Dermadoctor: The Best Products and Brand Review

There absolutely needs to be a word for "I bought it because I liked the label." I don't think there's any feeling quite like that on Earth, and it's even better when it pays off—unlike those several bottles of wine I purchased solely because the label was nice. My label spontaneity was tempted when I saw Dermadoctor on a shelf while looking for a Vitamin C Serum, and the lavender-on-royal-purple color scheme called my name over and over again, louder every single time. So I picked up the brand's Kakadu C 20% Vitamin C Serum with Ferulic Acid & Vitamin E, smacked it on my face, and you would think that I had just told Spotify to play Jessie Ware, because I was saying "I love you" to this serum. The combination of ascorbic acid, kakadu fruit extract, and ferulic acid all came together to give me a glow. But it wasn't until after weeks of use that I knew this was a long-term love affair. Of course, being the unbelievably curious and open-minded person I am, I was dying to know more about the brand, so I reached out to Dermadoctor founder Audrey Kunin, MD, to find out more.

Kunin started Dermadoctor initially as an e-commerce platform for consumers to purchase hard-to-find dermatologically approved products, but found after a year that there were several subcategories of skincare that weren't being treated or served. "As my background is in chemistry and compounding, I recognized that I would be able to create formulations that would aid in common skin issues," she explains. " It took me approximately four years. and I launched with just a handful of products that included treatments for a variety of concerns ranging from keratosis pilaris, which affects half the world’s population, to underarm skin discoloration with a brightening antiperspirant, as well as a redness-reducing cream for sensitive and rosacea-prone individuals."

The brand is a true innovator—it was one of the first companies to focus on keratosis pilaris with a patented treatment, to address underarm discoloration with a brightening antiperspirant, and to create the category of the dual physical and chemical exfoliating scrub. If you're an ingredients geek or want products that are both efficacious and clinically proven to work, Dermadoctor is perfect for you. "It is our innovation that gives us our competitive edge against the beauty corporations of the world," says Kunin.

Read on for some of the best, must-try products from Dermadoctor.