I have a dry body brush I have used to stimulate my lymph system, an almost mitt kind of thing that I have been trying to find a suitable replacement for, literally for 20 years. Everything else out there has been too soft to really move the lymph around. This one is DEFINITELY much stiffer, almost too much so, practically a horse brush, BUT the bristles will break down over time ( they already felt better the 2nd time I used it). Dry body brushes are exactly that; they are NOT meant to be used in the shower, so anyone complaining about the wooden part that holds the bristles breaking down after showering with it, that's misuse of the product, and not what it was designed for.