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The INKEY List Redness Relief Super Solutions 10% Azelaic Acid
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About this product

A lightweight serum containing 10% azelaic acid designed to calm redness, reduce breakouts, and even skin tone for acne-prone and sensitive skin.

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Guru Score

91%

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9 experts · Strong agreement
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What they liked

  • Smooth formula without graininess
  • Calms redness and reduces breakouts
  • Lightweight, simple formula

What they flagged

  • Risk of irritation if layered with other actives

What the gurus are saying

This serum's smooth, non-grainy texture stands out among azelaic acid formulas, which gurus praise for making it genuinely pleasant to apply. Experts found it calms redness, fades hyperpigmentation, and cuts down breakouts, with the 10% strength hitting the sweet spot for over-the-counter potency; it also includes soothing actives like allantoin and carnosine. The formula works well in an evening routine, and those with rosacea or sensitive skin tend to tolerate it without irritation.
Synthesized from 9 expert reviews · most recent take September 2025

What the gurus are saying.

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"Azelaic acid is an ingredient that is calming and soothing. Great for those that have sensitive skin. If you have redness, rosacea, azelaic acid is usually prescribed to those that have rosacea. And this is also another ingredient that is great for acne prone skin as well. I have been using azelaic acid all summer long. I actually started late spring and I've been using it ever since in both my morning and nighttime skincare routines because this has really helped to keep my skin clear. Do I still break out with azelaic acid? Yes, I do. Not as much though. This really cuts down on the breakouts, but it just keeps my skin so soft and it gives a brighter complexion. There is a mild mild exfoliation with azelaic acid, but it's not meant for exfoliation. This just has a mild exfoliation, but it's very calming and soothing. And I absolutely love this."
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"This is a 10 strength from the INKEY List. Azelaic acid is wonderful for redness, for rosacea, for sensitive prone skin. If you're acne prone, azelaic acid honestly is one of the best ingredients to really help with so many skin concerns. When I pair this up with tretinoin, I do have a little bit of redness to my skin naturally and I am breakout prone, and since combining azelaic acid with tretinoin, I honestly never break out like once in a while I will but not to the extent that I used to see before using this pairing. The azelaic acid has really toned down on that rosiness that I have, so it has really improved that unevenness with my skin. If you have acne prone skin, you have redness, you're looking for something to really help with that uneven skin tone, try using azelaic acid."
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"So does the Inky List."
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"The one from the INKEY List is a serum base, but I like the one from Finacea, this is the azelaic acid gel at a 15% concentration."
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"I really enjoy the gel serum texture so if you love your serums then I think you're going to really enjoy this formula. It does have that 10% azelaic acid but it also contains 0.3% allantoin which is a very soothing and calming ingredient. This formula is also very lightweight, it spreads nicely across the skin. You can use this within your serums, you can also use this everyday twice a day as well and it's perfect for all skin types, especially if you have oily combination skin and you're looking for something that is very lightweight. I would say go with this one, maybe you might want to pick this one up for the spring summer months. I would consider purchasing the INKEY List one again in the near future."
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"Azelaic acid is an ingredient that is calming and soothing. Great for those that have sensitive skin. If you have redness, rosacea, azelaic acid is usually prescribed to those that have rosacea. And this is also another ingredient that is great for acne prone skin as well. I have been using azelaic acid all summer long. I actually started late spring and I've been using it ever since in both my morning and nighttime skincare routines because this has really helped to keep my skin clear. Do I still break out with azelaic acid? Yes, I do. Not as much though. This really cuts down on the breakouts, but it just keeps my skin so soft and it gives a brighter complexion. There is a mild mild exfoliation with azelaic acid, but it's not meant for exfoliation. This just has a mild exfoliation, but it's very calming and soothing. And I absolutely love this."
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"I recommend the azelaic acid serum from The INKEY List all the time. This contains 10% azelaic acid. It's one of my absolute favorites. But it also contains carnosine in the required strength to deliver the results. So if you're already using The INKEY List azelaic acid serum, you can stop right now. You've got your carnosine fix in your skincare routine, you don't need to add anything else."
