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A Roman shaving experiment
I have actually found a chunk of the bubbly sort of pumice sold for foot-smoothing,
but it *was* unusual. Most are the more solid-looking stone. Anyhow, I
tried it for an experiment in shaving my legs, since I had read about
this being used for that purpose. It seemed inffective- I ended up just
scraping the heck out of my shins- until I tried doing a 'roman bath'.
I revised my technique by soaking for a long period of time in hot water
and oiling my skin, then scraping with a 'strigil' made from a convenient
coolwhip lid. THEN I tried the holey pumice, and some hair did come off,
with less scraping of my tender skin. I think that freshly steamed and
oiled skin is necessary to make this work at all. It was interesting,
but very time-consuming, and mostly seems to work by wearing off the hair,
so that when it grows it is still tapered. Not something I would do every
week for the sake of vanity.
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