is there any such thing as windburn, can you get sunburnt in the shade sitting by the sea in a hot climate?

Answer 1

Yes...you can get windburn. Go skiing sometime and you'll find out.

You can also get burned in the shade by the ocean. UV Rays reflect off the water. You're not totally protected in the shade.

Answer 2

Windburn is a skin burn condition where wind removes the top layer of oil from the skin. The lack of oil causes excessive dryness of the skin, leading to redness and a burning feeling. Redness and burning are also common symptoms of a sunburn, so the two conditions are often mistaken for each other.

Pure windburn is usually not protected against by sunscreen effectively, since wind exposure will chap the skin even without the sun exposure. However, the moisturization agent in sunscreens does help windburns, and windburn does not seem to have the long term damage effect of the sun.

On cold days, people will often confuse their sunburn as a windburn. Windburn is actually a distinct condition whereby the top layer of oil is removed from the skin, causing excessive dryness that leads to redness and a burning feeling.

People commonly believe that any burn that happens on a cold day is windburn, but this is not the case. Sunburns are caused as a result of ultraviolet light, not by the temperature, hence it doesn't matter whether high tempatures are present or not. The condition is commonly associated with skiing, where one can experience both a windburn and a sunburn very easily. This is due to the fact that strong winds are frequent at higher elevations, and snow is an excellent reflector for ultraviolet rays. Also, at higher elevations you have a smaller cushion of UV-blocking atmosphere above you; thus, the level of exposure on a mountain is much higher than it would be at sea level on a beach.

Answer 3

There is such a thing as windburn, but you can also sunburn in the shade from the light reflecting off of the water.

Answer 4

Yes, you can get windburn. Look at landscapes that have been carved out by wind and particles carried by the wind to see how abrasive it can be. Also, the wind dries out your skin,

You can get sunburned sitting in the shade by the sea in a hot or cold climate. This is due to reflected UV rays.

Answer 5

I'm not sure about windburn but you actually get a lot of sun scattered of the sea and can sunburn even in the shade.

Answer 6

Windburn is a skin irritation. But it looks like a burn, because your skin appears red and slightly swollen on some exposed areas of your body. "Wind causes the loss of the oil layer on your skin," explains Norman Levine, M.D., chief of dermatology at the University, of Arizona College of Medicine Health Sciences Center in Tucson. "And when your skin dries out excessively, you get an irritation that looks and feels like a real burn. To reverse the effect of windburn, you need to add that oil layer back to your skin."

UV rays can be reflected off of water, sand, snow, and concrete, so you can get a sunburn in the shade.

Answer 7

Yes, in the winter cold, windburn leaves your face red and chaffed and can look like sunburn. And apparently you can get sunburned from reflection of the sun's rays .

Answer 8

Yep, it can chap your skin, and really hurt. And, you can get a sunburn in the shade, by the sea, because the sun will reflect up off the water on to you, even if you aren't in the direct sun. Same thing with the snow.

Answer 9

the sun reflects off the sand sort of like a mirror.

Answer 10

yes - I got it while in Iraq. Or was that "Sand-Burn" - you know what - I never really thought of it before now. how strange