Chapter 18

Question 1

Body dysmorphic disorder

Answer 1

A psychosocial disease that causes individuals to be inappropriately concerned, obsessed, or fixated on with their appearance.

Question 2

Cellulitis

Answer 2

A potentially serious infection of the skin that presents a small,, red area surrounding a skin injury; those at risk include the elderly and those with a compromised immune system

Question 3

Dermal scattering

Answer 3

The scatter or spread of light within the skin tissue.

Question 4

Dyschromia

Answer 4

An abnormal display of facial hyperpigmentation due to solar damage.

Question 5

Electodesiccation

Answer 5

A therapy that uses a device that emits low levels of radio-frequency and high frequency current, which arcs onto the skin and dries or destroys a targeted superficial lesion.

Question 6

Hydroquinone

Answer 6

A topical medication that is used for bleaching or reducing excessive melanin lesions in the epidermis.

Question 7

Microampere

Answer 7

A meausure of electric current; equivalent to one-millionth of an ampere.

Question 8

Nikolski sign

Answer 8

An indication of a skin reaction; the clinical manifestations observed are perifollicular edema, erythema or blistering, or an epidermal separation caused by lateral pressure on the skin.

Question 9

Photodamage

Answer 9

Skin damage caused by exposure to the suns rays; it can be as simple as fine lines or as serious as hyperpigmentation, actinic keratosis, deep rhytids, facial laxity, and invasive skin cancers.

Question 10

Photorejuvenation

Answer 10

A series of laser or IPL facial treatments conducted to improve vascular and pigmented lesions and induce collagen stimulation.

Question 11

Phototoxic

Answer 11

Describes a toxic effect triggered by exposure of light to the skin, sometimes as a result of topical or oral medications.

Question 12

Poikiloderma of civatte

Answer 12

Mottled redness or brown discoloration appearing most commonly in women on the sides of the neck or upper chest. It is noncancerous sun damage.

Question 13

Preventative maintenance

Answer 13

Routine equipment calibration and device checks by qualified, trained biomedical engineers to guarantee that the equipment is in appropriate working order.

Question 14

Pulse width

Answer 14

The timing of light energy, or how long the laser beam is actually striking the skin.

Question 15

Splattering

Answer 15

Singed hair

Question 16

Thermal storage

Answer 16

A measure of heat stored in a chromophore.

Question 17

Aerosolized

Answer 17

The state of ultramicroscopic particles suspended in the air or a gas.