Confession From a Podiatrist

By Adam Cirlincione, DPM, Board-Certified Podiatrist

Hi — Adam here.

Quick thing I wish more people knew.

Please stop cutting your cuticles.

I see it all the time in my office. Someone sits down, shows me their nails, and I can immediately tell those cuticles have been clipped.


I get it. It’s what most of us were taught to do. But here’s the part people don’t realize:
Your cuticle isn’t just extra skin. It’s actually a protective seal.

It sits between your nail and the surrounding skin, helping keep bacteria, fungus, and irritation out of the place where your nail grows.

When you cut it away, that seal breaks. And that’s when redness, irritation, and sometimes infections can sneak in.

So instead of clipping cuticles, we created Epic Cuticle Exfoliator.

It works a little differently.

The gentle, plant-based formula softens and melts away excess cuticle, letting what doesn’t belong there simply fall away — leaving naturally clean cuticle beds behind.

No clipping.
No tearing.
No fighting with your skin.

Just healthier nails doing what they’re supposed to do.

SHOP EPIC NOW!

Sometimes the best nail care move…
is leaving the clippers in the drawer.

— Adam
Co-Founder, Dr.’s Remedy Nail Care