How do I heal my chilli burn?!
Question: I was cutting chillies for dinner last night, didn't wear gloves and got nasty chilli burn! I moisturised my hands, didn't work, so I scrubbed them with a nail brush and soap, didn't work, then I got desperate and soaked my hands for a minute in nail polish remover, STILL didn't work! This morning my fingers still burn and there is still chilli oil under my nails!! How do I get rid of this, it's driving me mad!!!!!
Answers: I was cutting chillies for dinner last night, didn't wear gloves and got nasty chilli burn! I moisturised my hands, didn't work, so I scrubbed them with a nail brush and soap, didn't work, then I got desperate and soaked my hands for a minute in nail polish remover, STILL didn't work! This morning my fingers still burn and there is still chilli oil under my nails!! How do I get rid of this, it's driving me mad!!!!!
First of all...you have caused a lot of damage to your nails.
Nail polish remover is acetone which will damage your skin surface...and scrubbing hard with a nail brush has quite possibly forced the chili further under your nails.
Its gonna hurt for a while...you could try soaking your hands in milk, if that doesn't work you could try rubbing hemmorhoid cream (one that has a pain reliever built in) under your nails...sounds gross, but it will shrink the blood vessels down a bit for you and stop the chilli from getting under your skin and hurting so much
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Try soaking your fingers in milk for half an hour.
Or soak, in Aloe Vera Juice, bought at any supermarket.