Comments on: Toasted Skin Syndrome (No, I’m Not Making This Up)

By: Natasha

Natasha — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:24:28 +0000

I have stage 4 endometriosis that has recently taken a turn for the wors. I have been using my heating pad and hot water bottle almost continuously for the past 3-4 weeks, even when I was sleeping. The other day I noticed marks like the on in the picture above on my belly and upper thighs and have been quite worried about them. Thanks for clearing up for me what it is. Can you tell me, will it go away? I still really need to use my heating pad but I’m afraid to make the markings permanent. So I’ve just been suffering.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:07:21 +0000

I also experienced this from my laptop being on my lap. I was scared so I blocked it out and kept using my laptop unsafely, now a large area on my left leg has this lattice markings in brown. My mother finally pointed it out and made me look it up and face facts, i’m now keeping my laptop away from my body when I use it and hoping with shae butter lotion and B vitamins I can get rid of the skin marks and possible start of nerve damage underneath. This diagnosis is real, and it should be more wide known!

By: Nelma

Nelma — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:32:07 +0000

Does anyone else have any experience with this?

By: Christine

Christine — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:21:00 +0000

I had this a few months ago on my thighs from my laptop! Small areas about the size of a palm on my anterior thigh, usually worse after the laptop was used, but it was always present. It finally went away about a month after I bought a lap desk for under my computer. My husband thought I was crazy when I said it was from my hot computer, but I’ll be showing him your post later tonight!

By: Dr. Benabio

Dr. Benabio — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:23:30 +0000

Dr. Val,
I love my job.

By: Dr. Val

Dr. Val — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:13:05 +0000

Interesting diagnosis. Must have felt good to figure that one out. Dermatology is such a fun specialty.