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SK-II vs Taro

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SK-II and Taro are two distinguished skincare options that offer thoughtful daily care for modern routines. SK-II is a Japanese brand founded in 1980 and owned by The Procter & Gamble Company since 1991, celebrated for luxurious moisturizers, potent serums, soothing masks, and refreshing toners anchored by the signature ingredient pitera. Meanwhile, Taro is warmly embraced for its targeted serums and carefully crafted formulas, featuring standout solutions such as the Tretinoin Cream for acne-prone skin. Both choices suit dry skin and combination skin best, while the former additionally suits mature skin and the latter suits sensitive skin. They differ primarily in their heritage and specific active offerings, with regular use of the first brand's key ingredients helping improve pore area, roughness, and redness.

SK-II is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1980 and owned by The Procter & Gamble Company since 1991.

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

Popular SK-II vs Taro products

Questions and answers

SK-II or Taro: which is better?

SK-II is a better fit for dry, combination, and dry sensitive skin types because the products on this page achieve High Lovi ratings for those skin conditions. Taro offers Tretinoin Cream, which helps with combination and acne-prone skin but is unlikely to suit dry or sensitive skin due to its low fit ratings.

What is the difference between SK-II and Taro?

SK-II offers a broad range of products featuring Pitera with High fit levels for dry and sensitive skin, while Taro features just one product on this page, Tretinoin Cream, which is backed by study 2 for restoring collagen in photodamaged skin.

The New England Journal of Medicine, 1993

Which is more affordable, SK-II or Taro?

This page does not provide pricing or affordability information for either SK-II or Taro.

Which causes fewer breakouts, SK-II or Taro?

For acne-prone skin, SK-II products on this page have a fit of High to Superior, whereas Taro Tretinoin Cream has a fit of High. Tretinoin helps increase cell turnover to clear blemishes.

The New England Journal of Medicine, 1993Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, 2020

Which brand was founded earlier, SK-II or Taro?

Taro was founded in 1950, which is earlier than SK-II, founded in 1980.

Which company owns SK-II and which company owns Taro?

The Procter & Gamble Company owns SK-II, while Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited owns Taro.

Do any products from SK-II or Taro contain fragrance?

Every product on this page from both SK-II and Taro lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

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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