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Five reasons we’re not fans of at home micro-needling on Black skin

Home use micro-needling devices, often called derma-rollers tend to be hand rolled across the skin (this action can create tears in the skin) and the pressure cannot be controlled. This means that users tend to be heavy handed and unknowingly cause injury to deeper layers of the skin. On Black skin, this opens up the risk of post inflammatory hyperpigmentation and keloid scarring.

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