DermoraFind out if your routine works before you replace it.
Skin changes over four to six week cycles, which is far slower than the daily mirror check most people judge it by. That mismatch is why working routines get abandoned in week two. Weekly scored photos from the same angles turn a vague sense that something might be helping into a line on a chart you can actually read.
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What gets tracked week to week
Same three angles
Front and both sides, matched to your baseline, because comparison only works when framing holds still.
Seven category scores
Breakouts, redness, texture, pigmentation, hydration, oil balance, and barrier, each trended separately.
Overall score trend
The single number over time, which is what shows whether the direction of travel is right.
Change markers
When you started or stopped a product, so a dip can be traced to the week it began.
Category divergence
The common case where one score climbs while another falls, invisible without separate tracking.
Plateaus
Stretches where nothing moves, which is the signal to change something rather than wait longer.
You cannot see a slow change in a face you see daily.
Gradual change is invisible to daily observation. You see your face every morning, so each day looks like the last, and the cumulative shift over eight weeks never registers. Worse, the mirror is heavily influenced by things that have nothing to do with your skin: the bathroom light, how much you slept, the angle you happen to be standing at, and what kind of mood you woke up in.
Photographs taken under matched conditions remove most of that noise. Scoring them removes the rest, because a number does not care whether you are feeling good about yourself today. The pattern people find most useful is the one where they were convinced nothing was working, and the trend line shows their texture score climbed six points over ten weeks.
Consistency matters more than camera quality.
Same time of day, same light source, ideally daylight from a window rather than overhead bathroom lighting, bare face, no makeup, hair back, neutral expression, and the same three angles each time. A phone camera is completely sufficient. What ruins comparability is not resolution, it is shooting Monday morning by a window and the next one on a Friday night under a bulb.
Your first analysis is free and sets the baseline you will measure everything against. Weekly check-ins, progress history, and score comparisons are part of Plus at $6.99 a month, and Pro adds unlimited scans and a coach with access to your full history. Photos are stored privately, and you can delete them at any time.
Common questions about progress tracking.
How often should I take skincare progress photos?
Weekly is the sweet spot, and it is what Dermora's check-ins are built around. Daily photos mostly capture sleep, lighting, and hydration noise rather than real change. Monthly leaves a bad routine running four weeks longer than it needed to. Weekly is frequent enough to catch problems while giving skin time to actually move.
How long before I see results from a new routine?
Expect four to six weeks for most changes to become measurable, and closer to twelve for pigment and texture work. Hydration can shift within days. The common mistake is declaring a product useless at two weeks, which is roughly when a retinoid is still in its purging phase and about to start helping.
Why does my skin look worse in photos than in the mirror?
Mirrors are forgiving in ways cameras are not: you view yourself at a familiar angle and distance, and your brain smooths what it expects to see. Camera lenses, flash, and overhead light flatten and exaggerate texture. This is another reason to compare photos only against your own earlier photos under matched conditions, never against the mirror.
Are my progress photos private?
Yes. Photos are held in private storage tied to your account, are not public, and are not used to train models. You can delete them at any time, and deleting your account removes them. Tracking only works if you are willing to take the photos, so this is not somewhere we take chances.
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Your first full analysis is free: seven category scores, your top priorities, and a routine you can start tonight.
Start tracking freeDermora provides cosmetic skin analysis and general skincare guidance. It does not diagnose, treat, or replace care from a board-certified dermatologist.