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I've noticed lately, probably because I'm getting OLD, that my skins texture is really rough. It doesn't look bad from afar, but when I get up close to pluck my eyebrows and such, you can see that it's not smooth at all. It's also quite dry and flakey.

Sucky thing is that our new house has well water. The minerals are 1005 ppm, meaning you can chip a tooth drinking it. (Just for reference, the government recommends 500 ppm, and the city water at my brother in laws is 50 ppm.) Hard water means dry skin. emo

I've no idea what to do. All my creams (Kiss My Face, Pure & Natural and Earth Science) don't do anything about the dryness and end up being really greasy.

Anyone have any ideas, suggestions, tips for me?

I have only this to say: moar fat in your diet.

Syera's right. The best way to fix anything is from the inside.

Well water where I live is a good thing. Although we have a filter on the faucet, I don't often use it for drinking water---the minerals here are good for you! You may find that the same is true where you live. I do tend to use the filter more often if we have flooding rains in the spring and fall, like we're having now, because all our neighbors are uphill from us and the well casing only goes down 50 feet. Although we've never had a problem, I'd just rather not take a chance of drinking what's in the fields uphill from me.

Cod liver oil and eggs in your diet make for some really beautiful skin----and a very healthy brain.