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DHC vs Taro

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DHC and Taro are distinct skincare lines offering reliable daily care for modern routines, with the Japanese brand founded in 1980 and owned by ORIX Corporation since 2023. DHC is beloved for its effective makeup removers and nourishing formulas, including the Pore Cleansing Oil for acne-prone skin and the Deep Cleansing Oil for dark spots, which suit dry, normal, combination, and oily skin best. Meanwhile, Taro is warmly embraced for its targeted serums and carefully crafted formulas, featuring the Tretinoin Cream for acne-prone skin to suit sensitive, dry, and combination skin best. While both provide balanced complexions, they differ in their foundational heritages and specific ingredient concentrations.

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 DHC and Taro products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular DHC vs Taro products

Questions and answers

DHC or Taro: which is better?

DHC and Taro both have great options depending on your skin goals, as Taro's Tretinoin Cream helps with combination and acne-prone skin, while DHC offers gentle makeup removers like Pore Cleansing Oil that fits sensitive skin at a Superior level. Every product on this page for both brands lists no fragrance.

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

What is the difference between DHC and Taro?

DHC offers fragrance-free makeup removers like Deep Cleansing Oil and Pore Cleansing Oil, whereas Taro features a fragrance-free serum called Tretinoin Cream. Lovi rates DHC as having High fit for dry sensitive skin and Pore Cleansing Oil as a Superior fit for sensitive skin, while Taro's Tretinoin Cream has a Low fit for sensitive and dry skin types.

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

Which is more affordable, DHC or Taro?

The products on this page for both DHC and Taro do not list pricing information, so affordability cannot be compared.

Which causes fewer breakouts, DHC or Taro?

DHC Pore Cleansing Oil gets a High fit from Lovi for acne-prone skin, while Taro Tretinoin Cream gets a High fit as well. Tretinoin helps improve acne.

Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, 2020Archives of Dermatological Research, 2022

When were DHC and Taro founded, and who currently owns them?

DHC was founded in Japan in 1980 and is currently owned by ORIX Corporation. Taro was founded in 1950 and is currently owned by Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited.

How does the Lovi fit level for dry skin compare between DHC's Deep Cleansing Oil and Taro's Tretinoin Cream?

For dry skin, DHC's Deep Cleansing Oil earns a High Lovi fit level, whereas Taro's Tretinoin Cream has a Low fit level. Both brands provide fragrance-free products on this page.

The New England Journal of Medicine, 1993

Do any of the skincare products listed for DHC or Taro contain fragrance?

Every product on this page for both DHC 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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