Well, I hit the wrong button that time!! What I intended to say was that I know a guy that has found a doctor that is a fanatic about the healing power of peppers. I guess that applies to all of us, too, though. Anyway, based on advice from the doctor, my friend steeps ground cayenne in alcohol for a couple of weeks and then strains it and uses the tincture as a daily eye wash! Man, I eat the things, but I won't put em in my eye, but he swears by it. So, don't see how your exposure could have caused much trouble. Fred the habaneronut