PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a scrubbing agent with a good feeling of use which satisfies all of proper flexibility which does not damage the skin, an action to remove skin pollution and aging horny cells, and a proper massaging effect, and to provide an application thereof.SOLUTION: The invention relates to a scrubbing agent comprising one or more kinds of oval-shaped or needle-shaped polymer particles, wherein (1) the average (LAV) of the major axis (L) of a projection two-dimensional figure obtained by irradiating light from the direction which intersects perpendicularly with a major axis direction is 0.1-200 μm, (2) the average (DAV) of the minor axis (D) of the projection two-dimensional figure obtained by irradiating light from the direction which intersects perpendicularly with a major axis direction is 0.05-100 μm, (3) the average (PAV) of an aspect ratio (L/D) calculated from the above major axis (L) and a minor axis (D) is 2-50, and (4) the bulk density is 0.01-0.7 g/mL.SELECTED DRAWING: NoneCOPYRIGHT: (C)2016,JPO&INPIT【課題】皮膚を傷つけない適度な柔軟性、皮膚の汚れや老化角質細胞の除去作用、及び適度なマッサージ効果を全て満たす、使用感が良好なスクラブ剤とその用途を提供すること。【解決手段】(1)長軸方向と直交する方向から光を照射して得られる投影二次元図の長径(L)の平均(LAV)が0.1~200μm、(2)長軸方向と直交する方向から光を照射して得られる投影二次元図の短径(D)の平均(DAV)が0.05~100μm、(3)上記長径(L)と短径(D)とから算出されるアスペクト比(L/D)の平均(PAV)が2~50、及び(4)嵩密度が0.01~0.7g/mLである楕円状又は針状ポリマー粒子を1種以上含むスクラブ剤。【選択図】なし
