Doctor: space heaters, heating pads can irritate skin

Doctor: space heaters, heating pads can irritate skin

As we’ve been navigating a cold snap the past couple of weeks, more people have been using alternative heat sources, and that can cause skin problems. If you use a heating pad, electric blanket, or space heater to keep warm, you could develop toasted skin syndrome, a thermal injury causing redness of the skin, says Priority Health’s Dr. David Rzeszutko. “Heating pads are probably the biggest offender where we’re actually using a heating pad and …