Damaged skin permanently because of laptop placement on lap

Those who work with notebooks on the lap for a long time may be permanently damaged, Swiss researchers said.

According to Telegraph, a recent medical report has shown that the skin that has been in direct contact with laptops for a long time may suffer from "baked skin syndrome" - skin mottled when exposed to temperature. long hot.

Typically, a 12-year-old boy has lost his skin color on his left thigh after playing a few hours every day for several months in a row.

Many people have a habit of working on a computer on their lap for a long time.Photo: Telegraph.co.uk.

In another case in Virginia, a female law student also saw thigh skin suddenly become unusually speckled.

Professor Kimberley Salkey, who treated the young girl, was unable to find the cause of the condition, until she knew the student had worked six hours a day with a lap computer. The temperature measured below this machine is 52 degrees centigrade.

"Grilled skin syndrome" can also occur when abuse of heating pads and heat sources are not hot enough to cause other burns.

"Normally they are harmless, but if used long-term it can cause permanent skin damage. In a few cases, it can lead to skin cancer , " said Dr. Andreas Arnold and Peter ITIN, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.

Experts recommend, to be safe, laptop users should put on a stand or have a heat shield when using a laptop.