Oh, no. Definitely not.

[He shakes his head. Petrification is one of those things you really don't want to happen to you.]

We have a draught in my world that cures it. ...Unfortunately it's made from mature mandrakes, and they take around a year or so, so I'm not sure that's a plausible cure.

[That and he doesn't actually know how to make it, or if he even can make it without magic. But he'll just skip over that part.]