Paula's Choice 20% Niacinamide: a Guru Score of 61%

What the gurus are saying.

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"If you want a higher concentration of niacinamide, Paula's Choice 20% Niacinamide is something you can choose. It is going to be a little bit more pricey, and I am not sure that 20 percent is going to do a whole lot more for your skin than 10 percent."

Mad About Skin

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"They have the 20% Niacinamide, another great example of every study into niacinamide shows that with a few exceptions where some people, a very niche subset of people could benefit from a higher dose, most people will get maximum results minimum side effects at around the 2 to 5% strength. So why do Paula's Choice have a 20% Niacinamide? For the tiny cohort of people that might actually be appropriate and beneficial, there's a whole host of people out there using it believing the stronger is better and actually suffering and experiencing a lot of side effects as a result. Not science backed, not appropriate for the mass market."

All 2 takes from Mad About Skin

The DOWNFALL OF PAULA'S CHOICE - Price Hikes, Sales Falls, Boycotts and Scandal

"They have the 20% Niacinamide, another great example of every study into niacinamide shows that with a few exceptions where some people, a very niche subset of people could benefit from a higher dose, most people will get maximum results minimum side effects at around the 2 to 5% strength. So why do Paula's Choice have a 20% Niacinamide? For the tiny cohort of people that might actually be appropriate and beneficial, there's a whole host of people out there using it believing the stronger is better and actually suffering and experiencing a lot of side effects as a result. Not science backed, not appropriate for the mass market."

ITS OVER FOR NIACINAMIDE - Whats Happened To The Ordinary Niacinamide

"Paula's Choice who now offer a 20% strength Niacinamide where there's no data to point out how effective that can be and often delivers a whole lot more irritation"

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Frequently asked.

Is Paula's Choice 20% Niacinamide worth it?

The gurus mostly approve it, but with enough reservations to keep it in the middle at a Guru Score of 61%.

What is Paula's Choice 20% Niacinamide's Guru Score?

Paula's Choice 20% Niacinamide holds a Guru Score of 61%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 2 expert reviewers we have collected.