Brand Comparison
Xhekpon vs The History of Whoo
A head-to-head comparison of two popular K-beauty brands. Which one is right for your skin?
Our Pick
The History of Whoo
Higher editor rating (8.8 vs 8)
Xhekpon
Xhekpon is the sleeper hit of Spanish pharmacy beauty โ a brand that's been on pharmacy shelves since 1993 with essentially one hero product (the Crema Facial collagen cream) that became a cult favourite through word-of-mouth rather than marketing spend. The brand's positioning is radically simple: hydrolyzed collagen as the star active, supported by Centella asiatica (healing and anti-inflammatory) and aloe vera (hydration and soothing), in clean formulations at under-โฌ15 price points. The Crema Facial is the iconic product โ originally developed for post-surgical wound healing and tissue repair, it became a mainstream anti-aging product when Spanish women discovered that the tissue-repair mechanism (stimulating fibroblast activity via collagen peptides) produced visible skin-tightening and wrinkle reduction. At ~$15 for 40ml, it's among the most affordable effective anti-aging products in any pharmacy. The brand expanded into eye contour cream, serum, and body care โ all maintaining the collagen-first, minimal-formulation philosophy. Less clinical than Mesoestetic, less flashy than ISDIN, more focused than Sesderma โ Xhekpon is what happens when a single-ingredient thesis proves right and the brand has the discipline to stay on it for 30 years.
Pros
- โ the Crema Facial is a genuine cult product โ 30 years of pharmacy-counter loyalty
- โ hydrolyzed collagen + Centella asiatica โ two evidence-backed actives in minimal formulations
- โ pharmacy pricing under โฌ15 โ one of the most affordable effective anti-aging ranges
- โ post-surgical wound-healing origin gives the collagen thesis clinical grounding
Cons
- โ brand awareness outside Spain and Latin America is very low
- โ the product range is small โ essentially variations on the collagen theme
- โ packaging is purely functional โ no aspirational design language








