Chapter 11 Hair Removal Flashcards
What is the final stage of hair growth?
Telogen
What is trichology?
Scientific study of hair-removal techniques
What is lanugo hair?
Fine, soft, downy hair
What is NOT a contraindication for facial waxing?
Recent steam treatments
How long must virgin hair be in order to remove it with waxing?
1/4 inch
What should clients avoid for at least 24 to 48 hours after waxing?
Excessive heat
What happens to lanugo hair shortly after birth?
Replaced either by vellus hairs or by terminal hairs
What is the acronym ACT used to help estheticians remember?
Stages of hair growth
What is the anagen phase?
The growth stage during which new hair is produced/ the first stage
What is the second stage of hair growth?
Catagen phase
What is the function of a depilatory?
Temporarily removing hair by dissolving it at the skin’s surface
What is the removal of hair by means of an electric current that destroys the hair root?
Electrolysis
What shape is a hair follicle?
Small tube
What type of skin might benefit from sugaring as an alternative form of epilation?
Sensitive
What direction is product applied during the hand method of sugaring?
Against the hair growth
What is NOT a form in which hard waxes are avaliable?
Strips
What is true of soft wax?
Has a lower melting point than hard wax
For what purpose does an esthetician use pellon?
Wax strips
What is the shape of the hair papilla?
Cone
What is the function of the hair root?
Anchors the hair to the skin cells
What is hirsutism?
Excessive hair growth on body parts due to hormonal imbalance
What is the term for excessive hair growth in areas of the body that normally grow only vellus hair, and not necessarily in the adult male hair growth patterns?
Hypertrichosis
What is NOT true of laser hair removal and intense pulsed light (IPL)?
Involves pulsing a laser on skin
What is contained within the pilosebaceous unit?
Lanugo
What is an ancient method of hair removal?
Sugaring
Toni’s client has requested a wax treatment on her upper arm, where there are only a few hairs just above the elbow. What technique should Toni use?
Electrolysis
When waxing the lip. where are there often nuisance hairs that bother the client?
The vermillion border
