Painful dry skin on every inch of my body

I'm hoping someone out there has some input on what this may be. For the past year my skin has become painfully dry. I have had dry skin all my life but it was never this bad. On my face it is flaky and my t-zone area gets shiny. My hands & feet have cracks in them but I can keep them from worsening using vaseline at night. My arms & legs are the worst & most painful, the skin hurts so bad I can barely walk after getting out of the shower, before putting lotion on. Lotion helps keep the pain at bay during the day but the skin still looks dry & scaly after the lotion has been absorbed.
The main problem I have is that no matter what I do, my skin is becoming more scaly, wrinkly & painful whenever I do not have lotion on. When I first noticed it, I made sure I took the daily dose of EFA's, Vit E, Cod Liver Oil & cook most meals with olive oil, fearing there was a nutritional deficiency. I also cut my alchol & coffee intake signficantly and upped the water as per "The Water Cure " requirements but nothing has helped. I fear I may be paranoid at this point because no matter what I do the problem stays the same and may even be getting worse. The dermatogist thinks I just have bad dry skin and told me to use Lubriderm lotion daily. No help. My regular doctor was the one who referred me to a dematologist. No additional input on the problem.
Does anyone know of a diagnose or treatment for SEVERLY dry skin? Daily life is becoming unbearable having to deal with this pain all over my body. Thanks, in advance! Tweet