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Medik8 vs Sesderma

Medik8 and Sesderma are accomplished skincare brands that offer serums, moisturizers, eye products, toners, and advanced formulas. The British brand founded in 2009 features hyaluronic acid to lengthen the toxin wrinkle effect duration, suiting dry skin and dry sensitive skin best with highlights like Surface Radiance Cleanse, Oxy-R Peptides, and Total Moisture Daily Facial Cream. Meanwhile, the Spanish brand founded in 1989 utilizes botanical extracts and active compounds to suit sensitive, hyperpigmented, and aging skin types, featuring standout options such as the Azelac RU Serum. Ultimately, both differ through their distinct heritage, proprietary ingredients, and tailored solutions for specific dermatological concerns.

Medik8 is a British skincare brand founded in 2009 and owned by L'Oréal Groupe since 2025.

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Sesderma is a Spanish skincare brand founded in 1989 and owned by Grupo Sesderma since 2026.

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This page compares some of the most popular Medik8 and Sesderma products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Questions and answers

Medik8 or Sesderma: which is better?

Medik8 stands out as the better choice on this page, offering a wide selection of products like Hydr8 B5 Intense that helps provide deep hydration with hyaluronic acid. Sesderma only features a single product on this page, which contains fragrance and may not suit sensitive skin as well.

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What is the difference between Medik8 and Sesderma?

Medik8 offers a much wider range of products on this page across multiple skin types, featuring key ingredients like hyaluronic acid that helps with deep hydration, whereas Sesderma is represented by a single serum that lists fragrance. Medik8 fits best for dry skin, dry sensitive skin, and sensitive skin.

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Which is more affordable, Medik8 or Sesderma?

Neither brand is clearly more affordable on this page, as Medik8 products on this page often come with a high price point while Sesderma is represented by only one product. Reviewers frequently mention Medik8's high price point, but the page does not provide pricing comparisons for Sesderma.

Which causes fewer breakouts, Medik8 or Sesderma?

Medik8 Surface Radiance Cleanse has a Superior Lovi fit for acne-prone skin, whereas Sesderma Azelac RU Serum has a High fit. Medik8 offers more options that may help reduce breakouts.

Which brand has been around longer, Medik8 or Sesderma?

Sesderma has been around longer than Medik8, having been founded in Spain in 1989 compared to Medik8 which was founded in the United Kingdom in 2009.

Do Medik8 products or Sesderma products contain fragrance?

Medik8 products on this page mostly list no fragrance, with only Total Moisture Daily Facial Cream including it, whereas Azelac RU Serum by Sesderma contains fragrance.

In which countries were Medik8 and Sesderma founded?

Medik8 was founded in the United Kingdom, while Sesderma was founded in Spain.

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.

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