Dear Black Skin Directory, I’m a Black woman and I’ve been battling adult acne. My skin is frequently often covered in lumpy spots and blemishes. This really gets me down, so I wear a lot of make up to cover it. Do you have any tips or advice how I can manage my 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.