Windburn
sunburn obtained in cool or cloudy conditions, misattributed to the wind
Windburn is when a person gets a sunburn but thought it was caused by wind because it was cloudy. Windburn is actually a sunburn rather than an actual condition caused by wind. This 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.[1] However, it is still a common misconception that windburn is caused by wind.
Reference change
- ↑ "Medicine: Windburn to Sunburn". Time (magazine). Time Inc. 12 October 1936. Archived from the original on 12 August 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
...was the first demonstration that "windburn" is really sunburn
