Sesderma vs MAËLYS
Sesderma and MAËLYS are distinct skincare brands offering advanced serums and meticulously engineered formulas. Sesderma is beloved for its botanical extracts and active compounds that suit sensitive, hyperpigmented, and aging skin best, featuring the Azelac RU Serum for acne-prone skin. Meanwhile, the brand MAËLYS delivers thoughtful care through specialized solutions that suit all skin types best, including the TOO-FINE for acne-prone skin and the RE-LURE Tight & Tone Body Serum for skin with dark spots. Both lines differ primarily in their core target audiences and specific ingredient formulations.
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 MAËLYS products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Questions and answers
Sesderma or MAËLYS: which is better?
Sesderma offers better fit levels on this page, as its Azelac RU Serum achieves a High fit for acne-prone skin, dark spots, and combination skin, whereas the products on this page from MAËLYS mostly rate Low or Caution.
What is the difference between Sesderma and MAËLYS?
Sesderma has a High Lovi fit for acne-prone skin and skin with dark spots with its Azelac RU Serum, whereas the products on this page from MAËLYS generally show low fits or caution across those same skin types. Azelaic acid helps treat acne vulgaris.
Which is more affordable, Sesderma or MAËLYS?
Neither Sesderma nor MAËLYS is described as more affordable on this page, as pricing details are not provided for the products.
Which causes fewer breakouts, Sesderma or MAËLYS?
Sesderma causes fewer breakouts because the products on this page earn a High fit for acne-prone skin, whereas MAËLYS options are rated Low for that skin type.
Which brand has been around longer, Sesderma or MAËLYS?
Sesderma has been around longer, having been founded in Spain in 1989, whereas MAËLYS was founded in 2017.
Do Sesderma and MAËLYS products contain fragrance?
Yes, both Sesderma and MAËLYS offer products on this page that contain fragrance. Specifically, Sesderma includes fragrance in its Azelac RU Serum, while MAËLYS includes it in the RE-LURE Tight & Tone Body Serum.
Which brand offers a serum with a High Lovi fit level for skin with dark spots?
Sesderma offers a serum with a High Lovi fit level for skin with dark spots.
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.
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Co-founder, Medical Director
Cosmetic chemist, cosmetologist, aesthetic products developer
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Co-founder, CEO and CTO
PhD in computer science, 3x US patent holder, ex-Google, ex-Yandex
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Dr. Sofía Perea Pérez, MD, MSc
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Aesthetic medicine practitioner, MSc in Longevity and Anti-Aging Medicine
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Specialist dermatologist, MBBS, MD, IFAAD
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Cosmetic chemist, SCS, IFSCC member
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Dermatology MD
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Elina Nazarenko, MD
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Dermatology and diagnostic consultant
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Victoria Derkova, MS
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Cosmetic chemist, cosmetic development technologist
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