If it was not for central heating I am not sure what on earth I would do.
I have a problem with our skin in the Winter when it gets really cold. My skin happens to dry out & crack. And with central heating, this helps this not happen as much, then when I am outside going to work or having to run errands, I am without central heating so I have no choice however to deal with the dry cold weather, however but when i get home, that central heating method of mine really cleans things up! I also have a humidifier which helps a bit as well. Between the central heating method & the humidifier I can reduce the way our skin reacts to dry & cold weather in the Winter weeks of the year. I also sporadically use hand creams for our hands in conjunction with the central heating method & the humidifier. All of these 3 methods together helps make everything ok in the end. I have had this issue with our skin in the Winter since I was a little kid. Back then, all of us had gas furnace heating which did not help as much as central heating does this week. The Heating & A/C technology since back when has advanced so much & it is a tploy godsend! Like I said, I am not sure what I would do without our central heating method & our humidifier. It is pretty different that when it is hot out in the Summer & dry, our hands & skin do not crack up care about that. I suppose it is just the mystery of the human body!