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DHC vs FANCL

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DHC and FANCL are Japanese skincare brands founded in 1980 that offer reliable daily care for a balanced complexion. DHC is beloved for its effective makeup removers and nourishing formulas, suiting dry, normal, combination, and oily skin best, while FANCL is loved for its thoughtful makeup removers and gentle exfoliants, crafted from pure, effective formulas that suit sensitive, dry, and normal skin types best. Both brands differ in their ideal skin types and specific standout products, with the former providing targeted options like the Deep Cleansing Oil for dark spots and the Pore Cleansing Oil for acne-prone skin, and the latter offering mild care such as the Mild Cleansing Oil for dark spots and the Facial Washing Powder for acne-prone skin.

DHC is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1980 and owned by ORIX Corporation since 2023.

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FANCL is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1980 and owned by Kirin Holdings Company, Limited since 2024.

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

Popular DHC vs FANCL products

Questions and answers

DHC or FANCL: which is better?

FANCL features products on this page such as the Mild Cleansing Oil and Facial Washing Powder that achieve a Superior fit for dry and sensitive skin, whereas DHC products on this page reach a maximum fit level of High. Additionally, every product listed for both DHC and FANCL contains no fragrance in its ingredients.

What is the difference between DHC and FANCL?

FANCL features products on this page with a Superior Lovi fit across more diverse skin types, including Facial Washing Powder for sensitive and oily skin, while DHC offers Pore Cleansing Oil with a High fit for nearly all skin types. Every product on this page from both brands lists no fragrance in its ingredients.

Which is more affordable, DHC or FANCL?

The products on this page for both DHC and FANCL do not list pricing information, so affordability cannot be compared.

Which causes fewer breakouts, DHC or FANCL?

FANCL fits acne-prone skin best with its Facial Washing Powder, which achieves a Superior Lovi fit level for oily acne-prone skin and High for acne-prone skin. DHC products on this page have an Average fit level for acne-prone skin.

Between DHC and FANCL, which brand's cleansing oils are entirely fragrance-free?

Both DHC and FANCL offer cleansing oils that list no fragrance in their ingredients on this page. Lovi rates DHC's Deep Cleansing Oil and Pore Cleansing Oil, and FANCL's Mild Cleansing Oil, across various skin types.

How do the founding years and current parent companies of DHC and FANCL compare?

Both DHC and FANCL were founded in Japan in 1980. DHC has been owned by ORIX Corporation since 2023, while FANCL has been owned by Kirin Holdings Company, Limited since 2024.

Which products from DHC and FANCL achieve a superior Lovi fit level specifically for sensitive skin types?

FANCL Mild Cleansing Oil achieves a superior Lovi fit level for dry sensitive skin, and FANCL Facial Washing Powder achieves a superior Lovi fit level for sensitive and dry sensitive skin. DHC Pore Cleansing Oil also achieves a superior Lovi fit level for sensitive skin.

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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