I was hand-washing some clothes yesterday and didn’t have any bottles of detergent, so cut open one of those detergent gel capsules and used that.
Whilst washing the clothes, I didn’t think much had gone on my hands - and normally it’s not at all an issue if detergent from the bottle goes on my hands. However, today, the backs of my hands feel really tight and there’s a painful burning sensation, and they seem quite red.
At work today, all I could think of was the idea of plunging my hands into some cold milk to stop the burning and to soothe them!! Random idea, I know, but it’s worked well before when my hands were stinging after chopping up chillies whilst cooking.
I’ve now soaked my hands in some milk and they feel a bit better, and have also put on some hand cream, which will also hopefully help. I’m just so confused because I’ve never had this happen before. Just wondered if this has ever happened to anyone else? I won’t be splitting open detergent capsules again any time soon - that’s for sure.