2 Flashcards
Cellulite treatments are meant to exfoliate and what?
Detoxify
What machine has an electrochemical effect?
Galvanic
How many days after microderm should a client wait to receive injections?
1-2 days
Direct current causing a chemical reaction is called a what?
Galvanic
Prior to a jessner peel, what would you do?
Strip skin if oil with acetone
What makes you the nucleus of an atom?
Protons and neutrons
What is a special type of current used in the treatment of telangiectasia?
Diatherapy
What are blood borne pathogens?
Infectious substances in the
blood that cause infections and diseases
What are lesions that are noncancerous referred to as?
Benign
What causes hirsutism?
Hormonal imbalance
What are the connectors of the upper epidermal tissue called?
Desmosomes
What is the name for expanding blood vessels?
Vasodilation
What is a contraindication for lymphatic drainage?
Auto immune disease
What is an example of a poleolytic (protein dissolving) treatment?
Gommage
What is a disease that causes the skin to thin and bruise easily?
Cushing’s disease
What skin type is sensitive to peels?
Asian
What is the name of the scale that is used to identify sun tolerance of the skin?
Fitzpatrick
Which hormone causes pores to open up and produce more sebum in teenagers?
Androgen
What is the skeletal structure that protects the heart, lungs, and internal organs?
Thorax
What contraindicates the use of a suction machine?
Couperose skin
What does organic mean?
Contains carbon
When massaging the hands and arms, what muscles would you affect?
Supinators, flexors, extensors
After a laser resurfacing treatment, how soon after can a patient tolerate exfoliation?
1 month
What causes allergic reactions?
Histamines
What treatment aids in healing and repairing tissue, and stimulate collagen and elastin
production?
Micro current
What determines how many passes a microderm client can have?
Thickness of skin
Which gland coordinates the production and release of hormones that travel to the
pituitary gland from the base of the brain?
Hypothalamus
What condition does thinning skin, hair loss and weight loss relate to?
Hyperthyroidism
Sphingolipids, glycosphingolips, and ceramides are a natural part of what matrix?
Intercellular matrix
What skin condition is a contraindication for microdermabrasion?
Rosacea
What type of exfoliation is microdermabrasion?
Mechanical
What is the depth level of a peel that affects the papillary dermis?
Medium depth
What are contraindications for facial waxing?
Sunburn, history of
fever blisters, and pustulesor papules, a recent history of prescribed topical expoliants
such as retin-a, recent use of accutane or other acne medications or topical or oral
cortisone medications
What is another name for vichy shower?
Affusion therapy
