Chapter 11 Test Flashcards
First stage of hair growth during which new hair is produced
Anagen
The correct professional term for underarm; the region between the arm and the thoracic wall.
Axilla
A modality of electrolysis combining alternating current (AC) and direct current (AD)
Blend ( electrolysis)
A hard wax used to modify the melting point and provide increased strength to hard depilatory wax
Candelilla
A hard wax used to modify the melting point and provide increased strength to depilatory wax
Carnuba
Second transition stage of hair growth; in this phase the hair shaft grows upward and detaches itself from the bulb
Catagen
A prices of removing hair at skin level
Depilation
Substance usually a caustic alkali preparation, used for temporary removing superfluous hair by dissolving it at the skin level
Depilatory
Removal of hair by means of electric current that destroys the hair root
Electrolysis
Removes hairs from the follicles; waxing or tweezing
Epilation
Direct current utilizes in electrolysis
Galvanic electrolysis
The area between the eyebrow at the top of the nose
Glabella
An additive in in soft wax
Gum rosin
Swelling at the base of the follicle that provides the hair with nourishment, it is a thick, club shaped structure that forms the lower part of the hair root
Hair bulb
Mass of epidermal cells forming a small tube, or canal , the tube like depression or pocket in the skin or scalp that contains the hair root.
Hair follicle
Cone shaped elevations at the base of the follicle that fit into the hair bulb that the papillae are filled with tissue that contains the blood vessels and cells necessary for hair growth, where the hair grows.
Hair papilla
Anchors hair to the skin cells and is part of the hair located at the bottom of the follicle below the surface of the skin. Part of hair that lies within the folicle at its base where the hair grows.
Hair root
Portion of the hair that extends or projects Beyoncé the skin, consisting of the outer layer(cuticle), inner layer(medulla), and middle layer (cortex). Color changes happen in the cortex.
Hair shaft
The hair on a fetus, soft downy hair
Lanugo
Hair reduction treatment in which a laser beam is pulsed on the skin using one wavelength at a time, imparing hair growth an intense pulse of electromagnetic radiation
Laser hair removal
A resin used to manufacture of soft wax
Rosin
Ancient method of hair removal, sugar lemon juice and water that is heated to form a syrup.
Sugaring
A group of systems that, when combined, characterized a disease or disorder
Syndrome
Also know as resting phase. Final phase I’m the hair cycle that last until fully grow hair is shed
Telegen
Longer coarse hair that is found on the head face and body
Terminal hair
Also known as banding, method of hair removal, cotton thread is twisted and rolled along the surface of the skin, entwining hair in the thread and lifting it out the follicle
Threading
Scientific study of hair and its diseases and care
Trichology
Also known as lanugo hair, short, fine, unpigmented downy hair that appears on the body, except for Palma’s of the hands, and soles of the feet,
Vellus hair
The border of the lip line
Vermillion border
Consumer spend__ per year on hair removal and services
Millions of dollars
The adverse human is born with skin that houses appx ___
5 million pilosebadeous units