Yeah i really believe it could be because of my experiences as a child, that i do not like being touched there at all. As for the hot peppers and hot spices etc... i would happily join you on that just to scream out whoooa hot. lol Yeah, i am a fruit cake for that sort of thing. like eating rhubarb straight off the plant and torturing myself with a shrivelled up face from the bitterness. Anchovies are the worst and literally will make me barf, but ha haa Thank you also for your concerns about branding, i know full well and will not make the same mistake twice and know now to load up on polysporin and keep the area where the brand goes in totally loaded with it at all times and that it heals much better and protects from infection. But, even then i did manage to clear up the infection on my own. The internet is a great place for getting answers of what to do.