Originally posted by Medusa
Yes, this is true if you cut down to the skin. Guess I should've said something about that. I pull the fur away from the skin a little and cut through the mat itself, not underneath it. Then the rest is fairly easy to brush out.

Blessings,
Mary
The reason cutting a mat is dangerous is because the mat can actually pull the skin up with it. (take a wad of your own hair and pull it up slightly, pretend this it trhe mat, you can feel how your skin raises too......and a cat's skin is paper thin at spots, which makes this more pronounced)

Even a grromer who uses a clipper blade has to be super careful that a piece of skin does not get caught in the teeth.