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SKIN1004 vs DHC

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SKIN1004 and DHC are established Asian skincare lines offering dedicated daily care for diverse complexions. The Korean brand features toners, moisturizers, sunscreens, and masks built around centella asiatica, hyaluronic acid, and niacinamide to suit sensitive and dry skin. Meanwhile, the Japanese brand is beloved for its effective makeup removers and nourishing formulas that best accommodate dry, normal, combination, and oily skin. While the former focuses on botanical soothing agents and targeted anti-aging solutions, the latter emphasizes deep cleansing and balanced daily maintenance.

SKIN1004 is a Korean skincare brand founded in 2012 and owned by Goodai Global Inc. since 2024.

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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 SKIN1004 and DHC products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular SKIN1004 vs DHC products

Questions and answers

SKIN1004 or DHC: which is better?

SKIN1004 offers a much wider variety of fragrance-free products on this page tailored to sensitive, dry, and oily skin types, while DHC focuses only on cleansing oils. SKIN1004 products help deliver soothing hydration using ingredients like hyaluronic acid and panthenol, which may support skin barrier repair.

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What is the difference between SKIN1004 and DHC?

SKIN1004 offers a wide variety of fragrance-free products like toners, serums, and masks that fit sensitive, dry, and oily skin best, whereas DHC features just two cleansing oils on this page.

Which is more affordable, SKIN1004 or DHC?

The products on this page for both SKIN1004 and DHC do not list pricing information, so a comparison of affordability cannot be made from these details alone.

Which causes fewer breakouts, SKIN1004 or DHC?

Both SKIN1004 and DHC offer products on this page that are suitable for acne-prone skin, with SKIN1004 providing a much wider selection of cleansers, toners, and treatments rated High or Superior for acne-prone skin.

Between SKIN1004 and DHC, which brand offers a Pore Cleansing Oil?

DHC offers a Pore Cleansing Oil on this page, which has a Superior fit for sensitive skin and a High fit for oily, combination, acne-prone, mature, and dry skin types.

How do the founding years and countries of origin compare between SKIN1004 and DHC?

SKIN1004 was founded in South Korea in 2012, while DHC was established earlier in Japan in 1980.

What key ingredients are found across SKIN1004 products?

The products on this page from SKIN1004 feature Centella asiatica, Hyaluronic acid, Niacinamide, and Panthenol as their key ingredients. Sodium hyaluronate helps with wound healing and skin hydration, while Niacinamide reduces skin pigmentation and controls skin aging.

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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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