Pepper Spray - How to Clean the Eyes When Hit With Pepper Spray

No matter how hard you try to avoid it there may come a time where you need to know how to clean the eyes when hit with pepper spray due to mishandling on your part. If done correctly you can counteract a good portion of the effects but great care must be taken as you can easily make it a whole lot worse.

The pepper spray liquid that comes out is mostly water based with the exception of the pepper gel and pepper foam models. The pepper granules are added to the delivery medium and vary in size by whether you are using foam, gel, stream or a fog type of pepper spray.

The size of the pepper grains matter because the finer the grain the more easily they will be absorbed into the pores of the skin making it much more painful as well as difficult to remove.

There are two main things you can use to counteract the effects and they are water or milk. Either one will effectively help to flush the grains out of your eyes as well as off the skin.

One main thing you need to keep in mind is that under no circumstances should you dab, blot, wipe or rub in an effort to remove the pepper spray as this will only serve to make it many times worse than before because it would smear even more into your pores.

Whether you choose milk or just plain water you need to just keep flushing your eyes and skin until the effects are diminished. This may take anywhere from just a few minutes to quite a few as this will all depend on the quality and volume of pepper spray used.

The hardest part will be keeping your eyes open enough to get the water or milk in there to flush out the pepper spray and it may take a few minutes of flushing before you can open them up even halfway. I have found that tilting your head to the side and pouring at an angle across the eyes starting in the corners to be the most effective method to use until the eyes can be opened further.

Once the eyes can be opened at least halfway you can then take a milk carton or bottle of water and hold it over one eye as you attempt to open it allowing the liquid to permeate the entire eye cavity.

If you have been sprayed in the eyes with the pepper gel or pepper foam models you will have a bit harder time removing it from the eyes and skin as it sticks and smears. As with the regular sprays you need to just keep flushing and under no circumstances should you rub.

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