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COSRX vs Hanhoo

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COSRX and Hanhoo are popular skincare lines offering dedicated solutions for diverse complexions. COSRX provides a thoughtful array of serums, moisturizers, cleansers, and masks formulated with hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and niacinamide to suit oily and acne-prone skin best. Meanwhile, the brand is widely loved for targeted serums and balanced formulas that suit sensitive, dry, and combination skin best due to their gentle nature. Both offer distinct approaches, as the former focuses on active components that balance oil, while the latter delivers reliable daily care through items like blemish patches.

COSRX is a Korean skincare brand founded in 2013 and owned by Amorepacific Group since 2024.

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

Popular COSRX vs Hanhoo products

COSRX vs Hanhoo serums and treatments

Questions and answers

COSRX or Hanhoo: which is better?

COSRX offers a much broader range of products with higher Lovi fit levels across multiple skin types compared to Hanhoo, which features only two patch products on this page.

What is the difference between COSRX and Hanhoo?

COSRX offers a wide range of 38 skincare products with fit levels reaching Superior for skin types like oily and acne-prone skin, whereas Hanhoo features only two patch products on this page with fit levels reaching no higher than High.

Which is more affordable, COSRX or Hanhoo?

The provided page facts do not contain pricing information for either COSRX or Hanhoo, so it is not possible to determine which brand is more affordable.

Which causes fewer breakouts, COSRX or Hanhoo?

COSRX offers multiple products with High or Superior Lovi fit levels for acne-prone skin, whereas Hanhoo has fewer options on this page. COSRX products frequently help control and clear breakouts.

How do the founding years and company ownership compare between COSRX and Hanhoo?

COSRX was founded in 2013 in South Korea and has been owned by the Amorepacific Group since 2024, whereas Hanhoo was founded earlier in 2008, with its founding location not listed, and remains independently owned.

Which brand offers more fragrance-free products, and how many products contain fragrance in total?

COSRX offers more fragrance-free products with 37 options, as only one product on the page contains fragrance. Hanhoo offers only fragrance-free products on this page, making a total of 38 fragrance-containing products across both brands.

What key ingredients are found across the products for these skincare brands?

Key ingredients found across the COSRX products on this page include hyaluronic acid, glycerin, niacinamide, allantoin, panthenol, snail mucin, butylene glycol, and centella asiatica. Hanhoo features blemish and pore patch products on this page, but does not list a broad set of shared key ingredients across its range.

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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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