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SKIN1004 vs DHC

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SKIN1004 and DHC are established Asian beauty lines originating from Korea and Japan, respectively. SKIN1004 is known for soothing toners, comforting moisturizers, reliable sunscreens, and nourishing masks formulated with pure centella, hydrating hyaluronic acid, and brightening niacinamide, while DHC is beloved for effective makeup removers and nourishing formulas. The former suits sensitive and acne-prone skin best, whereas the latter suits dry, normal, combination, and oily skin best. They differ primarily in their core offerings and ingredient philosophies, with the Korean brand focusing on botanical calming agents and the Japanese brand focusing on deep cleansing oils.

SKIN1004 is a Korean skincare brand founded in 2012 and owned by Goodai Global Inc. since 2024.

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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 SKIN1004 and DHC products; for every product of both brands, with a fit score for your own skin, use the Lovi app.

Popular SKIN1004 vs DHC products

Questions and answers

SKIN1004 or DHC: which is better?

SKIN1004 offers a much wider variety of fragrance-free products on this page tailored to sensitive, acne-prone, and dry skin, while DHC features only two cleansing oils.

What is the difference between SKIN1004 and DHC?

SKIN1004 is a South Korean brand founded in 2012 that focuses heavily on sensitive, acne-prone, and dry skin with a broad range of fragrance-free products containing centella asiatica and hyaluronic acid, whereas DHC is a Japanese brand founded in 1980 offering a much smaller selection of fragrance-free cleansing oils on this page. Sodium hyaluronate in SKIN1004 products helps with wound healing and skin hydration.

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Which is more affordable, SKIN1004 or DHC?

Neither SKIN1004 nor DHC has pricing information available on this page to compare affordability.

Which causes fewer breakouts, SKIN1004 or DHC?

Both SKIN1004 and DHC offer products on this page that are suitable for acne-prone skin, with SKIN1004 providing a much wider selection of specialized options. SKIN1004 features items like the Madagascar Centella Tea-Trica Purifying Toner, which achieves a Superior fit level for oily acne-prone skin.

Which brand has been around longer and in which countries were SKIN1004 and DHC founded?

DHC has been around longer, having been founded in Japan in 1980, while SKIN1004 was founded in South Korea in 2012.

How do the Lovi fit levels for dry skin compare between SKIN1004's Madagascar Centella Light Cleansing Oil and DHC's Deep Cleansing Oil?

Both SKIN1004's Madagascar Centella Light Cleansing Oil and DHC's Deep Cleansing Oil have a Lovi fit level of High for dry skin.

What are the main key ingredients found across SKIN1004 products?

The main key ingredients across the products on this page for SKIN1004 are Centella asiatica, Hyaluronic acid, Niacinamide, and Panthenol.

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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