In the past, "toasted skin syndrome'' has occurred in workers whose jobs require being close to a heat source, including bakers and glass blowers, and, before central heating, in people who ...

Balancing your laptop on your knees could cause permanent discolouration of the skin and, in rare cases, cancer, doctors have warned. The heat generated by the computers can cause a nettle sting ...

Toasted skin syndrome is an acquired skin irregularity caused by continuous exposure to moderate heat or infrared radiation from laptops. Written by: Ritika Sakhuja Updated at: Oct 30, 2023 13:17 IST ...

This type of laptop burn is not even a first-degree burn.” Indeed, this “burn” is actually a reddening of the skin caused by the dilating of capillaries.

Could your dry skin be slowing down your laptop? Ellen Scott Published February 17, 2018 10:07am Updated December 12, 2019 4:17pm Comments ...

They do not cite any skin cancer cases linked to laptop use, but suggest, to be safe, placing a carrying case or other heat shield under the laptop if you have to hold it in your lap.

Blue light and skin Do you know that staying out in the noon sun for 20 minutes and spending 7-8 hours in front of the laptop do equal damage to the skin? Your exposed skin gets tanned when you ...

That case, from 2007, was one of 10 laptop-related cases reported in medical journals in the past six years. The condition is generally harmless but can cause permanent skin darkening.

Overheating laptops can pose danger to laps. Oct. 5, 2010 — -- One day 24-year-old Kristin Manigault noticed the skin on her legs had become irritated. "It started looking really funny. Then ...

Photo by king nikochan. If you routinely keep your laptop on your lap even though it feels like you could probably fry an egg on your GPU, you could be putting yourself at risk for skin damage and ...