The fact that windburn was really misattributed sunburn , rather than an actual condition in its own right , was shown as early as 1936 by English skin specialist Charles Howard White of Cambridge and American physicist William Henry Crew of New York University .
Windburn is actually a sunburn rather than an actual condition caused by wind . This was shown as early as 1936 by English skin specialist Charles Howard White of Cambridge and American physicist William Henry Crew of New York University .