this review title is: works as advertised and the content is: helps clear out your pores obviously not sure if the charcoal helps about the same as the generic ones you buy at the drug storethese work fine but i would not pay extra for them if they are cheaper than the non charcoal ones i would buy these instead hope that helps.there are other information for this review, one is this reviewer did not purchase it and the other is 0 people think this review is helpful.