Hard skin on elbows

All I can recommend is moisturising, day & night. Perhaps with a cream like E45 or even a deeply moisturising foot cream. Especially at night; I moisturise my elbows (& feet!) once I'm in bed, and (elbows) often earlier as well, when I've had a shower. Keep on it and a fortnight should show an improvement, in my experience.

While in the shower I use a gentle body scrub on my elbows and knees. Once dry I smother them with body butter. I have beautifully soft elbows and knees.

You could try Aveeno Dexerma cream, it's for very dry skin.

This is how I clean my hands after gardening and I also use it on patches of rough dry skin on my elbows and feet .

One handful of Scottish porridge oats , one heaped dessertspoonful of granulated sugar and a splash of olive oil plus a splash of warm water .

Mix and then massage onto the area .

Then rinse off with warm water .

Apply daily.

For my hands I add lemon juice and omit the water .

Moisturise afterwards .

For really bad areas I'd use O'Keefes hand cream .
It's totally brilliant on dry skin .

Thank you all. A lot of good suggestions.

Dermol 500 lotion. It's in a pump bottle non greased absorbs quickly and unscented. Stopped me from scaring when I had jaundice.

Once they’re soft, when you cook and use a lemon, sit with your elbows in each of the ‘cup’ halves.
I’d second O’Keefes, DH uses it on his very dry hands. General maintenance with body lotion after showering.