[AlotOfReading]

I can easily see where you would get the idea to rub snow on the tissue from my own experiences with second degree frostbite. I did lukewarm water and that hurt. It felt like my hands were going to explode. Every impulse was screaming that it was exactly the wrong thing to do and I should go back outside where the pain was less.

[steve_adams_86]

I had the same experience. I stepped into a hot shower with frostbite in two of my toes (just half of my big toe and bit of the the next toe over) and I inadvertently screamed and fell over, ripping the shower curtain down and everything. I wanted out badly. There’s no aching sensation quite like it that I’ve experienced. I’d definitely fail the gom jabbar.

I still can’t feel anything in that side of my big toe, and it occasionally throbs mildly and I think of how incredibly painful serious and extensive frostbite would really be.

[grugagag]

You can’t feel anything on that side of your big toe after how long? Is full recovery ever expected?

[homebrewer]

Since OP isn't responding, I'll add that I completely lost feeling in the nose about ten years ago by staying outside in −45°C for way too long, and it never recovered. The front half feels like it's permanently under anesthetic. Other than that, it looks and works as it always did.

I didn't even notice anything until three passerby in a row said that my nose looks funny and I should probably do something about it ASAP.

[steve_adams_86]

You’re right, the sensation never came back for me. It’s the outer half that was exposed to the side of my boot.

My feet were too cold to notice that water got inside my boot, then by the time my toes were freezing there was no way my nerves could let me know. I only spent around 4 hours like that, but it was enough. It wasn’t even painful until the moment it went into the shower so I had no idea what was going on even once I got home into a warm house. It’s sneaky stuff.

I do remember being creeped out by how white and immobile my toes were. I knew that wasn’t great, but I didn’t think they’d literally begun to freeze. I’m a lot more careful now.

[steve_adams_86]

No recovery expected, and it has been 20 years this January.

[matsemann]

Also from hypothermia the impulse is that direction, once when I got it I became so incredibly hot that I wanted to dress naked. If I hadn't known the signs I probably would have.