112.6 Hair Removal Theory Flashcards

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Two categories of Hair Removal

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Temporary and permanent

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Hirsutism

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A condition where women grow hair in areas of the body that men typically grow more hair

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Types of temporary hair removal

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Shaving, waxing, chemical depilatories, threading, tweezing, and sugaring

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Shaving

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Most often used; performed with electric shaver, clippers, or razor

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5
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Chemical Depilatories

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A painless method of hair removal that dissolves the hair at skin level

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Forms of Chemical Depilatories

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Cream, paste, powder (which is designed to be mixed)

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Main ingredient in Chemical Depilatories

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Thioglycolic acid derivative; alkaline PH (POTENTIAL HYDROGEN)

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Epilation

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The removal of hair from the follicle

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Methods of Epilation

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Tweezing, Waxing, Threading, Sugaring, Electrolysis, Laser, photoepilation

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Tweezing

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Hair removal method most commonly used to remove hair from smaller areas; brows, chin, around the mouth; grasp individual hair and remove in direction of hair growth

Using on larger areas would be too time consuming and painful

Can be used to supplement other hair removal methods

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11
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Shaping the Eyebrows

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Brows begin over the side corner of the eye

Highest point of the arch should occur over the outside of the iris

Diagonal line from the outside of the nose, extending past the outside on the eye; end location of the eyebrow

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Waxing

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Service where hair is physically removed from the follicle

Used of large and small areas

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13
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Types of wax

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Hard; non-strip (most common)

Soft; strip

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14
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Soft wax

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Asses direction of hair growth 
Apply cleansing gel 
Light dust with powder
Obtain wax
Apply wax at 45 degree angle 
Discard spatula 
Apply removal strip, press, and smooth 
Hold skin taught and remove strip 
Apply pressure
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15
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When waxing…

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Always check temp on wrist, never double dip, do not wax over sunburn, advise client to not suntan following waxing service, avoid waxing lanugo; make cause skin to loose softness.

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Hard wax

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Asses direction, apply cleansing gel, obtain wax, 45 degree angle application, hold skin taught and remove wax, apply removal strip; press and smooth, apply pressure

Hard wax is idea for small areas, wimps, and sensitive skin.

Still hurts tho

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Contraindications for waxing

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Prior to waxing, asses contraindications that may suggest avoiding the service, (ie; varicose vains, moles, warts, herpes, acne, sunburn, rashes, cysts/boils, rosacea

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Threading

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Ancient method of hair removal that utilizes 100% cotton thread that is twisted in rolled along the surface of the skin

Results last 4 to 6 weeks

Threading has been some popular as an alternative to other procedures

threading requires additional specialized training

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Sugaring

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Is hair removal technique that utilizes a paste me primarily of sugar that is applied to the skin in rolling motion

Sugar paste it here is only to the hair not to the skin and it’s easily removed with water

when removed the strip it takes hair along with it

A benefit of sugaring is that hair as short as 1/8 of an inch long can be removed

20
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Appropriate hair removal method for each body area

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Waxing: face upper lip eyebrows under arms arms bikini line back/shoulders legs and type of feet and toes

Tweezing: face upper lip and eyebrows

depilatories: arms back/shoulders, legs, top of feet and toes

21
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Male grooming

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Men also get waxing services they’re just not likely to brag about it common waxing for men are eyebrows back and chest

22
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Permanent hair reduction

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Method of permanent hair reduction that are used by professionals trained in this particular areas are electrolysis and light

Requires additional specialized training

23
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Electrolysis

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Uses electric current damage the cells of the papilla in disrupt hair growth

Performed by a licensed professional

require specialized training

24
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Three methods of electrolysis

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Galvanic, thermolysis, and blend

25
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Goal of electrolysis

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The goal is to damage enough papilla (growth) cells so that either a lighter finer diameter hair grows back or ideally no hair grows from the follicle at all several treatments per follicle exposure to current are normally require before lasting results are achieve

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Galvanic method

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The galvanic electrolysis method destroys their hair by decomposing the papilla

Multiple wire needles or Probes are inserted into the follicle

Low level current passes into the needle and causes a chemical reaction and the cells of the papilla

Galvanic electrolysis sometime it’s called the multiple needle process

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Thermolysis method

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Thermolysis or high frequency short wave method involves inserting a single needle or probe into the follicle

28
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Blend method

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Hair removal is a combination of galvanic in thermolysis technology