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The Ordinary vs Bepanthol

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

The Ordinary and Bepanthol are two distinct skincare lines representing targeted active treatments and comforting daily hydration. The Canadian brand offers serums, moisturizers, cleansers, and toners built around hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and squalane, while the Swiss brand is celebrated for its soothing moisturizers and dependable formulas. Both options suit sensitive and dry, sensitive skin best, though the former addresses specific concerns like acne, dark spots, and aging through specialized formulas, whereas the latter maintains daily skin health with gentle care.

The Ordinary is a Canadian skincare brand founded in 2016 and owned by The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. since 2021.

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Bepanthol is a Swiss skincare brand founded in 1944 and owned by Bayer AG since 2004.

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

Popular The Ordinary vs Bepanthol products

The Ordinary vs Bepanthol moisturizers

Questions and answers

The Ordinary or Bepanthol: which is better?

The Ordinary offers a much wider range of products that are fragrance-free and feature high fit levels for sensitive, dry sensitive, and oily skin, whereas Bepanthol only lists one moisturizer with generally lower skin fits on this page.

What is the difference between The Ordinary and Bepanthol?

The Ordinary offers a large variety of targeted serums, toners, and moisturizers that fit sensitive skin, dry sensitive skin, and oily skin best, while Bepanthol features just one moisturizer with lower fit levels for those skin types.

The Ordinary or Bepanthol: which moisturizer is better?

The Ordinary offers a much wider range of moisturizers with High to Superior Lovi fit levels for dry and sensitive skin, whereas Bepanthol Derma has an Average fit for those skin types.

Which is more affordable, The Ordinary or Bepanthol?

The products on this page for The Ordinary are often mentioned by reviewers as affordable and great value serums, whereas no such pricing benefit is highlighted for Bepanthol.

Which causes fewer breakouts, The Ordinary or Bepanthol?

The products on this page by The Ordinary generally help reduce breakouts, as seen with acne-clearing serums and high Lovi fit levels for acne-prone skin, whereas Bepanthol Derma has a low fit and may cause caution for acne-prone skin.

Which brand has been around longer, The Ordinary or Bepanthol?

Bepanthol has been around longer than The Ordinary, having been founded in Switzerland in 1944, whereas The Ordinary was established in Canada in 2016.

Do any products from The Ordinary or Bepanthol contain added fragrance?

Every product on this page from The Ordinary and Bepanthol lists no added fragrance in its ingredients.

How many products are listed on the page for Bepanthol compared to The Ordinary?

The products on this page include only one for Bepanthol compared to a much larger range for The Ordinary.

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. Sofía Perea Pérez, MD, MSc

    Dr. Sofía Perea Pérez, 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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