Recently I saw an interesting picture on a FB group which made me pause for thought.

What caught my eye was the K.tape on the nose and cheeks and I had never seen this idea before.
My initial thought was that it might have some merit and then I thought about how frost nip is often spotted by observation in a buddy system.
Such tape would obscure such visual clues leaving it’s detection to the victim and by it’s very nature, frost nip reduces the nervous response to such danger.
Imagine then that mild frost nip is not detected and progresses on to more serious frost bite.
You now have very sticky tape adhered to seriously damaged skin and tissue.
The consequences of that when it comes to treating such frostbite are not something I would like to contemplate.
I am not adverse to considering new ideas, especially when they arise from such apparently experienced sources, but in my opinion the likely disadvantages seem to far outweigh the possible advantages in this case.
I wondered what your thoughts might be on the matter?
What caught my eye was the K.tape on the nose and cheeks and I had never seen this idea before.
My initial thought was that it might have some merit and then I thought about how frost nip is often spotted by observation in a buddy system.
Such tape would obscure such visual clues leaving it’s detection to the victim and by it’s very nature, frost nip reduces the nervous response to such danger.
Imagine then that mild frost nip is not detected and progresses on to more serious frost bite.
You now have very sticky tape adhered to seriously damaged skin and tissue.
The consequences of that when it comes to treating such frostbite are not something I would like to contemplate.
I am not adverse to considering new ideas, especially when they arise from such apparently experienced sources, but in my opinion the likely disadvantages seem to far outweigh the possible advantages in this case.
I wondered what your thoughts might be on the matter?
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