hot peppers and taking out contacts

Anyone:

I was making chili tonight and chopped chili peppers. I then cleaned my
hands well. When it came time to take out my contacts my fingers
caused my eyes to burn a little an tear. I guess the pepper was
somehow on my fingers even after using Joy liquid and then soap a few
times.

I took out my contacts and put it in no rub solution to soak overnight.
Is it possible my contacts will be ruined or will the solution just
clean them up?

Thanks

Stew

"muffler" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Anyone:
>
> I was making chili tonight and chopped chili peppers. I then cleaned my
> hands well. When it came time to take out my contacts my fingers
> caused my eyes to burn a little an tear. I guess the pepper was
> somehow on my fingers even after using Joy liquid and then soap a few
> times.
>
> I took out my contacts and put it in no rub solution to soak overnight.
> Is it possible my contacts will be ruined or will the solution just
> clean them up?
>
> Thanks
>
> Stew
>

I can't answer your question, but I do know that the hot oils in peppers are
not water soluble. In addition, I believe that Joy is well known for leaving
hands soft, and not for its cleaning ability.

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"muffler" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Anyone:
>
> I was making chili tonight and chopped chili peppers. I then cleaned my
> hands well. When it came time to take out my contacts my fingers
> caused my eyes to burn a little an tear. I guess the pepper was
> somehow on my fingers even after using Joy liquid and then soap a few
> times.
>
> I took out my contacts and put it in no rub solution to soak overnight.
> Is it possible my contacts will be ruined or will the solution just
> clean them up?

Your contacts (this applies to soft lenses) may need to be cleaned with
an alcohol-based cleaner such as Miraflow. You'll know if your "no rub"
solution did the job when you put the lenses back in, eh?

Meanwhile, for future chili cooking times, wash your hands with whole
milk or cream and then liquid dishwashing detergent. Really.

LB, O.D.

If your contacts are inexpensive it might just be less trouble to throw
em out and use fresh new ones. My mom and sister change their contacts
twice a month as supposed to.

thanks, but the contacts are yearly ones due to my compicated
prescription. Is there any one who knows the answer?

Thanks

Stew

No, we cannot answer your question specifically though I can say I know
how that feels. Cut a bunch of habanero peppers once. Washed 4-5
times, waited a day and a half and still burnt the hell out of my eyes
when I rubbed them a bit. Habaneros are evil, but oh so tasty!

As for the peppers in your case, the capsaicin is what makes them hot
and that is what we need to worry about. It is not water soluable,
which is why the heat sticks with you even when you drink water. Well
actually that isn't the only reason, the other is that it physically
binds to your tastebuds for a time causing you to do the hot mouth
dance..

But I digress. The chemical is fat (hence the milk suggestion) and
alcohol soluable. This means they can stick to plastic surfaces, but
since contacts are not made out of commercial plastics but a specific
blend of cool stuff I dont think anyone here knows (or wants to
experiment with) the soluablility of capsaicin in contacts. The best
advice I can think of is what larrydoc stated, use some alcohol based
cleaner if your lenses can use it. The alcohol should combine with the
capsaicin and at least reduce the amount of pain you will go through to
a neglible amount.

Vodka on the hands also works to get the the heat off them. If you
want to cut habaneros (or other peppers) up in the future, I STRONGLY
suggest using latex gloves. Feels kinda silly to do it, but otherwise
you are wasting a bunch of milk or vodka and then look really silly

Scot

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> "muffler" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
>
> > thanks, but the contacts are yearly ones due to my compicated
> > prescription. Is there any one who knows the answer?
>
> Yes, you've gotten good answers at least twice - clean them with Miraflow or
> Pliagel and hope for the best.

Scary! -- how much does that stuff cost per milliliter?

Well, I guess there is no chance of reproducing it on the kitchen counter ...

Reason I ask is that some eye drops that were prescribed for me cost $78
for 3 milliliters (Vigamox). When I remarked about it, the doctor mumbled
"stuff for the eyes is expensive!" and ran out, in a hurry to catch his
flight to Maui.

--
Dicky

Miraflow is not expensive - I paid around 7 dollars US for 20 ml of the
extra strength daily cleaner. I have no idea what vigamox is.

Stew

"muffler" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed) oups.com...

> Miraflow is not expensive - I paid around 7 dollars US for 20 ml of the
> extra strength daily cleaner.

Only $1325.00 per gallon.

If you knew what was in it, you could probably make it yourself for
less that $1.00 per gallon, or use some ordinary stuff.

The aftermarket potential for contact lenses is incredible, and nowhere
near full appreciation yet.

> I have no idea what vigamox is.

It is an antibiotic solution. Case of me, it was to be used prophylactically before
and after eye surgery. It is an esoteric antibiotic. Probably an ordinary
antibiotic would do as well. But, considering the mark-up, that would lead
only to infinitesimal cost advantage, and would not have any of the same
"Wow!" value. Probably prophylactic use of antibiotics in eyes is
superfluous in the first place as eyes do marvelously well all by themselves
when it comes to fending off infection.

All kinds of **** flies into your eyes, especially when there's a bit of wind.

Of course, I do not know what goes on under and in contact lenses.
Fortunately, I will most likely never need to find out.

--
Dicky

Dick Adams wrote:
> "muffler" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed) oups.com...
>
>
>>Miraflow is not expensive - I paid around 7 dollars US for 20 ml of the
>>extra strength daily cleaner.
>
>
> Only $1325.00 per gallon.
>
> If you knew what was in it, you could probably make it yourself for
> less that $1.00 per gallon, or use some ordinary stuff.
>

I suppose what you're paying for is not so much the bulk solution but
rather the individual packaging, the freight, the assurance of
sterility, the assurance of the correct formula, the assurance of safety
and efficacy thanks to the clinical trials; the marketing, the shopping
mall rents at your convenient local mall, and the knowledgable product
advice you receive from the place of purchase. All of these would cost
more than the marginal cost of a few mls of solution.

Dom