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What is hydroquinone?
Topical bleaching agents that inhibits the production of tyrosine
What is kojic acid?
Bleaching agent derived from bacteria in Japanese mushrooms
The use of light produced by lasers to destroy the bulb and hair follicles for hair removal is called what?
Photothermolysis
What botanical is antispasmodic?
Basil
What do clove and rosemary have in common?
Antiseptic
What skin classification system takes into account the clients ethnic background?
Lancer
What botanical is antiviral?
Eucalyptus
Which skin classification looks at specific issues of burning, tanning and post
inflammatory hyper pigmentation?
Goldman system
What disease is the under production of hydrocortisone?
Addison’s disease
What appears as red or pink solid bumps, open sores or ulcers that bleed easily?
Squamous cell carcinomas
When was the first laser for laser hair removal approved?
1995 or 2004
What is the most deadly but least common skin cancer?
Melanoma
How do electrons move to create a direct current?
Move in one direction
In what type of peels does the coagulation of the protein in the skin turn white?
TCA and jessner
What was the first hyaluronic acid approved for dermal filling?
Restalyn
What is a foreign substance that is recognized as an invader by the immune system?
Antigen
What is the process of dead skin shedding off the skin called?
Desquamation
The degree and acidity and alkalinity in a product is measured by what?
Hydrogen ions
What is edema?
Fluid and swelling under the skin
What causes women to have hirsutism and acne?
Androgen hormone
When a thermal mask cools, what happens to the skin?
Tightens and tones
Melanocytes, merkel cells and langerhans cells are found in what layer of the skin?
Stratum germanitivum
What is the name of the tissue that covers the top of the head?
Epicranial aponeurosis
What kind of allergic reactions occurs from exposure to allergens and irritants?
Contact dermatitis
Prior to receiving a chemical peel, a client predisposed to herpes should start treatment with what?
Antiviral medication
What are contraindications for micro current?
Epilepsy, pregnancy, pace makers, metal implants, high blood pressure
What is the pituitary gland?
Ductless gland
What gland regulates the body’s metabolism?
Thyroid
What is pin point bleeding
Small entry to the papillary dermis
