Toasted skin syndrome (TSS) is a skin condition that occurs following chronic exposure to moderate heat or infrared radiation. Another name for this condition is “erythema ab igne”, which is Latin for ...

Have you ever worked on your laptop computer with it sitting on your lap, heating up your legs? If so, you might want to rethink that habit. Doing it a lot can lead to "toasted-skin syndrome," an ...

CHICAGO -- Have you ever worked on your laptop computer with it sitting on your lap, heating up your legs? If so, you might want to rethink that habit. Doing it a lot can lead to "toasted skin ...

Poikiloderma (POY-kil-o-derma) is a word that means mottled skin, from the Greek poikilos for mottled, and –derma for skin.