Quote Originally Posted by Crankin View Post
.....I am definitely going through some allergic thing that is being set off by something, maybe even stress (I am searching for my internship position for my last year of grad school). I am taking a wait and see attitude and trying to just let it pass. It's to the point that it's becoming even more than wool; regular cotton seams are bugging me, too. Guess I am just a princess!
In graduate school I had something like this happen as well - and it got so bad that I couldn't even scratch myself without breaking out in terrible red welts that itched to the bone. Most fabrics were irritating as well, and I do have asthma and allergies.

Sadly the only thing that helped was time, my doctor thought that my stress levels were adding to my skin sensitivity. She tried me on several allergy medications, but nothing helped much - eventually the problem rectified itself. I do think the combination of asthma and allergies can cause hyper skin sensitivity in times of stress, and the dry skin in winter doesn't help...so hopefully this isn't about your wool at all.

Have you tried an intensive lotion or cream? I have found at such times that this can be temporarily helpful, but of course there are so many out there that just don't help the problem even if they are marketed for "extra dry skin".