I was a little hesitant with this facial cleanser as I wanted a somewhat heavy duty scrub since my skin gets so dry in the winter (living in Canada doesn't help) And this scrub doesn't have as many as the little exfoliating beads as many other scrubs. Thankfully I was pleasantly surprised! Within in the first use all my flaky dry skin was gone! The only thing a little disappointing was that it did not reduce the size of pores as stated on the package.