Watch Out for 'Mobile Phone Dermatitis'

We’ve heard of brain tumors from excessive cell phone use (regardless of the lack of scientific evidence to support it), but how about a rash? Reuters reports that doctors, “baffled by an unexplained rash on people’s ears or cheeks,” should be on alert for a skin allergy caused by too much mobile phone use, the British Association of Dermatologists said in a statement.

The condition is called mobile phone dermatitis, according to the report, and is characterized by red, itchy skin.

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