About Dermavitas

Questions and answers

What is Dermavitas?

Dermavitas is an AI-powered cosmetic skincare platform that turns a selfie and a six-question profile into a personalized AM/PM routine with ingredient-level reasoning and application order.

How long does an analysis take?

Under 60 seconds. No account is required to run the free skin analysis or to see the resulting routine.

Which tools are free?

AI Skin Analysis, Scan My Shelf, the Ingredient Checker (Should I Buy This?), the Routine Conflict Checker, and the Ingredient Library are all free.

What does premium add?

Premium adds the AI Skin Coach, the full AI toolkit, weekly progress photo tracking, routine reminders, and saved routines across devices.

Is Dermavitas medical advice?

No. Dermavitas provides cosmetic guidance only and does not diagnose, treat, or prevent any medical condition. Acne, rosacea, eczema, and changing moles should be reviewed by a licensed dermatologist.

How does Scan My Shelf work?

You list or photograph the products you already own and Dermavitas sorts them into keep, skip, conflict, and missing buckets, then sequences the keepers into a working routine.

Tools and pages

• Free skin analysis — selfie plus questionnaire, returns an AM/PM routine.
• Free tools — index of all five free AI tools.
• Scan My Shelf — builds a routine from products you already own.
• Ingredient checker — judges a product by its ingredient list.
• Routine conflict checker — flags actives that should not be layered.
• Ingredient library — what each active does and pairs with.
• How it works — application order and method.
• Pricing — free and premium plans.

Library articles

• The four-product routine that beats a ten-step shelf — Most shelves contain three products doing the same job. Here is the shortest routine that still does everything a routine needs to do.
• AM and PM application order, explained by texture — Forget memorizing lists. One rule — thinnest to thickest, with two exceptions — gets the order right every time.
• Retinoids vs exfoliating acids: which one is your one active? — Both improve visible texture. They do it by different mechanisms, on different timelines, with very different tolerance costs.
• Niacinamide: what it actually does at 4%, 10%, and 20% — The most over-recommended ingredient in skincare is genuinely useful — at a much lower concentration than the marketing implies.
• Visible texture and midday shine: a cosmetic approach — Rough patches and a shiny T-zone usually come from the same place — a routine that strips, then over-corrects.
• How to read an ingredient list in 30 seconds — The front of the bottle is advertising. The back is a document, and it follows rules you can use.
• Vitamin C forms compared: which one is worth the shelf space — L-ascorbic acid, ascorbyl glucoside, THD ascorbate — different stability, different tolerance, very different price per result.
• Build a better routine from the products you already own — Before you buy anything, audit the shelf. Most people already own a complete routine and one or two conflicts.
• Sunscreen: how to choose one you will actually reapply — The best sunscreen is not the highest SPF. It is the one whose texture you tolerate at 2pm on a Tuesday.
• Hyaluronic acid and what hydration actually requires — A humectant alone can make dry skin feel drier. Hydration is a three-part job, and most routines only do one part.
• The two-week barrier reset for over-treated skin — Stinging, tightness, and sudden sensitivity are not a sign to add a soothing serum. They are a sign to remove almost everything.
• Cleanser types compared: gel, cream, balm, oil, and micellar — The cleanser is the step most likely to be wrong, and the cheapest one to fix. Here is what each format is actually for.

Blog articles

• Why your skincare routine should start with your shelf, not a shopping cart — Most people already own 70% of a good routine. The problem is order, pacing, and two products quietly cancelling each other out.
• The 60-second rule that shaped our skin analysis onboarding — Six questions and one photo. Everything else is asked later, once you've already seen something useful.
• How to read a skincare ingredient list in 30 seconds — The first five ingredients and the last five tell you almost everything. The marketing in the middle rarely does.
• Skincare progress photos only work if you take them badly the same way — Consistency beats quality. Same light, same angle, no filter — once a week is enough to see what four weeks of a routine did.
• Why Dermavitas stays cosmetic — and where a dermatologist starts — There is a clear line between improving how skin looks and treating a condition. We stay firmly on one side of it.
• The four skincare ingredient conflicts that actually matter — The internet lists dozens of forbidden combinations. In practice, a handful cause nearly all the irritation we see.
• AI dermatologist: what an AI skin analysis can actually tell you (and what it can't) — AI skin tools can read visible texture, tone, oil and hydration cues from a selfie and turn them into a routine. They cannot diagnose disease. Here is the honest line between the two.
• Acne face map: what breakouts on your forehead, chin, cheeks, and jawline actually mean — Face mapping is popular because breakout patterns are real. The organ-based version isn't. Here is what each zone genuinely tells you — and what to do about it.