An object of the present invention is to provide a scrubbing agent that easily removes old skin cells and hardly enters a food chain, and a method for using the scrubbing agent. A scrubbing agent 1 has activated carbon 10 having a spherical shape and a median diameter in a range of 100 to 800 μm. The activated carbon 10 satisfies the following condition (1). Condition (1): 1 g of activated carbon sample is sprayed on the surface of a beaker in which 100 g of pure water at a temperature of 20 ° C. is placed at a depth of 5 cm, and the beaker is placed in a vacuum desiccator and vacuumed for 20 minutes using a vacuum pump. After pulling, the pure water in the beaker is stirred for 1 minute at a rotation speed of 100 rpm using a stirrer, and when the beaker is allowed to stand for 30 minutes, 95% by mass or more of the sample is precipitated on the bottom of the beaker. [Selection] Figure 1【課題】古い皮膚細胞を除去しやすく、食物連鎖に入り込み難いスクラブ剤、その使用方法を提供する。【解決手段】スクラブ剤１は、球状、かつ、粒径がメジアン径で１００～８００μｍの範囲内にある活性炭１０を有している。活性炭１０は、次の条件（１）を満たしている。条件（１）：温度２０℃の純水１００ｇが水深５ｃｍで入れられたビーカーの水面上に活性炭の試料１ｇを散布し、ビーカーを真空デシケーター内に載置して真空ポンプを用いて２０分間真空引きした後、ビーカー内の純水を撹拌子を用いて回転数１００ｒｐｍで１分間撹拌し、そのままビーカーを３０分間静置した場合に、試料の９５質量％以上がビーカーの底に沈殿する。【選択図】図１
