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.

Colour correcting is the next step of the process, for which Adenuga recommends using an orange or peach toned corrector, and applying small amounts with a small, fluffy brush to the affected areas and gently blending out the edges. After colour correcting, apply a medium coverage foundation using a stippling technique, building coverage and focusing more on the areas with hyperpigmentation on Black skin.