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Have you tried soaking your hands in warm water before pushing your cuticles back? I have used Blue Cross cuticle remover for years and it does work. There are also cuticle oils on the market that are very effective. Unless you are applying a moisturizing agent before trying to push the cuticle back, you are always going to end up with dry, ragged looking skin which is prone to infection.

The only times I cut a client's cuticles is if they have a hangnail, a piece of skin that could snag and cause a tear, or if there is an overgrowth of the cuticle that can be dislodged from the nail plate with gentle pushing. So in other words, I will only cut excess cuticle, and not the part that is protecting the nail (cuticles are a waterproof barrier for the nail, lodged between the skin and nail plate, and should not be completely removed). Pushing them back and applying an oil allows them to be more supple, prevents dryness leading to tearing, and prevents them from adhering to the nail. Sometimes excess cuticle can be gently scraped rather than cut, depending on the tools used and the strength of the cuticle removing cream used. Regardless of your methods though, make sure all implements used are disinfected properly (In a salon, implements should be kept in sanitizer such as Barbicide, which kills fungus, Hepatitis, and HIV) If in doubt, bring your own clean utensils.

u need some cuticle nippers and soack them in warm water