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"I recommend the azelaic acid serum from The INKEY List all the time. This contains 10% azelaic acid. It's one of my absolute favorites. But it also contains carnosine in the required strength to deliver the results. So if you're already using The INKEY List azelaic acid serum, you can stop right now. You've got your carnosine fix in your skincare routine, you don't need to add anything else."
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"Azelaic acid helps minimize hyperpigmentation and fights acne-causing bacteria. If you're someone like me that's trying to tackle adult acne and breakouts alongside anti-aging, then azelaic acid is your number one ingredient and your best friend. For me, the very best of the best is always going to be The INKEY List Redness Relief Super Solutions 10% Azelaic Acid. Affordable price point, perfect strength of azelaic acid, and honestly, the nicest, smoothest formula you will ever try. Sometimes azelaic acids can be a little bit grainy and quite hard to formulate with, so they can come across a bit sandy on application which we don't want. This is the smoothest azelaic acid you will ever try and trust me it is a game changer. I love it and this is the one having tried just about everyone on the market that I think I settle on most frequently when it comes to my own skincare routine. It fades my hyperpigmentation, makes my other actives apply so much easier, and it helps minimize any acne-causing bacteria."
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"I use this in the morning routine and it's appearing again in the nighttime one. The azelaic acid will go on there and it's just really nice. A lot of people say can I use azelaic acid alongside peptides, growth factors, like in the likes of skin absolutely you can. I know there's a common misconception you can't, take it from me you can, it's fine and it's all good."
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"Beautiful it is so lightweight on the skin it's not chalky as often high strength azelaic acids can be a little chalky to the touch not this one it's seamless smooth and beautiful"
Yay
"The INKEY List 10% azelaic acid, it's not really a serum, it's more of a lotion, and it's really nice."
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"It's got 10% azelaic acid, pretty simple formula, pretty affordable. This one's really nice. You can use it in your evening routine. Typically I use azelaic acid in my evening routine, it just seems to work best there. And then in my morning routine I can focus on vitamin C and antioxidants and then focus on everything else in my nighttime routine. So this stuff's really nice."
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"This product is great for sensitive eczema and rosacea prone skin. It does contain a small amount of gardinia floral extract so technically while this product is unscented it's not technically fragrance free but you don't notice any scent and most people don't have an issue with the gardenia floral."
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"The INKEY List 10% azelaic acid, it's not really a serum, it's more of a lotion, and it's really nice."
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"This one I love. It's also got oatmeal in here and ceramides. It's fragrance free, it's got a wonderful lotion texture. This stuff is really wonderful and it's currently one of my absolute favorites."
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"I love to start with an over-the-counter 10% azelaic acid and see how much improvement we can get there. See if our skin agrees with it, which it probably will. And you may be surprised to learn that that's all you need. You might not even need to bump up to the prescription strength at all. The INKEY List is right around $20. It is 10% azelaic acid, right around the strongest you can get over the counter. It also has allantoin in this which is very soothing."
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"I love to start with an over-the-counter 10% azelaic acid and see how much improvement we can get there. See if our skin agrees with it, which it probably will. And you may be surprised to learn that that's all you need. You might not even need to bump up to the prescription strength at all. The INKEY List is right around $20. It is 10% azelaic acid, right around the strongest you can get over the counter. It also has allantoin in this which is very soothing."
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"I have been putting this by The Inky List, it's their 10 percent azelaic acid serum, in my routine more frequently this month. 10 is a really good strength of azelaic acid serum and this is so affordable. You can actually find azelaic acid products that can be really expensive and you don't need to overspend on this. This one is incredible. It also has 0.3 percent allantoin in it to soothe skin because often rosacea prone, redness prone skin can be really inflamed and irritated, so that can help reduce some of the redness as well. I actually like to use this in my morning skincare routine. I will cleanse the skin, put a thin layer of this serum on, and then I can follow it up with moisturizer sunscreen, whatever you need. I actually don't put a moisturizer over this, I put this then my sunscreen, and that has really helped reduce some of the redness on my skin."
