How to use odd socks to safely apply capsaicin

HOW TO USE ODD SOCKS TO SAFELY APPLY HIGH

CONCENTRATION CAPSAICINMarilia Coutinho

Get some odd socks and a pair of surgical gloves

Everybody has odd socks: they are provided by the Machine Washer Gnomes, who steal one sock and leave an old sock behind. Scholars suggest the stolen odd socks are worn by Gnomes in Gnomeland Parties

Everybody has odd socks: they are provided by the Machine Washer Gnomes, who steal one sock and leave an odd sock behind. Scholars suggest the stolen odd

socks are worn by Gnomes in Gnomeland

Parties

Cut the toes of your odd socks

High concentration capsaicin: you really need to be careful. You will regret many things if you happen to touch your eyes, mouth or worse with a picogram of capsaicin on your fingers. This one is almost 5%. It’s a lot.

It’s best to use surgical gloves while handling this…

If not, make sure you wash your hands 10 times with strong detergent after handling it. It won’t work, though: capsacin is stronger than you.

Spread a thin layer over the area to be treated

Insert the sock and fold the upper part

Unfold it and cover all the area treated with capsaicin and at least a few more inches

If the sock is too thin, put another one over it

If you want to read something serious about capsaicin, here is a compilation of scientific articles. Capsaicin: analgesic and anti-inflammatory action - evidence from researchEvidence about capsaicin use as analgesic and anti-inflammaotory agent in musculoskelletal problems is growing in the medical literature.

https://storify.com/mariliacoutinho/capsaicin-analgesic-and-anti-inflammatory-action-e