Help! How to alleviate jalapeno burn?

I don’t know any magic trick, except use some mild soap and rinse. I have touched my eye after cutting hot peppers and it sucks. Took a couple of hours to calm down. Maybe someone else will have a better suggesstion.

Try Olive Oil

Dishwashing detergent. It is an oil, and needs a surfactant.

@dpworkin Thank you, my answer was incomplete – after diluting it with olive oil, wash it out with a degreasing detergent such as Dawn.

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“To remove capsaicin from the hands, milk or vinegar may be more effective than water.”

Milk will dilute the burn. Give it a shot… think milk mustache. :)

My sister-in-law is from Thailand, where the diet consists of a lot of super hot, fiery spicy food. She says when your tongue burns from spicy food or chillis, place sugar on your tongue and that will reduce the burning. I don’t know if it works on noses, but you can give it a try. Milk is another remedy I heard, because of the presence of sugar (lactose) in the milk. But sugar or syrup is supposed to work even better.

milk!!

Milk

Ice cream

Milk is the very best for pepper burns. there is a chemical in milk that offsets the burning of peppers. it works.