A lightweight niacinamide serum formulated at 5% concentration, designed to support skin clarity and radiance with a watery gel texture.
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How we score →Yay
3 experts · Moderate agreementWhat the gurus are saying
This serum earns praise for its gentle 5% niacinamide concentration, which experts consider more approachable than higher-dose formulas. The watery gel texture makes it easy to layer, and early testing suggests it plays well with breakout-prone skin. Not much feedback yet, so there is not a lot to go on so far, but what gurus have tried points to a solid, no-fuss option.
What they liked
What they flagged
Nothing. None of the experts who reviewed it raised a problem.
The concerns the experts tie this product to, in their own words. Paid and founder takes don't count.
“If you have oily acne prone skin, using niacinamide serum can help in reducing oiliness, acne eruptions, and also dark spots left behind by acne.”
Dr. Aanchal MD, watch at 3:53
“If you have oily acne prone skin, using niacinamide serum can help in reducing oiliness, acne eruptions, and also dark spots left behind by acne.”
Dr. Aanchal MD, watch at 3:53
“If you have oily acne prone skin, using niacinamide serum can help in reducing oiliness, acne eruptions, and also dark spots left behind by acne.”
Dr. Aanchal MD, watch at 3:53
“That's actually quite good for brightening the skin, and the niacinamide is at the right level.”
Dr. Vanita Rattan, watch at 19:57
Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.
Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.
A lightweight niacinamide serum formulated at 5% concentration, designed to support skin clarity and radiance with a watery gel texture.
Yes. All 3 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 84%.
Dermaco Niacinamide Radiant Serum 5% holds a Guru Score of 84%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 3 expert reviewers we have collected.
Dermaco Niacinamide Radiant Serum 5% is generally suited to oily skin and acne-prone skin.
In their reviews, experts say Dermaco Niacinamide Radiant Serum 5% is good for breakouts and acne (1 expert), excess oil and shine (1 expert), dark spots and post-acne marks (1 expert) and dull skin (1 expert).
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