ok, now im getting very confused - someone please help!!when i done my extension courses i was taught that The eponychium is living tissue around the bottom of the nail, and the cuticle is the non living tissue that builds up on the nail plate and should be removed. the eponychium should not be removed as this is living tissue.........now im doing my beauty therapy NVQ and in the manicure unit which we are doing now our manicure proceedure says this:Apply cuticle removerApply cuticle knife to eponychiumclip off any excess eponychium with cuticle nippers..........and so onIs this right??? how can we be clipping living tissue away??ive also looked in my textbook (beauty therapy by Janet Simms) and theres a diagram of the nail which points to Cuticle (eponychium) and cuticle (perionychium) which has just confused me even more!!!! i thought the cuticle was not the eponychium?the textbook also says the main part of the cuticle is the perionychium and the eponychium is the less significant part of dead skin tissues which lies beneath the perionychium and adheres to the nail plate??someone please clear this up for me!! very confused!!