This peeling gel actually works! It isn't just one that crumbles and looks like it has removed dead skin. It doesn't dry out my skin or leave it feeling raw, so people who have quite a bit of texture could use it more often. The back of my hand doesn't really have much dead skin so it isn't really the best place to test it. But you can in the photo that they're aren't that many crumblies. This shows that it isn't just crumbling for the sake of looking like it's doing something.