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Paula's Choice vs Sesderma

Paula's Choice is an American skincare brand founded in 1995 and owned by Unilever since 2021.

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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 Paula's Choice and Sesderma products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Questions and answers

Paula's Choice or Sesderma: which is better?

Paula's Choice offers a much wider range of products on this page with fragrance-free formulas, while Sesderma features only a single fragranced serum.

What is the difference between Paula's Choice and Sesderma?

Paula's Choice offers a wide range of fragrance-free products on this page that fit oily, combination, and acne-prone skin best, whereas Sesderma features just one serum that includes fragrance. Paula's Choice was founded in the United States and is owned by Unilever, while Sesderma was founded in Spain.

Which is more affordable, Paula's Choice or Sesderma?

The products on this page from Paula's Choice have reviewers mostly mentioning high price as a downside, but there is no pricing information available for Sesderma to compare.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Paula's Choice or Sesderma?

Paula's Choice helps prevent breakouts better because the products on this page fit acne-prone skin with a Superior or High rating, unlike Sesderma which only offers a High rating for that skin type.

Which brand has been around longer and where were they founded, Paula's Choice or Sesderma?

Sesderma has been around longer, having been founded in Spain in 1989, while Paula's Choice was founded in the United States in 1995.

Do products from Paula's Choice contain fragrance, and how does that compare to Sesderma's Azelac RU Serum?

Every product from Paula's Choice on this page lists no fragrance in its ingredients, whereas Sesderma's Azelac RU Serum contains fragrance.

Which skin types does the Azelac RU Serum by Sesderma suit best according to the Lovi fit levels?

The Azelac RU Serum by Sesderma has a High Lovi fit level for acne-prone skin, skin with dark spots, and combination skin. For other skin types on this page, the fit is lower, ranging from Average to Low.

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.

How does it fit your skin?

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