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Comprehensive Esthetics Review Flashcards

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Define Aesthetikos:

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Greek word meaning perceptible to the senses.

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What are the effects of smoking on the skin?

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Depleted vitamin C, cause free radicals, wrinkles, aging, and depletes oxygen to skin.

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Sensory nerves Vs. motor nerves:

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Sensory: Carry impulses from the sense organs to the brain; to experience touch, cold, heat, sight, hearing, taste, smell, pain, and pressure.
Motor: Carry impulses from the brain to muscles to produce movement.
Mixed: Contain both abilities to send and receive messages.

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What are the forms of hypo pigmentation?

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Albinism, leukoderma, vitiligo

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What is albinism?

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Absence of melanin

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What is leukoderma?

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Light abnormal patches

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What is vitiligo?

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White spots, lack of pigment.

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What are the layers of skin?

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(crazy little granny steals baby please return soon)

Stratum Corneum 
Stratum Lucidum 
Stratum Granulosum 
Stratum Spinosum 
Basal 
Papillary 
Reticular 
Subcutaneous
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What is found in the stratum corneum?

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Keratinosites

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What is found in the stratum lucidum?

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Clear layer found on palms

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What does the stratum granulosum layer do?

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Produces keratin

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What is found in the reticular layer?

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Fibroblast which make collagen and elastin

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What are warm colors?

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Yellow, red, oranges

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What are cool colors?

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Blue, green, violets

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What is highlighting?

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Light color tone used to brighten a specific area

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What is contouring?

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Deeper and darker tones used to minimize a specific area.

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What is sensitive skin?

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A skin type, genetic, and unchangeable

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What is sensitized skin?

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A condition due to external factors; sunburn, overexposure to products, ect.

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What are the types of skin cancers?

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Malignant Melanoma, Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Basal Cell Carcinoma

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Describe Malignant Melanoma

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Most serious; spreads easily through the body. Black, dark, patches, uneven textures, jagged edges.

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Describe Squamous Cell Carcinoma

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More serious; can spread, red, pink, scaly papules.

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Describe basal cell carcinoma

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Most common, least severe, pearly nodules.

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What are the types of UV rays?

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UVA, UVB, and UVC

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Describe UVA rays.

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Aging rays; penetrate deeper into the reticular layer. Causes cell damage. Weakens collagen and elastin. Alters DNA, causing cancer.

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Describe UVB rays.

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Burning rays, alter and destroy melanin, shorter but stronger, can damage eyes, does help body make vitamin D.

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What is an atom?

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Smallest part of an element, particles from which matter is compromised.

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What are protons?

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Positive particles

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What are neutrons?

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neutral charged particles

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WHAT ARE ELECTRONS?

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NEGATIVE CHARGED PARTICLES

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WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF MINERAL MAKEUP?

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DESIGNED TO BE MORE HEALTHY, NON-COMEDOGENIC, NATURAL, NOT AS HEAVY BUT STILL OFFERS GOOD COVERAGE, POPULAR FOR POST-SURGICAL CAMOUFLAGE MAKEUP

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WHAT ARE THE SPECIAL CONSIDERATION FOR ETHNIC SKIN?

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BLACK SKIN: PRONE TO HYPERKERATOSIS, NEEDS MORE EXFOLIATION, DEEPER PORE CLEANSING.

ASIAN SKIN: MOST SENSITIVE, AVOID AHAS, USE ENZYMES

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WHAT ARE CONTRAINDICATIONS FOR CHEMICAL PEELS?

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RECENT COSMETIC SURGERY, ALLERGIES TO PRODUCTS, PREGNANCY, HERPES SIMPLEX, OPEN SORES/LESIONS, HYPERPIGMENTATION TENDENCIES, USE OF ACUTANE, RETIN A, INFLAMED ROSACEA OR ACNE, INFECTIOUS DISEASE, SUN BURN, IRRITATED SKIN

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HOW DO YOU DETERMINE THE IDEAL BROW?

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NATURAL ARCH OF THE EYEBROW FOLLOWS THE TOP OF THE ORBITAL BONE, CURVED LINE ABOVE EYE SOCKET

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VIRUS VS BACTERIA

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VIRUS: A MICROSCOPIC ORGANISM THAT CAN INFEST PLANT, ANIMAL, AND BACTERIA.

BACTERIA: ONE CELL MICROORGANISM WITH BOTH PLANT AND ANIMAL CHARACTERISTICS

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WHAT ARE THE SHAPES OF BACTERIA?

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COCCI, STAPHYLOCOCCI, STRETOCOCCI, DIPLOCOCCI, BACILLI, SPIRILLA

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36
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DESCRIBE COCCI SHAPE

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ROUND AND APPEAR ALONE

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DESCRIBE STPHYLOCOCCI

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ROUND, FORMS GRAPLE LIKE CLUSTERS, CAUSE PNEMONIA, IMPETIGO

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DESCRIBE STREPTOCOCCI

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ROUND, FORMS IN STRINGS OF PEARLS, CAUSES STREP THROAT, SCARLET FEVER, RHEUMATIC

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DESCRIBE DIPLOCOCCI

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ROUND, GROWS IN PAIRS, CAUSES MENINGITIS

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DESCRIBE BACILLI

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ROD SHAPED, CAUSES FOOD BORNE ILLNESS

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DESCRIBE SPIRILLA

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CORK SCREW SHAPED, CAUSES LYME DISEASE

42
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WHAT ARE THE LEVELS OF DECONTAMINATION?

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SANITATION: LOWEST LEVEL, GOOD FOR USE ON SKIN.

