YSK that a good way to clear pepper spray from your eyes is water with baby shampoo

Comments

• termaxima@slrpnk.net ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  But a better way to prevent it from getting there is pool goggles ! (and not ski goggles. Those have vents !)

  source

  • 0ops@piefed.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    On the flip side, ski goggles will probably fair a lot better against paintballs

    source

    • UnspecificGravity@piefed.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      That’s why you wear both pool goggles and impact rated goggles over them.

      source

      • -> View More Comments
  • Bongles@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    At a store like harbor freight you can get safety goggles, like safety glasses but goggles. They probably fit both issues.

    source

    • UnspecificGravity@piefed.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      No safety goggles are airtight, they won’t do shit for gas.

      source
• roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Watered down milk of magnesia or Pepto is a great solution. Well used in past protests.

  source

  • Novocirab@feddit.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The issue with milk, according to the ophtalmologist’s video, is that when you got pepper sprayed there’s a chance your cornea has been damaged, so that milk can give you an infection.

    source

    • roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Milk of Magnesia is not dairy milk. It’s an over the counter medication with antacid properties similar to Pepto busmal. Although taken orally they are not used in all th same instances.

      source

      • -> View More Comments
• Fondots@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  There’s been a few studies on this, and most of the supposed remedies have been found to be little or no more effective than just rinsing with water or saline.

  That said, in theory, I feel like baby shampoo is probably a pretty good bet, it makes sense on paper. Most pepper sprays are oil-based, soap/shampoo is a surfactant so it helps to rinse out those oily substances with water, and baby shampoo in particular is non-irritating to the eyes.

  There’s a few purpose-made products for this, I’ve seen a few recommendations for sudecon wipes from first-responder types. I have no recommendations about how to best get your hands on those sorts of products in case you’re worried about leaving a paper trail.

  For my own personal kit (that I just try to keep well-stacked for any eventuality, I have pepper spray on my dog’s leash so I figured I should know what to do if I even accidentally mace myself) I’ve settled on sterile saline eye wash and baby shampoo. Haven’t had to use it yet, so I can’t attest to the effectiveness, but I figure it’s gotta be better than nothing

  And it makes enough sense on paper that I figure if nothing else maybe I’ll be able to placebo effect myself into believing it did something.

  source
• Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Helpful!

  source