I almost gave myself Frost Bite

With my sprained ankle I kept putting ice on it while I was house sitting. I had dinged it a few times and was trying to stay off of it to rest. I would sit on the couch with ice on it or a cold pack of some sort. I never put a cloth or anything between the cold pack & my skin. It was insanely cold and I kept thinking I had hurt myself so much I needed to have the cold pack on my skin.

After seeing a red splotch develop on my ankle where the cold pack was I thought my ankle was not doing well. Even when it was strong and I did not have any problems I thought I was not doing well. It took me a while to realize it was the cold pack damaging my skin. The area that was red had developed into a leather like looking finish. It has started to break up and some it is peeling off. The skin that peels off is hard & dry, dead skin.

Luckily it only affected the top layer of skin and did not go deeper or cause serious injury. Since it is the top layer it is not technically Frostbite, it is called Frostnip. I gave myself Frostnip...