SK-II vs DHC
SK-II and DHC are Japanese skincare brands founded in 1980 that offer nourishing formulas for a balanced complexion. SK-II is known for luxurious moisturizers, potent serums, soothing masks, refreshing toners, and signature pitera formulations that suit dry and dry sensitive skin best, whereas DHC is beloved for effective makeup removers and formulas that suit dry, normal, combination, and oily skin best. While both brands provide reliable daily care, they differ in their standout solutions and core ingredients, such as pitera, which improves pore area, roughness, and redness.
SK-II is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1980 and owned by The Procter & Gamble Company since 1991.
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DHC is a Japanese skincare brand founded in 1980 and owned by ORIX Corporation since 2023.
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This page compares some of the most popular SK-II and DHC products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.
Popular SK-II vs DHC products
Questions and answers
SK-II or DHC: which is better?
SK-II stands out on this page as the better option because it offers a wide selection of products with high Lovi fit levels for dry, sensitive, and combination skin types. DHC only features two cleansing oil options on this page.
What is the difference between SK-II and DHC?
SK-II offers a wide range of essences, masks, lotions, creams, and cleansers featuring Pitera that fit dry, dry sensitive, and combination skin best, whereas DHC features makeup removers like Deep Cleansing Oil and Pore Cleansing Oil. Every product on this page from both brands lists no fragrance in its ingredients.
Which is more affordable, SK-II or DHC?
The products on this page do not list pricing information, so a comparison of affordability between SK-II and DHC cannot be made.
Which causes fewer breakouts, SK-II or DHC?
When it comes to acne-prone skin, the products on this page for SK-II include items with High and Superior Lovi fit levels, such as the Genoptics Ultraura Essence, while DHC offers options like the Pore Cleansing Oil which has a High fit level.
Which brand was founded earlier, SK-II or DHC?
Both SK-II and DHC were founded in the same year, 1980, in Japan.
Do any products from SK-II or DHC contain added fragrance?
Every product from SK-II and DHC on this page lists no added fragrance in its ingredients.
Which company currently owns SK-II?
The Procter & Gamble Company currently owns SK-II, having acquired it in 1991.
Research behind their key ingredients
The effect of niacinamide on reducing cutaneous pigmentation and suppression of melanosome transfer
Effects of ascorbic acid on gingival melanin pigmentation in vitro and in vivo
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.
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PhD in computer science, 3x US patent holder, ex-Google, ex-Yandex
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Dr. Sof铆a Perea P茅rez, MD, MSc
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Aesthetic medicine practitioner, MSc in Longevity and Anti-Aging Medicine
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Elina Nazarenko, MD
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Victoria Derkova, MS
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