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Topicals skincare

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Topicals is an American skincare brand founded in 2020.

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Topicals is widely loved for its targeted serums and effective formulas. Its products suit balanced, oily, dry, and combination skin best. For acne-prone skin, the standout product is the Faded Serum, while skin with dark spots benefits from the Faded Brightening & Clearing Gel, and mature skin is well-served by the High Roller Ingrown Tonic.

This page covers some of the most popular Topicals products; for the whole Topicals range, with a fit score for every product, use the Lovi app.

Topicals serums and treatments

Questions and answers

Is Topicals worth it?

Yes, Topicals is worth it because Lovi rates the Topicals-focused routine Superior for dry, oily, sensitive, combination, and acne-prone skin, outperforming similar brands like CeraVe. Additionally, every product among the Topicals products on this page is formulated without fragrance.

What are Topicals's best products?

Faded Serum and Faded Brightening & Clearing Gel are Topicals's best products, as Lovi rates both Superior for oily, acne-prone skin. Lovi also rates Faded Brightening & Clearing Gel Superior for dark spots. The Topicals products on this page list no fragrance in their ingredients.

Does Topicals cause breakouts?

Topicals is unlikely to cause breakouts, as its range includes targeted treatments like High Roller Ingrown Tonic and Faded Serum that help clear blemish-prone and oily skin. Lovi rates Topicals-focused routines Superior for acne-prone skin.

Pharmaceutics, 2021

Is Topicals fragrance-free?

Yes, every one of the Topicals products on this page lists no fragrance in its ingredients. Lovi rates the Topicals-focused routine Superior for dry, oily, sensitive, combination, and acne-prone skin.

What are the key ingredients in Topicals products?

Topicals products feature key ingredients such as azelaic acid, niacinamide, and glycolic acid that help calm the skin and fade dark spots. Niacinamide reduces dark spots and pigmentation,, while azelaic acid helps clear acne, and glycolic acid treats melasma and dark spots,.

The British Journal of Dermatology, 2002Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, 2021

How do I build a Topicals skincare routine?

To build a Topicals routine, start by choosing a targeted serum like Faded Serum or Faded Brightening & Clearing Gel for dark spots and uneven tone, and add High Roller Ingrown Tonic to manage bumps on oily or breakout-prone skin. Lovi rates Topicals-focused routines Superior for dry, oily, sensitive, combination, and acne-prone skin.

What are good alternatives to Topicals?

Good alternatives to Topicals include CeraVe, Cetaphil, Paula's Choice, Neutrogena, Kiehl's, and Dermalogica. Lovi rates CeraVe High for dry and oily skin, and Superior for sensitive, combination, and acne-prone skin.

Topicals vs CeraVe: which is better?

Topicals is better suited for dry, oily, sensitive, combination, and acne-prone skin, as Lovi rates the Topicals-focused routine Superior for each of these skin types compared to the CeraVe-focused routine. Every product among the Topicals products on this page lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

Is Topicals cruelty-free?

PETA, Leaping Bunny, and Cruelty Free International, the registries Lovi checks, do not list Topicals as cruelty-free.

Research behind Topicals's key ingredients

Behind these ratings

Lovi rates every product from its 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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