Dry skin...

Me and the ates are all having dry skin since the start of winter and it's irritating us. I put lotion to my skin everyday and since the winter, been putting more lotion into my arms coz they're so dry that the skin gets flaky! Yuckss!!! I so hate it coz I'm not used to having this dry skin. I don't have it during my Denmark and Norway days and to think that it's colder there than here in BCN. It came to my mind that maybe it's because I'm always wearing a jacket here while working, so the arms are not getting enough air to freshen the skin. So now, I seldom wear the jacket when I'm inside the house. I bought a body oil about 2 months ago and applied it every night especially to my arms to moisturize the dry skin. But before I bought the body oil, I showed my arms to one of my ates and she said that it might be eczema. Ohhh my, I was truly horrified that I applied excessive amount of oil to my arms since then. And thanks goodness, the body oil works and the skin in my arms are no longer flaky and it's not eczema at all. If it was, I would have gone to sleep weeping about it. :)