Men's skincare rests on one claim: that men's skin needs its own bottle. It doesn't. Sebum runs a little higher, the dermis a little thicker, none of it enough for a separate molecule. What the gray tube and sterner font sell is the same formula at a second price. The demand, though, is real: Mintel put facial skincare use among Gen Z men at 68 percent in 2024, up from 42 in 2022, and NielsenIQ has US men's grooming at $7.1 billion. Unilever bought Dr. Squatch, reportedly for about $1.5 billion; Dwayne Johnson's Papatui sells ceramides and niacinamide at Target for $8 to $13, the same workhorses as everyone else. When the chemistry is identical, the celebrity is the product. Read the ingredient list, not the pronoun, and ask at what percent.
Same Serum, Deeper Voice
Gen Z men are buying skincare at rates their fathers never did, and the industry has learned how to sell them the same formula twice.
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