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MrIzzz the flat end is to push back your cuticles (the skin at the end of your nail) - first put cuticle cream then push back or the skin will crack. The pointy end is more to clean under your nails. I actually looked up the meaning of cuticle and got a good laugh at meaning # 2 from m-w.com
Main Entry: cu·ti·cle
Pronunciation: 'kyü-ti-k&l
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin cuticula, diminutive of cutis skin -- more at HIDE
1 : SKIN, PELLICLE: as a : an external investment (as of an insect) secreted usually by epidermal cells b : the outermost layer of animal integument (as in humans) when composed of epidermis c : a thin continuous fatty or waxy film on the external surface of many higher plants that consists chiefly of cutin
2 : dead or horny epidermis
- cu·tic·u·lar /kyu-'ti-ky&-l&r/ adjective
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