PS3 Console Linked to Skin Disorder

[HamsterDance]

Game console linked to skin disorder
"PlayStation Palm" sounds like no fun.


We all know that obsessively playing video games can potentially lead to a variety of problems, but can it also be bad for your skin?

Skin specialists in the U.K. think so. The BBC reports that a new condition stemming from excessive gaming has been noted in the British Journal of Dermatology.

Swiss doctors first identified the condition -- dubbed Playstation palmar hidradenitis -- after examining a 12 year-old girl afflicted with painful bumps on the palms of her hands. Thinking it was related to sweating, the docs eventually reached the new diagnosis after being told that she was playing a whole lot of Playstation, which further explains why the condition occurred only on her hands and not her feet. Even more incriminating is the fact that after 10 days away from gaming, her condition disappeared.

Having a disorder named after their primary gaming brand is certainly a bummer for Sony.

"This is an interesting discovery and one that the researchers are keen to share with other dermatologists, should they be confronted with similar, unexplained symptoms in a patient," said Nina Goad of the British Association of Dermatologists.

To their credit, Sony showed restraint in their response.

"As with any leisure pursuit there are possible consequences of not following common sense, health advice and guidelines, as can be found within our instruction manuals, " said a spokesperson for Sony Computer Entertainment of Europe. "We do not wish to belittle this research and will study the findings with interest. This is the first time we have ever heard of a complaint of this nature."

http://videogames.yahoo.com/feature/...sorder/1291580

[Snadinator]

Playing ranked matches of Street Fighter 4 was resulted excessive hair loss.

[Clessy]

What a fucking joke. Thank god im not a Sony rep i'd of just laughed and pointed in there face.

[james]

Wow, I saw this earlier on Yahoo and I never imagined it could be considered Smackdown against the PS3. It’s an issue which could apparently occur with any game controller. I’d say it also speaks positively about the PlayStation brand, which has saturated itself into our cultural psyche, if they would feel compelled to use it for a generic condition.

How is that for spin?

[Vsions]

In other news, numerous long bouts of sex can lead to penis chaffing.

[grasp]

At least it doesn't lead to simpletons' disease like fiddling with your wii produces.

[james]

In other news, numerous long bouts of sex can lead to penis chaffing.

Not if the partner is sufficiently entertained with the activity in question.

[Vsions]

Not if the partner is sufficiently entertained with said activity.

no trust me do it long enough or enough times in a day and it doesnt matter how lubricated it is.

[Snadinator]

no trust me do it long enough or enough times in a day and it doesnt matter how lubricated it is.

Yeah but ass doesn't lubricate.

[KTA]

At least it doesn't lead to simpletons' disease like fiddling with your wii produces.

I believe that also happens when you get a gamer score above 20K. Extreme Xbot Simpletonitis.

[Gbeav]

Playing video games can also cause you to get fat and your couch to wear quick.

[Vsions]

Yeah but ass doesn't lubricate.

hahaha nice... wait till KZ2...ded...

[TheAnalogKid]

Yeah but ass doesn't lubricate.

So..it's not natural?

[HamsterDance]

In other news, numerous long bouts of sex can lead to penis chaffing.

Is that what happened to your partner?

[Snadinator]

So..it's not natural?

It's natural he'd chaffe.