Q&A for How to Use a Pumice Stone

As long as you're gentle and use them in water, pumice stones are pretty easy and safe to use.

It depends what you are using the pumice stone for but if it’s on your skin (exfoliation and hair removal), the pumice stone should always be made wet first, to avoid causing any injury to your skin. A pumice stone should be dry if you’re using it to remove lint from fabric and for other suitable cleaning purposes. Use of the pumice stone both for your skin and for lint removal are explained in the steps above.

There are various treatments suitable for removing dead skin from your feet, such as a pumice stone, scrubbing pastes, soaking your feet or some leave-on overnight remedies. These methods are fully explained in the wikiHow: How to Remove Dead Skin from Your Feet . You can also shave dead skin off your feet, and you’ll find help with doing this in the wikiHow: How to Shave Dead Skin Off Your Feet .

Yes, you certainly can use a pumice stone to clean the copper rings off a toilet bowl. Just be really careful to keep the toilet-cleaning pumice separate from any pumices you use to clean your skin. To use the pumice on your toilet bowl, wear cleaning gloves and hold the pumice in a firm grip. Rub the pumice stone over the toilet ring, scrubbing back and forth to remove it, moving around the ring until it is completely gone. Repeat for any other rings. Wash the pumice stone before storing with your cleaning products (it might help to keep it in a labelled container to avoid misusing it).

Do not use a pumice stone on your nipples! They are delicate and very sensitive parts of your anatomy and scrubbing your nipples with a pumic stone will most likely cause them to bleed and feel intensely painful. Moreover, there will be no benefit in terms of color change. For help with ideas to lighten your nipples, check out the wikiHow: How to Lighten Your Nipples .

A pumice stone is not recommended for use on facial skin because this skin is delicate and using a pumice stone may cause it to redden and even break. If used on whiteheads, scrubbing too hard can lead to skin ruptures or even bleeding, which will be painful and may also cause infection. It is best to find gentler, more effective treatments for your nose whiteheads, for example, see How to Stop Whiteheads .

You can use a pumice stone to gently rub under your arms but it will only remove dead skin buildup (which may have caused skin discoloration). It won’t lighten your natural skin color beneath any grime but can have the benefit of keeping this area nicely clean and therefore brighter in appearance. If used often, in some cases it may even remove some underarm hair permanently but this is not guaranteed.

This is not recommended. The pumice stone may clean the headlights of any surface dirt, it will also seriously damage the plastic. Try a magic eraser sponge instead; you can find it in the cleaning department of a supermarket.

You can find them at any drug store or beauty supply store. They are typically found in the personal care or bath products section, near the loofas, sponges, and nail brushes.

Pumice stones are a very light and porous volcanic rock (stone); they are usually whitish or grey in color. Pumice stones are used as an abrasive, especially for removing hard or callused skin. You can see pumice stones mounted with a handle or stringed in a pharmacy and the toiletries section of a general store.

Use a thin, lightly-damp washcloth instead. Brush in circular motion, rinse, then keep going. Follow up with vacuum.

No. As the article says, the stone will remove the hair close to the skin, in the same manner as shaving. The hair will grow back in a couple of days.

Pumice stones or bars vary in consistency but most are not suited for rubbing on your face. Instead, try a dab of tea tree oil (not near your eyes) and cover it overnight with part of a band-aid (the non-absorbent part). Repeat every few days, and you should see some diminishment in colour.

It might scratch or damage the glass. A towel will most likely work better.

Yes, but make sure you dissolve the corn a bit before you use the pumice because if you just rub at it with the pumice, it will hurt a lot and probably bleed.

Sandpaper will be better for smoothing your chair legs. If you need extremely smooth chair legs, you could consider high-grit automotive sandpaper.

Using a pumice stone to remove hand hair has no side effects. While removing hair isn't necessary, you may like the look or feel of hairless hands.

It could be, or it could just be dyed (which might wash off after a few uses).

I wouldn't unless you're trying to remove a few layers of skin, too.

No. Using a pumice stone on your teeth could seriously damage them.

Yes, it's great for getting those hard to reach bikini areas. Use it dry with moderate pressure in a circular motion. Results will be immediately felt and seen.

It would certainly remove the hair, although it might be a bit difficult to get around the shape of your armpit.

If it was an unnatural color, then it was probably dyed and black is the real color. Try washing your stone, as it may just be dirt. Otherwise, you can accept that this is the color of your stone, or you could try dyeing it.

Yes, but make sure you dissolve the corn a bit before you use the pumice or it will bleed and/or hurt a lot.

Sure you can! Just make sure you clean it often (pick any of the cleaning methods above) if you do.

No, you can't use a pumice stone to remove rust from your radiator.

Pumice stones are not age specific, but very soft skin could be damaged easily, so it could be unsuitable for children. People of all ages can use pumice stones to grind down callouses and exfoliate.

Pumice stones work better when wet, so you do not have to worry about keeping it dry.

A pumice stone will remove hair and calluses from your hand just like any other part of your body.

Pumice stones are much too harsh for the delicate skin on your face and can cause skin damage and redness.