Kissed by the Wind How to Prevent and Treat Windburn

A nasty case of windburn is not something you want to come home with after a day of playing in the snow. While it may feel like it, a windburn is not a Winter sunburn — it's not caused by the sun's harmful rays. Windburn is actually a result of cold temperatures and low humidity. These conditions deplete the natural oils in your skin, causing dryness, irritation, and redness. "Your skin gets red and starts peeling, because the blood vessels in the outer layer of skin are dilating," explains Dr. Debra Jaliman, board-certified dermatologist and author of Skin Rules: Trade Secrets From a Top New York Dermatologist. "It makes it very irritated and very sensitive to products." It most commonly occurs on the face, but windburn can happen any place on your body where skin is exposed to the elements. Before heading out in the cold, do these things to prevent windburn.

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