Eric, Ice works best for temporary relief. There's nothing a person can do to actually make the pain go away except to wait it out, or, like Marilyn suggested, to amputate the affected areas. :-) - mary At 08:46 PM 7/2/02 -0400, you wrote: >So let's say, hypothetically of course, that during the making of some >curried shrimp, I ended up with capsaicin (from scotch bonnet peppers) >all over my face and in my eyes. Hypothetically only, you understand, since ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ www.firegirl.com (Even the Devil shops here...) Over 800 hot sauces and other spicy products! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~