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Biore vs Sebamed

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Biore and Sebamed are distinct skincare lines originating from Japan and Germany respectively, offering thoughtful cleansers, sunscreens, masks, and moisturizers driven by effective, scientifically balanced formulas. The Japanese brand suits sensitive and oily skin best with gentle and clarifying formulations, featuring standout items like the UV Aqua Rich, Makeup Remover Perfect Oil, and Deep Pore Charcoal Cleanser. Meanwhile, the German brand suits sensitive, reactive, and problematic skin best through its skin-neutral pH and reliable offerings such as the Facial Cleanser and Clear Face Care Gel. Ultimately, both brands differ as one focuses on clarifying and refreshing a balanced complexion, while the other maintains a steady focus on barrier health.

Biore is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1980 and owned by Kao Corporation.

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Sebamed is a German skincare brand founded in 1967 and owned by Sebapharma GmbH & Co. KG.

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

Popular Biore vs Sebamed products

Questions and answers

Biore or Sebamed: which is better?

Both brands have strong options depending on your skin type, with Sebamed offering high fits for sensitive and oily skin while Biore fits sensitive and combination skin best.

What is the difference between Biore and Sebamed?

Biore fits sensitive, oily, and combination skin best based on its routines, while Sebamed has products like its facial cleanser achieving a High fit for oily, sensitive, and acne-prone skin.

Biore or Sebamed: which cleanser is better?

For cleansers, Sebamed is the better choice for sensitive, oily, and acne-prone skin, with High Lovi fit levels across those skin types, while Biore's Deep Pore Charcoal Cleanser has lower fit levels for sensitive and dry skin types.

Which is more affordable, Biore or Sebamed?

Neither Biore nor Sebamed has pricing information listed on this page, so it is not possible to say which brand is more affordable.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Biore or Sebamed?

Sebamed has a High Lovi fit for acne-prone skin with its Facial Cleanser, while Biore products on this page generally have an Average fit for breakouts. Sebamed helps manage breakouts effectively, whereas Biore may not be as reliable for acne-prone skin.

Which brand has been around longer, Biore or Sebamed?

Sebamed has been around longer, having been founded in Germany in 1967 compared to Biore, which was founded in Japan in 1980.

Do any of the products from Biore or Sebamed contain fragrance?

Every product on this page from both Biore and Sebamed lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

Which brand offers a sunscreen product on the page?

Biore offers a sunscreen product on the page called UV Aqua Rich, which has a High fit level for combination 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. Sof铆a Perea P茅rez, MD, MSc

    Dr. Sof铆a Perea P茅rez, 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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