After cuticle removal, a nail technician typically polishes ... compromising the cuticle could set the nail up for injury or ...

Fingernails and toenails are most often infected when bacteria enters an injury on the cuticle ... to remove part or all of the nail. Nail pain may develop due to a nail infection, ingrown ...

You may want to trim your cuticles to improve the appearance of your nails, but it's important to leave cuticle removal to the ... and more susceptible to infection," Linda J.