Question: what is the difference between frostnip and frostbite which is more serious?
Answer: The differences between frostnip and frostbite are the severity of the injury. Frostnip is an injury that occurs on the surface skin and doesn't affect the deeper layers of skin. . Frostbite is occurs when the body part frozen and then develops ice crystals within the cells, which ruptures them and causes cell death.