Totally dry,wrinkly skin & twisted hairs on the head which look really sick

[ccal]

Hello!
I am male, 30 years old and really hope someone has an advice for me.
I have already been to a dermatologist and he couldn't help me.

I have been noticing for the past 2 years that my forearms are full of ingrown
hairs. I never had this before! No matter how much I try to remove dead skin with a wet towel or rub my skin under water it doesn't help. My dermatologist had no explanation for this and also didn't take it seriously.

And I also have really really dry and wrinkly skin especially on the inner side of
my arms. It looks awful. My grandmother had skin like this in her 80ies and I am only 30!  What can cause such a weird looking skin? It's definitely not too much water. I do not shower very often and other than that the skin never gets in contact with any water! But then why is it so shockingly dry and wrinkly?

I am absolutely sure that something's wrong with me but I don't know what.

Besides the ingrown hair, the wrinkly,dry skin I also have really sick looking hairs on my head which are increasing in number. These hairs are totally twisted and look sick. They are twisted like a corkscrew. I also showed this to a dermatologist and he also had no idea.

Any suggestions?

http://imageshack.us/g/12/10038494.jpg/

I took some shots. 1+2 show the dry skin on the upper arms and 3+4 show the ingrown hairs on the forearms.

I can't take pics of the hairs though because you simply don't see single hairs on a photo.

[ccal]

@ redstar

Thanks. I also heard before that vitamin A deficiency can cause hyperkeratosis. I even asked my dermatologist about vitamin deficiency and showed him my arm and asked him if I could have this and he looked at me like a retard and simply said Noooh. What a jerk. I can only shake my head at how little doctors seem to know about stuff like that. It's unbelievable.

I guess I will have to get my vitamins measured. Unfortunately the health insurance usually doesn't cover this. :(

[Red_Star]

I forgot to add that vitamin A deficiency can cause coarse hair. Just to add, i found "dry scaly skin with hair follicles plugged with coiled distorted hairs and a red halo" is a listed symptom of vitamin C deficiency.

[Red_Star]

Deficiency of vitamin A may lead to xerod­erma (dry and scaly skin) and follicular hyperkeratosis (hair follicles contain an excessive amounts of keratin). Follicular hyperkeratosis is also known as phrynoderma. One of the listed mimics of ingrown hairs i found on a medical website - "phrynoderma (vitamin A deficiency)."

[ccal]

Hi,
I am amazed that you said pubic hair! This is exactly what I also thought many times after pulling one of these hairs out and feeling the surface. They really have a texture like pubic hair. This is weird.
But I am definitely getting more of them. It's starting to even become a cosmetic issue. I really wonder what that is.

And is it normal to have that dry, wrinkly skin without much water exposure? I mean my arms hardly ever come in contact with water at all and still there are so dry and I also have a lot of ingrown hairs on my forearm and hyperkeratosis.
I am sure that there are reasons for this but obviously doctors don't know the explanation and then they simply say it's "harmless". This is disappointing.

[Life360_Dave]

Hi and welcome. your skin looks very dry. Get some of that high end skin cream  Sisiley or La Mer or even Keihls. They sell them at high end stores like Neiman Marcus. These creams can be really effective. Skin needs oil and maybe your not producing enough to keep your skin lubricated. Also get some of the skin sensitive bar soap thats hypo allergenic.
Those hairs that your complaining about are unavoidable. I get them also. It appears they are pubic hair that sprout up once and a while in our head area. I just pull them out.
Let us know how your doing.