Ch5 Table Of Skin Conditions

Question 1

Acne

Answer 1

Sebaceous breakouts from hormonal changes or other factors.

Question 2

Actinic keratosis

Answer 2

A rough area resulting from chronic sun exposure, sometimes with a layered scale or scab that sometimes falls off. Can be precancerous.

Question 3

Aging

Answer 3

Characterized by skin laxity due to collagen and bone loss, thinner skin, dryness, photo damage, and fine lines or wrinkles (rhytids) (RIT-ihdz).

Question 4

Asphyxiated

Answer 4

Smokers have asphyxiated skin from lack of oxygen. Characterized by clogged pores and wrinkles; dull and lifeless-looking. Can be yellowish or gray in color.

Question 5

Comedones

Answer 5

Open comedones are blackheads and clogged pores caused by a buildup of debris, oil, and dead skin cells in the follicles.
Closed comedones, also called whiteheads, are not open to the air or oxygen; they are trapped by dead skin cells and need to be exfoliated and extracted.

Question 6

Couperose skin

Answer 6

Redness in the skin with no visible vascularity because the matting of blood vessels is so small and fine. Often seen with telangiectasia.

Question 7

Cysts

Answer 7

Fluid, infection, or other matter under the skin that is encapsulated into a palpable firm mass of varying sizes, from a pea to a golf ball.

Question 8

Dehydrated

Answer 8

Lack of water caused by the environment, medications, topical agents, aging, or dehydrating drinks such as caffeine and alcohol.