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Avène vs Azclear

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

Avène and Azclear are distinct skincare brands designed to nurture diverse complexions with care. The French brand, founded in 1990 and owned by Fondation Pierre Fabre, is known for its gentle moisturizers, protective sunscreens, targeted serums, and soothing cleansers formulated with glycerin, suiting oily acne-prone skin and combination skin best through standouts like the Tolerance Control Soothing Skin Recovery Balm, the Cleanance, and the Hyaluron Activ B3 Concentrated Plumping Serum. Meanwhile, the other is deeply appreciated for its soothing serums and carefully balanced formulas, such as the Medicated Lotion, which suit sensitive, acne-prone, and reactive skin types best. While both offer thoughtful formulations, glycerin improves hydration and restores barrier function for the first, whereas the gentle nature of the second focuses on nurturing and balancing the complexion.

Avène is a French skincare brand founded in 1990 and owned by Fondation Pierre Fabre.

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

Popular Avène vs Azclear products

Questions and answers

Avène or Azclear: which is better?

Avène is better for a wider variety of skin types because the products on this page have fit levels reaching High or Superior across dry, sensitive, and acne-prone skin, whereas Azclear offers just one product with a High fit for oily acne-prone skin. Avène also offers nearly half of its page without fragrance.

What is the difference between Avène and Azclear?

Avène offers a wide range of fifteen products featuring key ingredients like thermal water and glycerin with several options achieving a Superior fit for dry and sensitive skin types, whereas Azclear is a smaller brand featuring just one product on this page. Furthermore, Avène products on this page list fragrance in nearly half of their formulations, while Azclear lists no fragrance in its products.

Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, 2017

Which is more affordable, Avène or Azclear?

Reviewers note that the price point for Avène products is a disadvantage, whereas Azclear offers a single medicated lotion on this page. No comparative pricing data is available to determine which brand is more affordable.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Avène or Azclear?

Avène has products on this page that achieve High Lovi fit for acne-prone and oily acne-prone skin, whereas Azclear Medicated Lotion achieves High fit for oily acne-prone skin and Average fit for acne-prone skin. Topical azelaic acid helps manage acne vulgaris as shown in clinical studies.

Pharmaceutics, 2021

How many products from Avène contain fragrance compared to Azclear?

7 of the 15 products on the Avène page list fragrance in their ingredients, while every product on the Azclear page lists no fragrance. Avène products with fragrance include Cleanance, Cleanance Cleansing Gel, Hydrance+, Cold Cream, Vitamin Activ Cg Radiance Concentrated Serum, Milk Cleanser, Soothing Radiance Mask, and Ultra Fluid.

Which brand offers more products for dry sensitive skin, Avène or Azclear?

Avène offers many more products for dry sensitive skin, while Azclear features only a single medicated lotion that has a low Lovi fit for that skin type. Several Avène products on this page achieve a High or Superior fit for dry sensitive skin, including its thermal water and various cleansers and moisturizers.

What are the founding years and parent companies of Avène and Azclear?

Avène was founded in 1990 and is owned by Fondation Pierre Fabre, whereas Azclear was founded in 2010 and is owned by Ego Pharmaceuticals.

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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