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SK-II vs Taro

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SK-II and Taro are esteemed skincare brands that offer nourishing moisturizers, targeted serums, restorative masks, clarifying toners, and gentle formulations. The Japanese heritage brand, founded in 1980 and owned by The Procter & Gamble Company since 1991, relies on pitera to improve pore area, roughness, and redness, with a Facial Treatment Essence targeting dark spots, a Genoptics Ultraura Essence addressing acne-prone skin, and a Facial Treatment Clear Lotion catering to mature skin. Meanwhile, the second brand provides reliable daily care through carefully crafted formulas, featuring a Tretinoin Cream for acne-prone skin. Both options suit sensitive, dry, and combination skin best, differing primarily in their signature ingredients and specific product lineups.

SK-II is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1980 and owned by The Procter & Gamble Company since 1991.

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

Popular SK-II vs Taro products

Questions and answers

SK-II or Taro: which is better?

SK-II has a High Lovi fit for dry sensitive, combination, and acne-prone skin with its fragrance-free products on this page, while Taro's Tretinoin Cream achieves a High fit for combination and acne-prone skin.

What is the difference between SK-II and Taro?

SK-II offers a broad range of products featuring Pitera that fit dry sensitive, combination, and acne-prone skin best, whereas Taro features only Tretinoin Cream on this page, which helps acne-prone and combination skin.

The New England Journal of Medicine, 1993

Which is more affordable, SK-II or Taro?

This page does not provide pricing or affordability information for either SK-II or Taro.

Which causes fewer breakouts, SK-II or Taro?

For acne-prone skin, SK-II products on this page have an average to superior Lovi fit level, whereas Taro Tretinoin Cream has a high fit level and helps manage acne. Tretinoin is clinically shown to help with acne management.

The New England Journal of Medicine, 1993Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, 2020

How does the founding year and parent company of SK-II compare to Taro?

SK-II was founded in 1980 in Japan and has been owned by The Procter & Gamble Company since 1991, whereas Taro was founded earlier in 1950 and has been owned by Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited since 2010.

Which brand offers a wider range of product types like cleansers, essences, and masks?

SK-II offers a wider range of product types on this page, including cleansers, essences, and masks, whereas Taro features only a single cream product. Lovi rates the SK-II products on this page with various fit levels depending on the specific skin type.

Do products from SK-II or Taro contain fragrance in their ingredients?

Every product on this page from both SK-II and Taro lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

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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