Choosing the right face serum starts with understanding your skin’s needs. Different serums target concerns such as hydration, dark spots, fine lines, wrinkles, and sensitive skin. This guide highlights the best Dermalogica serums for each skin concern, from anti-ageing and brightening to skin-strengthening solutions.

Best Serum for Sensitive Skin

Stabilizing Repair Serum is a clinically tested face and body serum for reactive and irritated skin. It immediately relieves sensory irritation, including itching, stinging, and tightness.

• Immediately calms and comforts reactive skin
• Relieves sensory irritation
• Builds a hydration reservoir for dry, flaky skin

Results after 30 minutes; consumer perception evaluation in a clinical study, with 2 applications per day for 4 weeks.

Best Serum for Longevity and Damage Correction

FutureCode Booster is powered by longevity science to visibly reduce DNA-related damage and transform the look of skin in as little as 7 days.

• Supports natural repair functions
• Replaces visible DNA-related damage
• Rebuilds the skin barrier

Results after 7 days based on clinical expert evaluation in an 8-week study of 33 participants, with 2 applications per day.

Best Serum for Sculpting and Facial Symmetry

NeuroTouch Symmetry Serum is a lightweight facial oil that visibly restores facial symmetry for sculpted-looking skin. Inspired by the connection between human touch and the skin-mind connection.

Based on independent clinical testing of 31 people, with 2 applications per day for 8 weeks.

Best Serum for Skin Strength and Barrier Resilience

Dynamic Skin Strengthening Serum is a nourishing multidefense serum that builds barrier resilience.

• Strengthens against signs of ageing
• Nourishes skin
• Helps rebuild the skin barrier

Best Night Serum for Hydration and Radiance

BioLumin-C Night Restore is an overnight serum that restores the moisture barrier for long-lasting radiance and hydration.

• Boosts brightness and hydration
• Helps repair and restore the skin barrier
• Helps reverse the visible effects of daytime damage

Best Serum for Collagen Preservation

Pro-Collagen Banking Serum supports visibly plumper, more luminous skin. It hydrates to help reduce the appearance of fine lines.

• Helps preserve collagen
• Plumps and hydrates skin
• Helps minimise the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles

Best Retinol Serum for Fine Lines and Wrinkles

Dynamic Skin Retinol Serum is a high-dose, fast-acting multi-retinoid serum with booster technology. It helps visibly reduce signs of skin ageing in 2 weeks.

• Helps reduce the appearance of wrinkles
• Helps minimise the appearance of pores and smooth texture
• Helps improve the appearance of uneven tone

Based on a clinical study of 30 volunteers, with results for wrinkles, pores, dark spots, and uneven texture observed in 2 weeks.

Best Personalized Serum for Changing Skin Needs

Smart Response Serum delivers what skin needs, when and where it needs it.

• Hydrates skin
• Helps improve the appearance of dark spots
• Helps soothe the appearance of redness
• Helps reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles

Best Serum for Long-Lasting Hydration

Circular Hydration Serum immediately floods skin with hydration, replenishes from within, and helps prevent future hydration evaporation.

• Immediately hydrates skin
• Provides long-lasting hydration
• Replenishes hydration from within
• Helps prevent future dehydration

Best Firming Serum

Phyto Nature Firming Serum is two serums in one, combining biomimetic peptides and botanicals to support younger-looking skin.

• Boosts luminosity
• Helps reduce the appearance of fine lines
• Helps reduce the appearance of wrinkles

Visible results in 4 weeks.

Best Brightening Serum

BioLumin-C Serum is a brightening Vitamin C serum that helps improve the appearance of pigmentation, fine lines, and wrinkles for brighter, firmer-looking skin.

• Helps improve the appearance of pigmentation
• Helps reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles
• Helps defend against free radicals

Best Serum for Breakouts and Post-Breakout Pigmentation

AGE Bright Clearing Serum exfoliates and helps prevent breakouts while improving radiance and the appearance of post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation.

• Exfoliates and helps prevent breakouts
• Improves radiance in 1 week
• Helps improve the appearance of breakouts and post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation in 4 weeks

Retinoid Clearing Oil

Retinoid Clearing Oil combines a retinoid and salicylic acid to exfoliate, help prevent breakouts, and accelerate skin turnover.

It targets breakouts and premature signs of skin aging while renewing and soothing skin overnight for clearer, more vibrant-looking skin by morning.

Best Serum for Hyperpigmentation and Dark Spots

PowerBright Dark Spot Serum is a potent hyperpigmentation-fading serum that starts fading the appearance of dark spots within days.

• Helps fade dark spots
• Helps prevent future dark spots
• Brightens and improves skin luminosity

What Is a Face Serum?

A face serum is a topical treatment designed to target specific skin concerns. Serums can help address concerns such as hydration, dark spots, fine lines, wrinkles, sensitivity, breakouts, and uneven skin tone.

Serums are usually applied after cleansing and exfoliating, and before oils and moisturisers. Oils and moisturizers help create a protective barrier for the skin.

You can use one serum or layer different serums depending on your skin’s needs.

How Do I Layer Serums?

When layering serums, apply products from lightest to heaviest texture.

If you’re unsure which serums to use together or how to layer them, speak with a Dermalogica skin therapist for personalized advice.

Find the Right Dermalogica Serum for Your Skin

Choosing the right serum for your skin starts with understanding your individual skin concerns. Whether you’re looking for a hydrating serum, Vitamin C serum, retinol serum, dark spot serum, or serum for sensitive skin, Dermalogica offers targeted formulas designed to support skin health.

For personalized advice, speak with a Dermalogica skin therapist who can help you create a skin care regimen suited to your skin’s needs.

Get more skin care tips and discover the right Dermalogica face serum for your skin at Dermalogica.com.