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La Roche-Posay vs DHC

Rated by Lovi · Unbiased, science-based skincare AI trained on real user outcomes · How the Fit score works

La Roche-Posay and DHC are a French skincare brand founded in 1975 and a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1980, respectively. Both offer reliable daily care, though the French label is beloved for thoughtfully formulated serums, moisturizers, cleansers, eye products, and more that harness nourishing glycerin, soothing thermal water, and brightening niacinamide, while the Japanese brand is beloved for its effective makeup removers and nourishing formulas. The former suits oily skin and sensitive skin best, whereas its counterpart suits dry, normal, combination, and oily skin best. They differ primarily in their core components and targeted solutions, such as the French line featuring Anthelios for acne-prone skin, Pure Vitamin C Cream for skin with dark spots, and MELA B3 Facial Gel Cleanser for mature skin, while the Japanese label highlights Pore Cleansing Oil for acne-prone skin and Deep Cleansing Oil for skin with dark spots.

La Roche-Posay is a French skincare brand founded in 1975 and owned by L'Oréal S.A. since 1989.

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

Popular La Roche-Posay vs DHC products

Questions and answers

La Roche-Posay or DHC: which is better?

La Roche-Posay offers a much wider range of products on this page across multiple categories like cleansers and serums with targeted Lovi fit levels for various skin types, whereas DHC features only two cleansing oils.

What is the difference between La Roche-Posay and DHC?

La Roche-Posay is a French brand founded in 1975 that offers a large selection of 35 products on this page, whereas DHC is a Japanese brand founded in 1980 with just two cleansers on this page. Lovi rates La Roche-Posay as a good fit for oily, sensitive, and acne-prone skin types, while DHC features completely fragrance-free formulas across its entire page.

Which is more affordable, La Roche-Posay or DHC?

Reviewers on this page often mention price, value, and size concerns for La Roche-Posay products, whereas no affordability issues are noted for the products on this page by DHC.

Which causes fewer breakouts, La Roche-Posay or DHC?

La Roche-Posay offers a much wider range of acne and oil-focused products on this page, whereas DHC features only two cleansing oils. Lovi rates several La Roche-Posay treatments as Superior or High for acne-prone skin.

Between La Roche-Posay and DHC, which brand offers a wider variety of product types such as serums and sunscreens?

La Roche-Posay offers a much wider variety of product types on this page, including multiple serums, sunscreens, eye creams, and cleansers, whereas DHC features only makeup removers.

How do the founding years and corporate ownerships of La Roche-Posay and DHC compare?

La Roche-Posay was founded in France in 1975 and has been owned by L'Oréal S.A. since 1989, whereas DHC was founded in Japan in 1980 and has been owned by ORIX Corporation since 2023.

Which brand has more products that are completely free of fragrance ingredients?

La Roche-Posay has more products on this page that are completely free of fragrance ingredients, with 21 out of 35 formulas listing no fragrance.

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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    Nadia Kapleva, MS

    Co-founder, Medical Director

    Cosmetic chemist, cosmetologist, aesthetic products developer

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    Alexey Shagraev, PhD

    Co-founder, CEO and CTO

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    Medical Board

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    Aishani Shah, MD

    Medical Board

    Specialist dermatologist, MBBS, MD, IFAAD

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    Asya Zubkova, MS

    Medical Board

    Cosmetic chemist, SCS, IFSCC member

  • Hanna Kurets, MD

    Hanna Kurets, MD

    Medical Board, Medical Advisor

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    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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