Biore and Sesderma are a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1980 and a Spanish skincare brand founded in 1989, respectively. The first brand is beloved for its thoughtful sunscreens, cleansers, masks, and makeup removers, while the second brand is known for its advanced serums and meticulously engineered formulas. The former suits sensitive skin and oily skin best, whereas the latter suits sensitive, hyperpigmented, and aging skin types best. These approaches differ as one focuses on gentle and clarifying formulations, while the other relies on botanical extracts and active compounds.
Biore is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1980 and owned by Kao Corporation.
This page compares some of the most popular Biore and Sesderma products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Biore and Sesderma both serve different skin needs well, depending on what you are looking for. Biore works best for sensitive, oily, and combination skin with fragrance-free options like UV Aqua Rich. Sesderma features targeted products like Azelac RU Serum that help with dark spots and acne-prone skin.
What is the difference between Biore and Sesderma?
Biore offers a wider range of fragrance-free products like sunscreens and cleansers that Lovi rates best for sensitive, oily, and combination skin, while Sesderma is represented by a single serum containing fragrance. Both brands feature different company origins and product formulations suited for distinct skincare needs.
Which is more affordable, Biore or Sesderma?
The products on this page do not list pricing information, so a comparison of affordability cannot be made between Biore and Sesderma.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Biore or Sesderma?
Biore helps prevent breakouts better across the products on this page, as its Deep Pore Charcoal Cleanser and Deep Cleansing Pore Strips achieve an Average fit for acne-prone skin, whereas Sesderma's Azelac RU Serum is formulated for dark spots.
How do the founding years and countries of origin compare between Biore and Sesderma?
Biore was founded in 1980 in Japan, whereas Sesderma was founded in 1989 in Spain.
Which products from Biore and Sesderma are fragrance-free according to their ingredient lists?
Every Biore product on this page lists no fragrance in its ingredients, while Sesderma includes fragrance in its Azelac RU Serum.
What are the Lovi fit levels of Biore's UV Aqua Rich and Sesderma's Azelac RU Serum for dry skin?
For dry skin, Lovi rates Biore's UV Aqua Rich as Caution, while Sesderma's Azelac RU Serum also has a Low fit.
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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.
