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Avène vs Yepoda

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Avène and Yepoda are established European skincare brands offering reliable cleansers, targeted serums, and versatile moisturizers formulated with nourishing glycerin. The French brand, founded in 1990 and owned by Fondation Pierre Fabre, is known for its reliable sunscreens and suits acne-prone skin and oily acne-prone skin best with options like the Tolerance Control Soothing Skin Recovery Balm, the Cleanance, and the Hyaluron Activ B3 Concentrated Plumping Serum, where glycerin improves skin hydration and restores barrier function. Conversely, the German brand, founded in 2020 and owned by Verlinvest since 2026, relies on carefully composed formulas featuring products like The Repair Hero and The Bubble Double that suit best those seeking gentle yet effective daily care. Through these expert formulations and thoughtful creations, both brands consistently support the skin with reliable, soothing results.

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

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Yepoda is a German skincare brand founded in 2020 and owned by Verlinvest since 2026.

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

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Questions and answers

Avène or Yepoda: which is better?

Avène and Yepoda both offer great options depending on your specific skin type and preferences. Avène features a wide range of products with Lovi fit levels up to Superior for dry and sensitive skin types, though some formulas include fragrance. In contrast, every product from Yepoda on this page lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

What is the difference between Avène and Yepoda?

Avène is a French brand founded in 1990 that offers a large selection of products on this page, including many with fragrance and key ingredients like thermal water and glycerin. In contrast, Yepoda is a newer German brand founded in 2020 where every product on this page lists no fragrance.

Avène or Yepoda: which cleanser is better?

For cleansers, Avène has a wide range where products like Cleanance Cleansing Gel and Milk Cleanser have High Lovi fit levels for dry, oily, and acne-prone skin types. Yepoda offers The Bubble Double, which has a High Lovi fit for oily and acne-prone skin but is less suited for dry or sensitive skin.

Which is more affordable, Avène or Yepoda?

The provided page facts do not contain pricing information to determine whether Avène or Yepoda is more affordable.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Avène or Yepoda?

Yepoda is well suited for acne-prone skin, with its serum achieving a Superior Lovi fit level. Avène products on this page fit acne-prone skin best in its routines, while individual items range from Caution to High.

Which brand has been on the market longer, Avène or Yepoda?

Avène has been on the market longer, having been founded in France in 1990, whereas Yepoda was founded in Germany in 2020.

Do all Yepoda products list no fragrance in their ingredients compared to Avène?

Yes, every product on the Yepoda page lists no fragrance in its ingredients, whereas 8 of the 15 Avène products on this page list fragrance.

Which Avène products are rated as Superior for dry skin?

On the Avène page, Eau Thermale Thermal Spring Water is rated as Superior for dry skin.

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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