Yesterday at lunch I picked a young habanero pepper with my bare hands.  I didn’t think anything of it because it was a quick pick followed by putting the pepper on a paper napkin and then a quick hand wash.  Evening time came and I cut the pepper up (again, bare handed) and roasted it on my grill after de-membraning it.  I cut the membrane out because I’m completely scared of a whole, raw habanero – I ate one once and then unate it hours later.   By the time dinner was over my hands started to itch in certain spots.  About 10:30, after having washed my hands probably 15 times throughout the evening I rubbed my eyes because I was getting tired.  Doh!

I can confirm that rubbing your eyes with chili oils on your hands is a bad choice.  I can also confirm that cutting up a lemon and immediately rubbing the acidic juices on the oil infested parts helps neutralize the base of the peppers.  This was chemistry 101 all over me 😉
I would recommend using rubber gloves for all intense peppers as well as when doing dental work.  The roasted habanero fruit was great on my bratworst with some sautéd onion and orange bell pepper.  It had some heat, but not what I was expecting.  The moral of the story is that Icy Hot has capsaicin in it.  Capsaicin is found in peppers… and peppers and Icy Hot should not be placed on sensitive parts of the body 🙂