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I had the body scrub (skin peel) but it was with a rough weave linen/canvas pad that sort of looked like an oven mitt.... have to say my skin was fabulous for weeks afterward.
That's the kind I love. The first time I had one was in Seoul and it was amazing, although it is kind of terrifying to see just how much gunk they can scrub off you! You don't really want to know what you're walking around with on your skin!
The charades aspect can be amusing. I speak Russian, but not Turkish or Kazakh or Hungarian or Arabic or Korean, so most of my bath house experiences have been short on language and long on observation. In Korea in particular, I was alone (a Korean friend's mom had made the reservation for me, but she didn't go in with me), so I had absolutely no idea what was going on or what I was supposed to be doing. But I still had a great time after I watched other people and got the hang of it!