Ch.11 Hair Removal

Question 1

What is the most common method of hair removal?

Answer 1

Waxing

Question 2

What is trichology?

Answer 2

The scientific study of hair and its deseases

Question 3

What is a hair follicle ?

Answer 3

A mass of epidermal cells creating a tube or canal that extends deep into the dermis.

Question 4

What includes the hair ROOT, BULB, PAPILLA, SHAFT, ARRECTOR PILI MUSCLE, AND SEBACEOUS GLANDS?

Answer 4

Pilosebaceus UNIT

Question 5

What happens in the hair matrix?

Answer 5

Cell mitosis (divisions)

Question 6

What are the 3 layers of the hair shaft?

Answer 6

•Cuticle (outermost layer)= HARD keratin

•Cortex (middle)= HARD keratin

•Medulla (center or innermost)= SOFT keratin

Question 7

What are the three types of hair?

Answer 7

•Lanugo- Soft downy hair found on fetus. Sheds after birth & turns into Vellus or terminal hair.

•Vellus- aka peach fuzz. Found in areas not covered by terminal hair. (Women’s cheeks) Removing them can result in terminal hair growth.

•terminal- longer coarse hair found on head , brows, lashes,genitals,arms,legs. With hormonal changes Vellus hairs tend to change to terminal

Question 8

WHAT ARE THE 3 hair growth PHASES?

Answer 8

ANAGEN- new hair production (most important stage to an esthi in effective hair removal)

CATAGEN- transition stage (mitosis stops and is the shortest part of hair cycle)

TELOGEN- funk or RESTING stage of growth. May sit in the follicle until pushed out by new anagen

Question 9

Hypertrichosis is:

Answer 9

Excessive hair growth of terminal hair in areas of the body that normally grow Vellus hairs. GENERICALLY & ETHNICALLY INHERITED, NOT STIMULATED BY MALE ANDROGENS.

Question 10

Hirsutism is:

Answer 10

Excessive hair growth on face, chest, underarms, groin (especially in women). It IS CAUSE BY MALE ANDROGENS IN BLOOD. THIS HORMONE IMBALANCE MAY BE CAUSES BY STIMULATION OF MALE ANDROGENS AT PUBERTY, medication, illness or stress.

Question 11

1)PATHOLOGICAL condition cause by virus & bacteria with series of signs & symptoms?

2)AN ABNORMALITY of function like birth defect or genetically inherited malfunction?

3)A GROUP OF SYMPTOMS that when combined characterize a desease or disorder?

Answer 11

1) DISEASE
2)DISORDER
3)SYNDROME

Question 12

What is a DISEASE affecting hair growth?

Answer 12

ACROMEGALY & CUSHING which are medical conditions related to excessive androgen production

Question 13

DISORDER affecting hair growth?

Answer 13

Adrenogenital syndrome - malfunction of adrenal complex causes over production of androgen

Question 14

SYNDROMES affecting hair growth?

Answer 14

PCOS - polycystic ovarian syndrome formerly known as Stein-Levanthal syndrome

Achard-Thiers syndrome- combination of Cushing and adrenogenital syndromes

Question 15

What are two types of TEMPORARY methods of hair removal?

Answer 15

DEPILATION & EPILATION

Question 16

Removal of hair at or near the level of the skin? Give examples.

Answer 16

DEPILATION- shaving & chemical DEPILATION

Question 17

Removal of hair FROM BOTTOM of the follicle by breaking contact between bulb and papilla. (HAIR PULLED OUT OF FOLLICLE) give examples

Answer 17

EPILATION- tweezing, waxing , sugaring, threading

Question 18

Used in larger areas (back,legs) for epilation with a strip for removal? Also the MOST COMMON METHOD.

Answer 18

Soft wax

Question 19

Used in smaller areas ( eyebrows, axilar,bikini) with no strip?

Answer 19

Hard wax

Question 20

What is blending in terms of waxing?

Answer 20

Utilizes the wax that has built up on the strip to remove the more obvious hairs while leaving shorter hairs behind.