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Laptop users, beware. I know the name “Toasted Skin Syndrome” doesn’t sound like it came from an advanced medical crowd, but unfortunately it’s very real. You know all about exposure of your skin to the sun, but I bet you don’t think twice about having your laptop resting on your laptop.
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While your sitting there happily gaming away, or “studying” your laptop is brewing up a mini inferno right on your lap. These laptops are threatening the very existence of mankind and the future! Thanks to a study from Pediatrics, the researchers have confirmed that the biggest risk to us all is not global warming, or the banking crisis, but in fact it’s that laptop resting on your lap.
Researchers have collected and analyzed various reports from youngsters who have been treated for exposure to extreme laptop heat. What they discovered is that prolonged use of laptops can lead to a condition that’s now known as “Toasted Skin Syndrome” lovely!
By using your laptop on your lap in can’t cool itself efficiently, and after long periods of intense gaming your laptop will become very hot, on your lap. This heat can leave the skin in a mottled, sponge like state and possible cause permanent skin darkening in that particular region. Try explaining that one to the opposite sex…..
Closer examination of the damaged areas reveal that the prolonged exposure to the heat causes damage similar to that of long term sun exposure.
So next time, suit up in your heat resistant trousers and use a laptop cooling mat for extra protection. Alternatively you could always put your laptop on the desk?!
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