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Biore vs Sebamed

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Biore and Sebamed are distinct skincare lines originating from Japan and Germany respectively, offering thoughtful cleansers, sunscreens, masks, and moisturizers driven by effective, scientifically balanced formulas. The Japanese brand suits sensitive and oily skin best with gentle and clarifying formulations, featuring standout items like the UV Aqua Rich, Makeup Remover Perfect Oil, and Deep Pore Charcoal Cleanser. Meanwhile, the German brand suits sensitive, reactive, and problematic skin best through its skin-neutral pH and reliable offerings such as the Facial Cleanser and Clear Face Care Gel. Ultimately, both brands differ as one focuses on clarifying and refreshing a balanced complexion, while the other maintains a steady focus on barrier health.

Biore is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1980 and owned by Kao Corporation.

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Sebamed is a German skincare brand founded in 1967 and owned by Sebapharma GmbH & Co. KG.

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This page compares some of the most popular Biore and Sebamed products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular Biore vs Sebamed products

Questions and answers

Biore or Sebamed: which is better?

Both brands offer solid options, but Sebamed works well for sensitive and acne-prone skin, while Biore fits best on sensitive, oily, and combination skin types. Lovi rates Sebamed Facial Cleanser with a High fit for combination, oily acne-prone, oily, sensitive, and acne-prone skin.

What is the difference between Biore and Sebamed?

Biore products on this page best fit sensitive, oily, and combination skin, while Sebamed offers options like its Facial Cleanser that achieves a High Lovi fit for combination, oily, and sensitive skin. Both brands feature fragrance-free products on this page.

Biore or Sebamed: which cleanser is better?

Sebamed Facial Cleanser fits sensitive skin, oily skin, acne-prone skin, combination skin, and oily acne-prone skin at a High level, whereas the cleansers on the Biore page have a lower fit for most of these skin types. Therefore, Sebamed provides a better cleanser option across a wider range of skin concerns.

Which is more affordable, Biore or Sebamed?

I am sorry, but the provided page facts do not contain pricing information to determine whether Biore or Sebamed is more affordable.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Biore or Sebamed?

Sebamed features products like its Facial Cleanser that achieve a High Lovi fit level for acne-prone skin, whereas the products on this page from Biore generally reach only an Average fit for that skin type. This means Sebamed is generally a better choice for helping prevent breakouts.

Where were Biore and Sebamed founded and who owns them?

Biore was founded in 1980 in Japan and is owned by Kao Corporation, while Sebamed was founded in 1967 in Germany and is owned by Sebapharma GmbH & Co. KG.

Which products from Biore and Sebamed contain fragrance?

Every product on this page from both Biore and Sebamed lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

How does the Lovi fit level for oily acne-prone skin compare between Biore's UV Aqua Rich and Sebamed's Clear Face Care Gel?

For oily acne-prone skin, Biore's UV Aqua Rich has an Average Lovi fit level, whereas Sebamed's Clear Face Care Gel has a High fit level. Both products are fragrance-free.

Research behind their key ingredients

Behind this comparison

Lovi compares products by their fit scores, calculated from the full ingredient list with brand-independent rules our dermatologists and cosmetic chemists build and review, and personalizes every pick with AI trained on the real results of millions of users. Lovi trains its fit score models on a proprietary dataset built from more than 10,000 expert-labeled products and more than 100,000 simulated examples, following an internally consistent methodology presented at Cosmoprof, AMWC, and Skin of Color Update.

  • Nadia Kapleva, MS

    Nadia Kapleva, MS

    Co-founder, Medical Director

    Cosmetic chemist, cosmetologist, aesthetic products developer

  • Alexey Shagraev, PhD

    Alexey Shagraev, PhD

    Co-founder, CEO and CTO

    PhD in computer science, 3x US patent holder, ex-Google, ex-Yandex

  • Dr. Sof铆a Perea P茅rez, MD, MSc

    Dr. Sof铆a Perea P茅rez, MD, MSc

    Medical Board

    Aesthetic medicine practitioner, MSc in Longevity and Anti-Aging Medicine

  • Aishani Shah, MD

    Aishani Shah, MD

    Medical Board

    Specialist dermatologist, MBBS, MD, IFAAD

  • Asya Zubkova, MS

    Asya Zubkova, MS

    Medical Board

    Cosmetic chemist, SCS, IFSCC member

  • Hanna Kurets, MD

    Hanna Kurets, MD

    Medical Board, Medical Advisor

    Dermatology MD

  • Elina Nazarenko, MD

    Elina Nazarenko, MD

    Medical Board

    Dermatology and diagnostic consultant

  • Victoria Derkova, MS

    Victoria Derkova, MS

    Medical Board

    Cosmetic chemist, cosmetic development technologist

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