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Dermalogica vs Anessa

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Dermalogica and Anessa are professional skincare brands that offer targeted daily care. The American brand is known for its nourishing moisturizers, gentle cleansers, and powerful serums containing hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and salicylic acid, while the Japanese brand is widely loved for its advanced sunscreens and sophisticated formulas. Both suit diverse needs, with the former suiting oily and combination skin best and the latter suiting all skin types best. They differ primarily in their focus, as the former balances excess oil and moisture while the latter shields and cares for the complexion with reliable daily protection.

Dermalogica is an American skincare brand founded in 1986 and owned by Unilever since 2015.

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Anessa is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1992 and owned by Shiseido Company, Limited.

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

Popular Dermalogica vs Anessa products

Questions and answers

Dermalogica or Anessa: which is better?

Dermalogica offers a wide range of cleansers, exfoliants, sunscreens, and treatments that Lovi rates as having superior fit for dry, oily, and combination skin types. Anessa provides just two sunscreen products on this page.

What is the difference between Dermalogica and Anessa?

Dermalogica is an American brand founded in 1986 and owned by Unilever, whereas Anessa is a Japanese brand founded in 1992 and owned by Shiseido. The products on this page for Dermalogica fit oily, combination, and dry skin best, and every product lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

Dermalogica or Anessa: which sunscreen is better?

Dermalogica offers multiple sunscreens on this page, such as Dynamic Skin Recovery SPF 50 and Invisible Physical Defense SPF30, which achieve a High fit for mature, dry, and sensitive skin types. Anessa also provides sunscreens like Perfect UV Sunscreen Skincare Milk and Gel with High fits for oily and mature skin, but Dermalogica provides a broader range of options suited to diverse skin needs.

Which is more affordable, Dermalogica or Anessa?

Reviews on this page show that Dermalogica has a high price point, while affordability details for Anessa are not discussed.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Dermalogica or Anessa?

Both brands are unlikely to cause breakouts when you choose the products on this page tailored for your skin type. For acne-prone skin, Dermalogica products like Precleanse and Special Cleansing Gel achieve a High Lovi fit, while Anessa's sunscreens also reach a High Lovi fit.

How do the origins and parent companies of Dermalogica and Anessa compare?

Dermalogica was founded in the United States in 1986 and is owned by Unilever, whereas Anessa was founded in Japan in 1992 and is owned by Shiseido Company, Limited.

Which brand offers products with a Superior fit for dry sensitive skin?

Dermalogica offers products with a Superior fit for dry sensitive skin, including Circular Hydration Serum, Intensive Moisture Cleanser, Exfoliant Accelerator 35, and Skin Hydrating Masque.

What are the main fragrance properties of products from both Dermalogica and Anessa?

Every product on this page for both Dermalogica and Anessa 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. 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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