We didn't blow up the finger in the picture to make it look super huge! Honest! It really does magnify your finger that large so you can pull out the tiny splinter that's been bugging you all day. It's one thing though to have a great, 5X magnification lens, but it's the tweezers that are the key. The tweezers' tips are ground to precision to make the job quick and painless. Adjustable to any angle, yet folds flat into its own plastic pouch. I've tested lots of tweezers, and these are the finest I've ever used. Buy one for your Mother-in-Law as well and maybe you won't have to look at the 2" hair growing out of her mole either!