Bits of hard skin next to finger nails, what is it called?

when you get pieces of skin like little sticks sort of on the side of your finger nails, not chilblains its just hard bits of skin on the finger besides the fingernailsBits of hard skin next to finger nails, what is it called?
It's called the cuticle and it is just a layer of dead skin cells.Bits of hard skin next to finger nails, what is it called?
I'm pretty sure that they're cuticles. The part of skin closest to the nails--under and to the sides.
i've always called them hang nails because they're bits of skin that hang next to the nails!