Dr Zara Khan is a dermatologist, K-Beauty enthusiast, and co-founder of Korean Skincare Arabia. She leads the authenticity verification methodology that underpins the store’s batch-code guides and product sourcing.
About Dr Zara Khan
As a practising dermatologist and lifelong Korean skincare enthusiast, Dr Zara Khan co-founded Korean Skincare Arabia to solve a problem she saw repeatedly across the Gulf: counterfeit and expired Korean skincare sold through unregulated marketplaces. Korean skincare is one of the most counterfeited product categories in the world, and the GCC receives a heavy share of it.
Dr Khan’s work focuses on helping shoppers in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Bahrain distinguish genuine, in-date products from fakes — and ensuring that every product Korean Skincare Arabia sells ships direct from Seoul with a manufacturer batch code that can be independently verified.
Areas of focus
- Dermatology and skin-barrier health in hot, humid Gulf climates
- Korean skincare ingredient science — PDRN, peptides, niacinamide, snail mucin, centella
- Counterfeit detection and batch-code verification for K-beauty products
- Authentic sourcing direct from Seoul for the GCC market
The authenticity methodology
Dr Khan developed and reviews the verification methodology behind Korean Skincare Arabia’s batch-code guides. Each guide explains how to decode a specific brand’s batch code, determine manufacture and expiry dates, and identify the markers that separate a genuine product from a counterfeit. This methodology is applied to every product the store stocks, all of which are shipped direct from the brand’s Seoul supply chain.
A note on trust
Korean Skincare Arabia’s entire position rests on authenticity. As a dermatologist, Dr Khan stands behind both the verification guidance published on this site and the genuineness of every product sold. If you can verify a fake, you can trust the source that sells you the real one.