Yes, I believe Flax seed oil will help out your dry skin. It seems to help me, and even my puppy. I take a supplement everyday, but try to eat food with flaxseed meal or Omega-3 enriched. You can take it a variety of ways, sprinkling flaxseed meal on your cereals, breads, etc..., drizzling the oil on your salads and such (I think it tastes yucky though), or taking supplements. Studies have been done with people taking the supplements, and they work, so that is what I do. I don't like the flaxseed oil taste, although the flaxseeds ground up or flaxseed meal is not bad.<br><br><br><br>
Someone above had their omega's switched, it's the Omega-3's that are most important and difficult to get in your average American over-processed diet. Omega-6 is everywhere, but Omega-3 is only found in a few foods such as flaxseed, walnuts, hempseeds, and fish oils (not that I recommend fish oils to vegans). Haha, I see someone wrote almost exactly this same paragraph I did.<br><br><br><br>
I have been very interested in these essential fatty acids this year as I strive for a very low-fat diet, but am trying to incorporate these healthy fats more and more.<br><br><br><br>
As for Omega-3, my puppy had real flaky skin. Finally my vet put her on Omega-3 supplements, and her dry skin was solved in 4 days! I highly recommend it for people and even their pets now.