Originally Posted by
electrik
Actually, you should mess around with balaclavas... Eventually after repeated exposure to mild cold your skin's capillaries will be damaged. Once you spend enough time in the cold you'll notice it... people get chilblains, it is common to see very rosy faces(hyperaemia) in the cold. This is the cumulative result of improper care.
Hmm... Something might be wrong with my body as I lack a rosy face and can't recall ever wearing a backlava
. Incidentally, there has been some evidence of parents inducing common cold or worse in their children by overdressing them when they were going outside. After getting back and undressing, the children were getting a temperature shock, jumping from a heat bath down to room temperature.