Thank you everybody~ I checked back here the first couple of days, and then I almost forgot I had posted this. I appreciate your responses.

Billye, I think you answered my question already...which was whether dryness can be painful...and that it can look coated..and hurt more if you brush it.

Thanks Liz, orthomolecular and mrsd, too!

I am going to forward this thread on to my sister, and let her decide what she might want to follow up on.

Cara