Well, to be honest, I'm just blowing my nose with it. I will say that they are quite thick and soft, but what else do you need? For me it is better than Kleenex. *** After posting my short and simple comments I just read some other reviews. Obviously it's not as easy as I thought and I need to be more insightful. Other reviews go from one extreme to the other: they're small, they're big; they are soft, they are too thin; wash well and do not iron, do not crease and iron well; They are well made, they fall apart after washing. The only reasonable answer is that, as one review put it, Chinese quality control is inconsistent. Either that, or we all have completely different expectations and ideas. But I still maintain that they are good enough to blow your nose.