I got messy yesterday with mustard, mayonnaise, and cheese sauce. Before hand I was fine, my hands and skin were fine. But during I noticed some burning on my hands. And after I cleaned up I noticed what looked like a bunch of cuts all over my hands. Has anyone ever experienced or heard of this happening? Maybe something just dried my skin out real bad and caused it to chap and open? Or something I was using was actually eating my skin? I don't know, it was really weird. And a couple of them were pretty bad, and still hurt today.

It might have been the piranha in the mustard!

But seriously, I'm sorry to hear that happened while you were wamming! :-S

Mustard *can* burn the skin. Were there hot peppers in the cheese sauce? I almost would have thought that the mayo would have neutralized the other ingredients.

I hope that it clears up really soon and that you're feeling better quickly!

Norman

Piranha, lol that's cute.

Yes, some of the cheese did have peppers. Guess I should probably avoid that next time!

Thank you Norman, Im doing fine, Im sure it will heal quickly

In my view, "Piranha" is funny. *You* are cute! :lovestruck:

Norman

Mayo and mustard are both very acidic. Dairy products also contain lactic acid which is a mild exfoliate. Basically you put a bunch of acid on your skin so that reaction doesn't seem that surprising. Next time if you want to use substances like that again applying lotion first may help protect you from irritation and cuts.