 [ Symptoms ] im 70 years old and my skin has been really flaky since around the summer time my husband has the same problem we are not sure what causes it we take baths regularly well i am not so sure about him but he still washes up i was in a car wreck and i have ruptured blood vessels in my legs and my husband had a stroke but he is been doing quite well thats besides the point but we would like to know why we have flakey skin all over our body we also use lotion a lot to sooth the itchiness from the loss of skin cells [ Disease ] blood chemistry is returning to normal range