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August 2009 
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You reminded me of how I had to cope with the drastic change in weather from Manila to Kathmandu. I even had episodes of hot flushes and body and facial rashes due to cold air. I would have red rashes all over the body and feel so hot. It lasted for about 20-30 minutes everytime and it could be so inconvenient and even embrassing at times. Of course I got over it after a month and thankfully, they didn't recur.
i am so glad you shared this with me Mila! it is a pretty sobering experience to see your skin aging by 10 years in a new climate (or so it feels), and the prospects of that!
this is my 2nd winter in Tokyo and it is only this winter that my skin reacted to what..all circumstances combined (eg, no central heating), and the cold wind and prolongued dryness i guess. i got the hot flushes when i'm inside in over-heated dry air and at peak time, in january, also the facial rashes you had, but not on the body. Like you said, very embarrassing. it seems my sking cannot absorb enough moisture, no matter how much and how often i apply moisturisers. When i had rashes a dermatologist gave me even anti-inflammatory cortisone balm, scary stuff (i avoid those kind of strong drugs and medicine). Because during heated aikido practice i'm losing more humidity (sweating), i have the hot flushes in the face - once more, now when it is getting warmer.
i wish my skin conditions would go away too, however, it is not looking that way as yet.
i never realised before how easy it was for my body to cope with the climate it was used to. That is why that question brought to my mind the easily taken-for-granted phenomena like breathing (noticeable during active practice - that's another related topic once the weather is heating up) and climate.
This is the age of global climate change but it is very instructive to experience a fraction of the impact of climate change directly, in a smaller personal world.
Thank you again for the encouragement.