What is the best way to do cuticle prep?
I was taught to push cuticles back, & I did so as a nail tech faithfully on all my clients at every fill. Until after having nailz myself for 15 years straight & my cuticles wouldn't seal to my nail anymore & they were tender!?!? Not infected, but tender & gaping!?, like I could see under my cuticles. Not cool! Â
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So I experimented with not pushing back cuticles & just removing the flaky residue in front of the cuticle.Â
Within a year, my cuticles re-sealed to my nail plate & the tenderness went away. Â
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In the past 8 years since then, I no longer push cuticles back, but only remove the flaky residue in front of the cuticle. & that is also what we teach our Intro Associates. Remove the residue with cutique, but don't push on the protective seal, which can be damaging longterm.Â
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Cutique is an enzyme which softens the flaky residue making easy to gently rub off with a cuticle tool, & can be found at this linkÂ