These days more and more students are getting notebooks, besides mobile warriors running up and down flying here and there to conduct billion dollar deals. But guys and girls beware of your notebooks’ heat. They might just burn you and your important organs.

In a new study from the medical journal Pediatrics, researchers collected and analysed countless stories from youngsters who’d been treated for exposure to extreme laptop heat, and discovered that prolonged periods of use can lead to a condition horrifically dubbed “toasted skin syndrome.”

The effects of studying (o rly? Not gaming?) too hard can leave skin in a mottled, sponge-like state, can cause permanent skin darkening, and generally makes you less attractive to the opposite sex — from a lap perspective. When viewed under a microscope, the damage is similar to that of long-term sun exposure, and though unlikely in the case of laptop heat, prolonged skin irritation is linked to increased rates of some forms of skin cancer. Researchers suggest placing a carrying case or “heat shield” between you and your computer if you’ve got to keep it in your lap. Perhaps you can also put your laptop on your cat.

SOURCE via Switched