brush is far too soft for me but i only bought it for the handle [SEP] i needed a long handle for a back brush with much stiffer bristles that would really scrib my backthis brush feels more like a soft hand sliding smoothly down your back rather than scrubbing itso i threw the brush away and jammed the handle into an eppco heavy duty two sided hand nail brush and i am happy it has a smaller surface but the bristles actually scrub your skinmore expensive than i would like but it works for me