i am a dude and these are pretty good [SEP] i do not know anything about the other reviews that talk about the original salux from japan versus impostors from china i have never owned a product like this before i am male and have sensitive skin that is prone to irritation that results in random pores getting clogged on my arms or chest or legs i bought these on a recommendation to test out and see if they helped i have only had them for a few days and cannot really say yet if they have done anything for my pores or not but they do seem to be doing a really good job at exfoliating my skinthe individual towels are roughly inches wide by or inches long they are made of some sort of woven nylon or plastic material that is kind of wavy and extremely abrasive when rubbed across the skin you use the towel by putting a dollop of liquid soap onto it and then rubbing it onto your body to create a lather the towel is long enough that you can easily scrub your back by holding the ends of the towel and pulling back and forth the towels are abrasive enough that it really feels like you are scraping a layer of skin off probably not appropriate for use anywhere sensitivei am loving these so far highly recommended