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Sesderma vs Taro

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Sesderma and Taro are skincare brands beloved for advanced and targeted serums with meticulously engineered and carefully crafted formulas. The Spanish enterprise founded in 1989 suits sensitive, hyperpigmented, and aging skin best, whereas the other brand suits sensitive, dry, and combination skin best. Standout items include the Azelac RU Serum for acne-prone skin from the former and the Tretinoin Cream for acne-prone skin from the latter. Both brands differ through botanical extracts and active compounds versus reliable daily care for modern routines.

Sesderma is a Spanish skincare brand founded in 1989 and owned by Grupo Sesderma since 2026.

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

Popular Sesderma vs Taro products

Sesderma vs Taro serums and treatments

Questions and answers

Sesderma or Taro: which is better?

Both brands are a good choice depending on your skin type, as Lovi rates Sesderma's Azelac RU Serum and Taro's Tretinoin Cream as a High fit for acne-prone skin. Sesderma's product contains fragrance, while Taro's has no fragrance.

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What is the difference between Sesderma and Taro?

Sesderma offers Azelac RU Serum which has a High Lovi fit for skin with dark spots and contains fragrance, whereas Taro offers Tretinoin Cream which is fragrance-free and has a Low fit for dark spots.

Pharmaceutics, 2021The New England Journal of Medicine, 1993

Which is more affordable, Sesderma or Taro?

Neither Sesderma nor Taro has price information provided on this page, so affordability cannot be compared.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Sesderma or Taro?

Both Sesderma and Taro have products on this page that show a High Lovi fit for acne-prone skin, meaning Azelac RU Serum and Tretinoin Cream each help manage breakouts. Azelaic acid helps reduce acne vulgaris, and tretinoin helps treat acne.

Pharmaceutics, 2021Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, 2020

When were Sesderma and Taro founded?

Sesderma was founded in 1989 in Spain, while Taro was founded in 1950.

Which brand has products with fragrance, Sesderma or Taro?

Sesderma offers products with fragrance, whereas Taro lists no fragrance in the ingredients for the products on this page.

How well does Sesderma Azelac RU Serum fit acne-prone skin compared to Taro Tretinoin Cream?

Both Sesderma Azelac RU Serum and Taro Tretinoin Cream achieve a High Lovi fit for acne-prone skin. Azelaic acid helps manage acne vulgaris, while tretinoin aids in treating acne conditions.

Pharmaceutics, 2021Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, 2020

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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