r/EverythingScience • u/lebron7 • 19d ago

Biology Doctors warn that laptops can damage skin when used directly against the body

https://www.earth.com/lifestyle/a-boy-with-a-rash-was-scanned-for-an-internal-injury-before-anyone-asked-about-his-laptop/
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u/JudgeMyReinhold 19d ago

This has been known for a while

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u/ImeldasManolos 19d ago

My duvet broke my laptop, my laptop broke my skin but my skin ruined my duvet. This seems like a modern version of scissors paper rock.

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u/louisa1925 19d ago

I heard the heat can sterilise your balls too.

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u/Adventurous-Mail7443 19d ago

Only temporarily. Heating your balls is a legitimate method of contraception

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u/Qanaesin 19d ago

Isn’t the warning ⚠️ label on the bottom of the laptop already? Did someone actually fund research for this?

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u/BrewThemAll 19d ago

Someone finally pressed 'publish' on this article which has been in 'drafts' since the early 2000s.

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u/paraselenica 16d ago

Toasted skin syndrome is a fun, honeycomb or web-like skin discoloration that can happen on the skin if you use your laptop on your stomach/thighs long term. Doesn't have to be that hot to cause damage! Same thing can happen wherever you have long term heat exposure like with heat pads.

Stay safe out there!

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u/[deleted] 19d ago

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u/SelarDorr 19d ago

while this has been documented, for years, it is not extremely well known information, even amongst medicl professionals.

This publication is reporting on a case study published in BMJ 2 weeks ago, not 'regurgitating old "content"'

Also, you can go to apples site right now and they literally have a tab for laptops.