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Message: <blockquote data-quote="smother" data-source="post: 8407990" data-attributes="member: 166532">Resting laptops on bare legs can lead to 'toasted skin syndrome', warn doctors!!!! laptop for a few hours a day Damage can lead to skin cancers in some cases Temperature underneath computer can hit 52C Balancing your laptop on your knees could be bad for your skin, doctors have warned. The  heat generated by the ubiquitous devices can cause 'toasted skin  syndrome' - a nettle sting-like rash that can cause permanent  discolouration and, in rare cases, cancer. Common  in the days before central heating, when people huddled around open  fires and electric heaters to stay warm, the condition is making a  comeback in computer users. <img src="http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/672/63432246.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Warning: A 12-year-old boy shows off the 'toasted skin' on his leg after using a laptop for several hours a day In one recent case, a 12-year-old boy developed a sponge-patterned skin discolouration on his left thigh after playing computer games for a few hours every day for several months. 'He  recognised that the laptop got hot on the left side; however,  regardless of that, he did not change its position,' Swiss researchers  wrote in the respected medical journal Pediatrics. Another case involved an American law student with a mottled discolouration on her leg. Her  doctors was stumped until they learned the student spent about six  hours a day working with her computer propped on her lap.  The  temperature underneath the device reached 52c (125f) and, placed under  the microscope, the affected skin resembled skin damaged by long-term  sun exposure. The case, from 2007, is one of 10 laptop-related cases reported in medical journals in the past six years, but many more are likely to have gone unrecorded. <img src="http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/1526/51896319.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Danger: People have been urged to use a heat shield under their laptop to protect their skin Although the condition is usually harmless, it can cause permanent skin darkening. And,  in very rare cases, it can cause damage leading to skin cancers, said  the Swiss researchers, Andreas Arnold and Peter Itin, of the University Hospital Basel. 'Toasted skin syndrome' can also affect bakers, silversmiths and others whose jobs involve being exposed to heat. There are also reports of it being caused by prolonged use of heat pads to soothe sporting injuries. Major computer manufacturers including Apple, Hewlett Packard and Dell warn in user manuals against placing laptops on laps or exposed skin for extended periods because of the burns risk. The researchers advise anyone who is concerned about the syndrome to place their laptop carry case under the computer, to shield the body from the heat generated. Other simple options include resting the machine on a desk or table. This  is not the first time the machines have been subject to a health alert,  with warnings that frequent use could hamper male fertility. Working with a laptop balanced on the thighs raises the temperature of sperm by up to 3C - enough to trigger fertility problems. Dr Yefim Sheynkin, who led the research at the Sate University of New York and Stony Brook, warned that repeated warming over a period of years could cause irreversible damage.                 </blockquote>

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