1/11/2024 0 Comments First degree wind burn![]() ![]() Along with being cooling, the wind also has a drying effect on the skin, which may exacerbate the symptoms of a sunburn. Most importantly, the cooling effects of the wind decrease the perception of heat and burning, meaning individuals are less likely to seek shade or to protect themselves against the sun, and are more likely to stay exposed to the burning effects of the sun's UV radiation for longer. There may be contributing factors of the wind to windburn, and similarly, sunburns. Prevention measures involve wearing protective clothing, sunscreen, a hat, sunglasses, and seeking shade. The treatment of windburn is the same as for sunburn. ![]() Nonetheless, the accepted existence of windburn remains a widely held misconception. The fact that windburn was really misattributed sunburn, rather than a distinct condition, was shown as early as 1936 by English skin specialist Charles Howard White of Cambridge and American physicist William Henry Crew of New York University. The main reason is that in cool or cloudy conditions many people are unaware that they are still vulnerable to the burning effects of the sun's UV radiation, so fail to take precautionary sun protection measures. Windburn is a condition whereby a sunburn obtained in cool or cloudy conditions is incorrectly attributed to the effects of the wind rather than the sun, mostly in North America. ![]()
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