Working from home during and after COVID-19: watch out for erythema ab igne when using laptops.

COVID-19 has forced enormous numbers of workers into home office and students into remote learning worldwide. Modern laptops are sufficiently equipped and cheap enough to support this being a sustainable project. Thus, with the feasibility of home office demonstrated during the pandemic for many, this transition to working more at home is unlikely to be reversed for many post-pandemic. Just as the pandemic has led to changes in general practice,1 so too has it led to a change in the exposures of the patients. For instance, increased laptop usage can come at a possible price for skin health due to emitted infrared radiation.\n\nThe infrared radiation emitted can cause erythema ab igne (EAI) — …