Did I get Frostbit / Windburn?

[Airsatz]

I was lucky enough to be one of the few still around when they started turning 1 lift at Jay Peak on Thursday 2.16, the day of 50 inches. I would guess it was about 8-11 degrees fahrenheit with winds around 35 mph and I was out from 12:30-4. It was damn cold and took significant time to warm up once back indoors and showered.

The next morning I noticed an ugly mark, reddish like a young bruise, on my left cheek (direction the wind was coming from when riding the chair) just between the edge of my facial hair line and my goggles, following the contours of my face. There was also a much smaller and less severe mark of similar color, similar location on the right side of my face.

I've spent plenty of time in the cold and in severe winds without this ever happening before.

From what I've read about frostbite, this sounds like it may be low grade, topical frostbite-ish wound, but it hasn't turned black or white, it's still reddish and I have a little sensation there - it tingles lightly to the touch today (hopefully healing process) but was rather sensation-less until now. The skin surface texture is hardened up a little over the marks now, on the 3rd day after.

Is this frostbite? Windburn? Something from the red light district? Any thoughts?

No, I was not punched in the face.

[P_McPoser]

Is that even cold enough for frostbite to occur?

[AsheanMT]

Is that even cold enough for frostbite to occur?

with wind at 35mph that means 10 degrees feel like -14. Add the speed of him skiing and it just gets colder. Sounds like very mild frostbite to me. It should heal up no prob.

[KoKopeLLi]

Add the speed of him skiing and it just gets colder. Sounds like very mild frostbite to me. It should heal up no prob.
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if he was skiing switch it should have been warmer

[L7]

That's a classic place to get frostibite. That's why world cuppers in downhill often wear tape right there. As it froze you should have felt a sharp little stabbing pain and then you would have found no feeling there and I white waxy look. Next pay more attention to that.

[Airsatz]

At the time, my face was slightly bearded and ice was clinging to me in general. The whole area had gone completely numb and i had to warm it with the palm of my hand for a few moments on the rides up the lift.

I had attempted to cover my face with my neck warmer, but that wool just froze solid after breathing through it for one lift ride.

There may have been some pain at the time of riding the lift, just the same stinging freeze I was feeling over any exposed skin, but I didn't notice any pain after I left the hill.

I appreciate all the feedback to determine the cause.
Any tips on anything I can do to treat the area now / mitigate the damage? I have been applying aloe topically. I'd like to avoid leaving a mark if possible.

[AsheanMT]

SAC up and proudly display your battle wounds.

[Airsatz]

Images of the massive damage by popular demand.

[AsheanMT]

NVRMND, Thats not frostbite its ghey lesions.

[Airsatz]

Hey man, when my 'gina hurts, I gotta tell somebody!

I know it's not a big deal, but since it happened on the mountain and I don't know what the fuck it is, it figures to ask people who might.

Ashean, I appreciate your commenting in my entirely cosmetic thread. At least I know there is nothing to worry about aside from my modeling career

[penguin Lancer]

You ever see the movie Philidelphia with Tom Hanks? All I can think of right now is AIDS.(The movie made a big point about the lesions)