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Sesderma vs Dr. Barbara Sturm

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Sesderma and Dr. Barbara Sturm are distinguished skincare brands that offer advanced serums, gentle moisturizers, clarifying exfoliants, and nourishing formulations. The Spanish brand relies on botanical extracts and active compounds to suit sensitive, hyperpigmented, and aging skin, whereas the German brand focuses on deep hydration and barrier support for sensitive, dry, and balanced skin. While both provide targeted solutions for acne-prone, dark-spotted, and mature complexions, they differ in their foundational ingredients and specific regional heritages.

Sesderma is a Spanish skincare brand founded in 1989 and owned by Grupo Sesderma since 2026.

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Dr. Barbara Sturm is a German skincare brand founded in 2014 and owned by Puig since 2024.

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

Popular Sesderma vs Dr. Barbara Sturm products

Questions and answers

Sesderma or Dr. Barbara Sturm: which is better?

Dr. Barbara Sturm offers better choices for dark spots, where its Enzyme Cleanser earns a Superior Lovi fit level. For fragrance-conscious shoppers, every product on this page from Dr. Barbara Sturm lists no fragrance, whereas the Azelac RU Serum from Sesderma contains fragrance.

What is the difference between Sesderma and Dr. Barbara Sturm?

Sesderma offers a Spanish-founded skincare line featuring the Azelac RU Serum, while Dr. Barbara Sturm is a German-founded brand offering fragrance-free products like Hyaluronic Serum, Enzyme Cleanser, and The Good C Vitamin C Serum. Lovi rates Dr. Barbara Sturm's Enzyme Cleanser as a Superior fit for skin with dark spots.

Which is more affordable, Sesderma or Dr. Barbara Sturm?

The provided page facts do not mention the prices of products from either Sesderma or Dr. Barbara Sturm, so it is not possible to determine which brand is more affordable.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Sesderma or Dr. Barbara Sturm?

Dr. Barbara Sturm has products on this page with High fits for acne-prone and oily acne-prone skin, such as Enzyme Cleanser and The Good C Vitamin C Serum, whereas Sesderma's Azelac RU Serum has an Average fit for those skin types.

Which brand has been around longer, Sesderma or Dr. Barbara Sturm?

Sesderma has been around longer than Dr. Barbara Sturm, having been founded in Spain in 1989 compared to Dr. Barbara Sturm which was founded in Germany in 2014.

Do products from Sesderma or Dr. Barbara Sturm contain fragrance?

Dr. Barbara Sturm lists no fragrance in the ingredients for every product on this page, whereas Sesderma includes fragrance in its Azelac RU Serum.

Which country were Sesderma and Dr. Barbara Sturm founded in?

Sesderma was founded in Spain, and Dr. Barbara Sturm was founded in Germany.

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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