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"If we talk about the branded version then you get this in Inkey List or The Ordinary or Plum or A Doctor's Shade or Drunk Elephant"
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"The inky list makes azelaic acid. I'm fine with those. I haven't seen my patients get irritation with those azelaic acid formulations."
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"The inky list makes azelaic acid. I'm fine with those. I haven't seen my patients get irritation with those azelaic acid formulations."
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"I personally recommend the inky list azelaic acid product. I've loved using that one before. It's a simple but affordable product."
Yay
"The Inky List launched these Super Solutions, which are a little bit more expensive at around seventeen dollars, but it is worth every cent. This is the Azelaic Acid 10 Redness Relief Solution. If you have rosacea, this is amazing. It can be used alongside your prescriptions; obviously speak to your doctor or dermatologist first. But this is one of the main active ingredients that is used to treat rosacea. It's also pregnancy safe. This is so good, super potent, and really helps with redness. It's also great if you do have redness associated with acne or pustular rosacea. This can be a really safe over-the-counter option to use. It also doesn't get gritty or sticky the way a lot of other azelaic acid products do. It can be really hard to formulate with; this one is super smooth."
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"The INKEY List actually have a 10% azelaic acid from their Super Solutions line. This one is 10% azelaic acid but I also really like it because it has like this green tint that may help to reduce some of this redness. So if you're struggling with skin barrier damage, looking for something to calm and soothe the skin, this lightweight cream is really ideal."
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All 2 takes from Dr. Jenny Liu
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"The INKEY List actually have a 10% azelaic acid from their Super Solutions line. This one is 10% azelaic acid but I also really like it because it has like this green tint that may help to reduce some of this redness. So if you're struggling with skin barrier damage, looking for something to calm and soothe the skin, this lightweight cream is really ideal."
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"This is one that I really love myself when my skin gets irritated. [...] There's certainly no shortage of azelaic acid products on the market, but this one is really nicely formulated. It contains 10% azelaic acid like most azelaic acid products, but what I really love is it contains micro green particles with a little bit of a green tint that can really help to offset slightly red and inflamed skin. It also contains 0.3% allantoin that works together with azelaic acid to calm, soothe irritated, red, and inflamed skin. [...] It's got this nice hydrating but yet not sticky or super heavy texture, and once you apply it and it's rubbed in, it feels really lightweight, non-sticky, tacky, but yet your skin feels fairly hydrated. This is great if you have rosacea and you can't get in to see a dermatologist immediately for prescription medications. It's great for irritated and dry, damaged skin. For the most part, I have not found this serum to really cause burning or stinging when I'm using it, even when my skin is dry and irritated."

What the evidence says.

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

Azelaic acid

Azelaic acid has clinical evidence for both acne and rosacea, and it is one of the gentler options for calming redness while also working on marks left behind.

Source: DermNet

Humectants and emollients

Ingredients like these draw water into the surface layers and slow how fast it leaves. The evidence is for comfort, softness and hydration rather than for changing the structure of the skin.

Source: DermNet

Frequently asked.

What is The INKEY List Redness Relief Super Solutions 10% Azelaic Acid?

A lightweight serum containing 10% azelaic acid designed to calm redness, reduce breakouts, and even skin tone for acne-prone and sensitive skin.

Is The INKEY List Redness Relief Super Solutions 10% Azelaic Acid worth it?

Yes. All 9 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 91%.

What is The INKEY List Redness Relief Super Solutions 10% Azelaic Acid's Guru Score?

The INKEY List Redness Relief Super Solutions 10% Azelaic Acid holds a Guru Score of 91%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 9 expert reviewers we have collected. It is also Guru Certified, our mark for products that hold broad approval across many expert reviewers.

Who is The INKEY List Redness Relief Super Solutions 10% Azelaic Acid best for?

The INKEY List Redness Relief Super Solutions 10% Azelaic Acid is generally suited to sensitive skin and acne-prone skin.

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