why do you feel cold after getting a sunburn?

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why do you feel cold after getting a sunburn?

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It is because the blood rushes to the outer layers (the burned layers) of your skin to heal it. In doing so, the blood loses heat to the environment in order to cool down the burned tissue. This moderate heat loss is felt as hot skin, and through the body as a feeling of cold.

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