Question

Is it bad to put ice directly on your skin?

Answer 1

Placing Ice directly on your skin without the use of a towel or other barrier is not good and can cause burns on the skin due to the ice causing frostbite to the skin.

Always wrap the ice in a towel or place the ice in a zip lock bag before placing the ice on your skin.

Answer 2

Never put ice directly onto your skin because you'll get frostbite and that certainly doesn't feel good.

I've put ice directly onto my skin before and it made things worse so I'll never do that again.