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CeraVe vs DHC

Rated by Lovi · Unbiased, science-based skincare AI trained on real user outcomes · How the Fit score works

CeraVe and DHC are renowned skincare brands offering thoughtfully formulated daily care for various complexions. The American brand is universally loved for its moisturizers, cleansers, serums, and sunscreens featuring hyaluronic acid and glycerin, which suit dry and acne-prone skin best. Meanwhile, the Japanese brand is beloved for its effective makeup removers and nourishing formulas that suit dry, normal, combination, and oily skin. Ultimately, the former focuses on targeted treatments with key barrier-restoring ingredients, while the latter provides reliable daily care for a balanced complexion.

CeraVe is an American skincare brand founded in 2005 and owned by L'Oréal since 2017.

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DHC is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1980 and owned by ORIX Corporation since 2023.

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

Popular CeraVe vs DHC products

Questions and answers

CeraVe or DHC: which is better?

CeraVe has a much larger catalog on this page with products fitting dry, acne-prone, and dry sensitive skin best, whereas DHC features only two cleansing oils. The products on this page for both brands list no fragrance in their ingredients.

What is the difference between CeraVe and DHC?

CeraVe offers a large variety of moisturizers, cleansers, serums, and sunscreens that fit dry, acne-prone, and dry sensitive skin best, while DHC features a much smaller selection focused on cleansing oils.

Which is more affordable, CeraVe or DHC?

This page does not provide pricing information for either CeraVe or DHC, so it is not possible to determine which brand is more affordable.

Which causes fewer breakouts, CeraVe or DHC?

DHC has fewer products on this page to compare, and reviewers sometimes note that CeraVe causes breakouts, though the products on this page are mostly fragrance-free.

Which brand has been on the market longer, CeraVe or DHC?

DHC has been on the market longer, having been founded in Japan in 1980, whereas CeraVe was founded in the United States in 2005.

Do either of the brands include fragrance in their products?

CeraVe and DHC are both free of fragrance, as every product on this page lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

Which brand offers a larger selection of products on the comparison page?

CeraVe offers a much larger selection of products on the products on this page compared to DHC.

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. Sofía Perea Pérez, MD, MSc

    Dr. Sofía Perea Pérez, 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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