This cleanser gently cleanses the skin and also helps exfoliate dead skin cells from the skin's surface. This cleanser gently cleanses the skin. The 2.5% Benzoyl Peroxide is an Anti-Bacterial agent which helps kill the acne causing bacteria. The cleanser also helps dry-up excess oil. The Pumice, or tiny rough granules, helps deep-clean the pores of the skin, loosening deeply impacted impurities so that they can be rinsed away. The cleansing action of the Pumice also helps to exfoliate dead skin cells from the skin's surface.