Use A Laptop Computer? Beware Of Toasted Skin Syndrome

Renee Rouleau's Vitamin C&E treatment

Updated 12/11/14. Along with technology’s innovative sides comes a new skin condition. They are calling it “toasted skin syndrome” which occurs when a person is continually resting their laptop on their upper thighs. The heat increases melanin production and stimulates a brown discoloration. If you’re a regular reader of my blog, you’ve heard me talk about how heat can bring out brown spots in the skin – now this same thing is occurring in the legs. I recently posted about this syndrome on Facebook, and several people commented that they did in fact have this happen to them, so there must be many affected.  Crazy, but true!

Read: Brown Spots Are Made Worse From UV Heat, Not Just UV rays

The solution. While it is certainly obvious that you should discontinue keeping your laptop on your thighs, you can exfoliate the skin daily in the shower with a gentle loofah glove or this Exfoliating Body Cloth which helps to break down damaged pigmented cells, followed with a thin coat of Vitamin C & E Treatment which acts as a natural skin lightener to expedite the fading process. These measures (along with time) will make for a quick recovery, helping to restore skin back to its natural even-toned state.

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