Olive oil is for eating and not skin moisturization

[...]not all moisturizers are created equal. [...]natural oils such as olive oil are known to facilitate penetration of allergens across the stratum corneum into the deeper skin regions.4 The concept that moisturizers do not all uniformly benefit the skin barrier in the same way was recently described by Sindher et al.5 In this study, EpiCeram (Primus Pharmaceuticals, Scottsdale, Ariz), a trilipid cream that mimics skin lipids, was superior to a petrolatum-based emollient in reducing TEWL. Routine moisturizers can damage the atopic skin barrier even in patients without overt AD. [...]too frequent applications of a harmful oil on the skin could destabilize the barrier.