I do have excessively dry skin, so the amount of lotion I have to slather on daily is insane, I guess I should get lucky in one thing somewhere? I mean, I believe you in that it's a thing that happens! I'm just saying that I think I'm a statistical outlier and this is why. Though the blotting paper is a good idea on the ink transfer, I usually just deal with it by closing slowly and I don't always have time to.