Use This Underestimated Skin Tool, and Your Fave Products Will Be More Effective (2025)

last updated28 May 2020

StackedSkincare

Microneedling Tool 2.0

Created by Benjamin, this at-home derma-roller is my personal favorite and maintains an *almost* solid five-star rating on Sephora's website with over 102 reviews. It's designed to be safe for daily use. Just ensure your horizontal, vertical, and diagonal strokes are gentle and that you're disinfecting your roller head after each and every use with rubbing alcohol. (And replace it monthly!)

BeautyBio

GloPro Microneedling Regeneration Tool

Violet Grey is known for only carrying the best, expert-approved products and tools in the beauty market. Thus, it's telling that this is the one and only derma-rolleritcarries. It's specifically designed to trigger the skin's micro-rejuvenation response and, in turn, even out skin texture, plump up fine lines, and help the skin-loving ingredients in your fave products work more effectively. You can use this tool alone or right before your product regimen.

Ora

Face Microneedle Dermal Roller System

Ora's best-selling derma-rollers have developed a cult following among skincare enthusiastseverywhere, and whileit hasan assortment of covetable options, this is the most-wanted, highest-rated model on Dermstore's website. It has ultra-fine, 0.5-millimeter needles that effortlessly glide over your skin, creating painless micro-punctures that signal your skin to up theante with collagen and elastin production. The result? Glowing, plump-looking skin.

Skin Gym

Goldie Face Roller

Aside from the fact that this is definitely the most aesthetically pleasingderma-roller in our roundup, it's also one of the best if you're looking for a noninvasive option that doesn't actually puncture the skin but still boosts circulation, relieves facial tension, and encourages deeper penetration of products. If you have active breakouts, rosacea, eczema, raised moles or warts, psoriasis, or keratosis, this is tool is the best alternative sans needles.

Nannette de Gaspé

Art of Noir Roller

This derma-roller is so popular it consistently sells out on Revolve's website and is one ofits best-selling beauty products in general. To increase natural exfoliation, improve the fine lines and wrinkles, boost radiance, and even help reduce pore size, lightly roll this sleek black number on your face, lips, neck, and carefully around your eye area.

Kitsch

Derma Roller

This top-rated Amazon find features 540 0.25-millimeter micro-needles made from surgical steel, which, according to the brand, is sharper and thus better for more even skin penetration. Did we mention the $13 price tag? We don't recommend all affordable derma-rollers, but this is a high-quality one we (and happy Amazon shoppers) completely back.

Linduray Skincare

Derma Roller Cosmetic Microneedling Kit

Another best seller on Amazon, this derma-roller is super-affordableand effective. It has 2126 ratings with an impressive 4.5-star rating. One happy customer even called it "pure witchcraft" for helping with their inflammation and uneven skin texture.

Lolysenta

Derma Roller

For just $10, this derma-roller racks in 1198 ratings on Amazon and 4.5-star average review. The 0.25-millimeter needles are made from titanium, durable, and when used with your favorite quality skincare products can help contribute to a healthier and more radiant complexion.

Koi Beauty

Titanium Derma Roller for Body

This titanium derma-roller from Koi Beauty is one of the best options out there if you want to extend the benefits of micro-needling to your body. With a longer neede length, this pick IS NOT (repeat after us, IS NOT) for your face but is perfectly acceptable for giving your body some extra TLC.

Teresa Tarmey

Microneedling Kit

This epic micro-needling kit has practically every product and tool you need for your healthiest, glowiest skin yet. Yes, it's an investment, but it's also a jackpot of exciting skin fixtures. Here's the skinny on what's inside: a lactic acid–spiked toner to exfoliate away dulling dead skin cells, a peptide treatment to boost firmness and even your skin tone, a derma-roller to stimulate skin repair, a gold-plated vibrating massage toolthatincreases the efficacy of your products, and last but certainly not least, a reusable silicone mask enriched with plumping hyaluronic acid for a one-two punch of hydration.

IS Clinical

Hydra-Cool Serum

This is one of my all-time favorite serums and is consistently recommended by facialists and dermatologists alike. It's lightweight, it absorbs instantly, and it even calms and cools your complexion with powerful botanicals, antioxidants, and hyaluronic acidfor an extra surge of moisture.

StackedSkincare

EGF Activating Serum

Finding a high-quality serum with epidermal growth factors is one of the best antidotes if you're looking to address and reduce a host of different skin concerns. According to Benjamin, this top pick is especially great for combating breakouts, lifting away pigmentation and lightening dark spots, and boosting healthy collagen production.

Erasa

Erasa XEP-30

This serum is one of the most technologically advanced on the market and is especially great for reducing fine lines and wrinkles. But it also works wonders for age spots and redness thanks to an exclusive, patented technology featuring a home-run combination of powerful neuropeptides including XEP 30, a biomimetic molecule that mimics the peptide found in cone snail venom.

Caudalíe

Vinoperfect Radiance Serum

Hands down, there's simply no better serum in terms of brightening and radiance-boosting prowess than Caudalíe's cult-loved French favorite. It boasts the brand's signature patented ingredient, Viniferine (a natural compound found in vine sap with potent brightening powers), alongside olive squalane, organic chamomile, and organic grape water.

Victoria Beckham by Augustinus Bader

Cell Rejuvenating Power Serum

An answered prayer, this serum (a superstar collab between Victoria Beckham and Augustinus Bader) addresses every kind of skin woe. Of course, it features the same patented technology which has made Bader's face creams THE best thing since sliced bread, but it's also brimming with other strategic additions like yeast ferment complex (for smooth skin texture and hydration), triple-weight hyaluronic acid (to lock in moisture), niacinamide (to calm and diminish redness), olive fruit extract (to protect against blue light damage), microalgae extract (to reduce damage from environmental pollutants), and floral biopeptides (to re-balance skin's surface bacteria).
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This article was originally published at an earlier date and has since been updated.