It really works just like a normal pore strip! To me it's actually way better because now I can put it all over. It smells really nice and easy to apply , comes with the paper strips as well. I do have to heat some water and just throw the bottle in there for like 5 min and melts because when you open it up it's like a giant wet marshmallow lol. But it takes the pores out great so cool to see them come out all over the place now. It didn't give me no skin reaction so that's another plus.