")
Put some milk in an eye-bath and rinse your eye with it. The milk will ease the pain much better than water. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-ow-ow-pepper-in-my-eye/421506/6 "2007-10-04T16:24:41Z")
Whatever you do for your eye, wash your hands before going to the bathroom :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-ow-ow-pepper-in-my-eye/421506/7 "2007-10-04T16:37:32Z")
At least you were the only casualty. [Could have been worse](http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2007-10-03-britain-spicy-chili_N.htm?csp=34). ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-ow-ow-pepper-in-my-eye/421506/8 "2007-10-04T16:50:23Z")
[QUOTE=congodwarf] Whatever you do for your eye, wash your hands before going to the bathroom :eek: [/QUOTE] Seriously! I made that mistake after a rough encounter with [Dave’s Insanity Sauce](http://www.davesgourmet.peachhost.com/ct_PRdain.htm). Just… rough! ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-ow-ow-pepper-in-my-eye/421506/9 "2007-10-04T16:59:55Z")
Well, fortunately it wasn’t too ridiculous. A relatively mild pepper combined with only the briefest contact with my eye led to maybe 10-15 minutes of pain which went away on its own. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-ow-ow-pepper-in-my-eye/421506/10 "2007-10-04T17:03:02Z")
Good. I’ve put a contact lens in after cutting up chillies before now and thinking that washing my hands three or four times would be enough (it wasn’t). It’s not easy to get a peppery contact lens back out of an eye that’s trying to screw shut reflexively, believe me. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-ow-ow-pepper-in-my-eye/421506/11 "2007-10-04T17:36:36Z")
Last night, I managed to light my eyelashes on fire. Don’t ask. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-ow-ow-pepper-in-my-eye/421506/12 "2007-10-04T17:40:22Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] Last night, I managed to light my eyelashes on fire. Don’t ask. [/QUOTE] I don’t think you can start that story and not finish it! ---
**Author:** ![XaMcQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/f9ae1b/32.png) [@XaMcQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XaMcQ)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-ow-ow-pepper-in-my-eye/421506/13 "2007-10-05T02:12:26Z")
I did that with Scotch bonnet peppers once. Was chopping them and, for some idiotic reason, touched my face. I was completely blind for about twenty minutes, despite constant eye washing. It looked a little like [this.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1FEcx6Ffqg)