WHY ARE SOME PARTS OF MY SKIN MORE HEAT-SENSITIVE THAN OTHERS IN THE SAUNA?

KLAFS FAQ FOR WELL-BEING

In the sauna, you may possibly feel a burning sensation on parts of your body that don’t naturally have many sweat glands – your shins, for example – if the heat stimulus is too great. You can counter this by rubbing sweat from other areas of your body over the affected parts to cool them.