DISINFECTION: 2ND LEVEL, KILLS MOST MICROORGANISMS ON HAND, NON POROUS SURFACE

STERILIZATION: HIGHEST LEVEL, KILLS ALL MICROORGANISMS INCLUDING BACTERIA, SPORES, VIRUSES, AND FUNGI

43
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WHAT ARE THE DERIVATIVES OF ENZYMES?

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PAPAIN-PAPAYA
BROMALIN-PINEAPPLE
PANCREATIVE-MEAT BY-PRODUCTS
PUMPKIN-PUMPKIN

44
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BHA’S VS AHA’S

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BHA’S: DISSOLVES OILS, SALICYLIC ACID, LESS IRRITATION, GOOD FOR ACNEIC AND OILY SKIN

AHA’S: LOOSEN BONDS BETWEEN CELLS. EXAMPLES: GLYCOLIC-SUGAR CANE, TARTARIC-GRAPES, LACTIC-MILK, MANDELIC-ALMONDS, MALIC-APPLES, CITRIC-CIRTUS FRUIT

45
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WHAT IS A JESSNER’S SOLUTION?

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14% LACTIC ACID, 14% RESORCINOL, 14% SALICYLIC ACID, IN AN ETHANOL BASE

46
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WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF LYMPH?

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PROTECT BODY FROM DISEASE BY DEVELOPING IMMUNITIES AND DESTROYING DISEASE CAUSING MICROORGANISMS; CARRY WASTE AND IMPURITIES AWAY FROM CELL.

47
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WHAT ARE THE 8 FACE SHAPES?

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OVAL, ROUND, SQUARE, RECTANGLE, TRIANGLE, INVERTED TRIANGLE, HEART, DIAMOND

48
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EXPLAIN PROPER WAX APPLICATION

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SOFT-THIN LAYER WITH DIRECTION OF HAIR GROWTH AT 45 DEGREE ANGLE

HARD- THICKER LAYER WITH DIRECTION OF HAIR GROWTH

49
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WHAT ARE THE HAIR GROWTH CYCLES?

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ANAGEN: GROWTH STAGE, ACTIVE
CATAGEN: TRANSITION STAGE, FALLING OUT
TELOGEN: RESTING STAGE
LATENT: DORMANT

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WHAT ARE THE PRIMARY COLORS?

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FUNDAMENTAL, CANNOT BE OBTAINED BY MIXING OTHER COLORS; RED, YELLOW, AND BLUE

51
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WHAT ARE THE SECONDARY COLORS?

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OBTAINED BE MIXING EQUAL PARTS OF TWO PRIMARY COLORS; ORANGE, GREEN, AND PURPLE

52
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WHAT ARE COMPLEMENTARY COLORS?

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A PRIMARY AND SECONDARY COLOR DIRECTLY OPPOSITE OF EACH OTHER ON THE COLOR WHEEL, WHEN MIXED THEY CANVEL EACH OTHER OUT. RED/GREEN, PURPLE/YELLOW, BLUE/ORANGE.

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WHAT IS A PRIMARY LESION?

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LESIONS IN EARLY STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT; FLAT, NON-PAPULE, CHANGES IN THE SKIN COLOR OR ELEVATED.

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WHAT IS A SECONDARY LESION?

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DEVELOP IN LATER STAGES; DEAD CELLS FORMED OVER WOUND

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WHAT IS A MACULE?

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FLAT DISCOLORATION (FRECKLE)

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WHAT IS A TUBERCLE?

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ABNORMAL ROUNDED, SOLID LUMP, LARGER THAN PAPULE

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WHAT IS A VESICLE?

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SMALL BLISTER

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WHAT IS A BULLA?

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LARGER BLISTER WITH WATERY FLUID

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WHAT IS A PAPULE?

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SMALL ELEVATION, NO FLUID

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WHAT IS A NODULE?

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SMALL BUMP

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WHAT IS A TUMOR?

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A LARGE NODULE

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WHAT IS A WHEAL?

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AN ITCHY SWOLLEN LESION

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WHAT IS A SCALE?

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SHEDDING DEAD SKIN

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WHAT IS CRUST?

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SCAB OR SORE

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WHAT IS A KELOID?

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THICK SCAR

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WHAT IS AN EXCORIATION?

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AN ABRASION FROM SCRAPE OR SCRATCH

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WHAT IS AN ULCER?

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OPEN LESION WITH PUSS OR SKIN DEPRESSION

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WHAT IS EXCORIATION?

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ACNE; DISORDER WHERE CLIENTS PURPOSELY SCRAPE OFF LESIONS

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WHAT IS A FISSURE?

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A CRACK IN THE SKIN

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WHAT IS A CYST?

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A CLOSED SAC OF FLUID

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WHAT ARE THE LIGHTENING AND BRIGHTENING INGREDIENTS?

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ARBUTIN, BEARBERRY, LICORICE EXTRACT, AZELIC ACID, KOJIC ACID, MULBERRY EXTRACT, ASAFETIDA EXTRACT, MAGNESIUM ASCORBYL PHOSPHATE, ASCORBYL GLUCOSAMINE, HYDROQUINONE

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WHAT ARE ANHYDROUS PRODUCTS?

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PRODUCTS CONTAINING NO WATER, FOR VERY DRY SKIN; SERUMS, LIP BALMS, SILICON SERUMS

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WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF SALICYLIC ACID AND WHAT IS IT DERIVED FROM?

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EXFOLIATING, ANTISEPTIC, ANTI-INFLAMMATORY, IT IS LIPOPHILIC (OIL LOVING), DERIVED FROM: WILLOW BARK, SWEET BIRCH, WINTERGREENS, ASPIRIN

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WHAT IS INTRINSIC AGING?

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SKIN CHANGES INFLUENCED BY INTERNAL PHYSIOLOGICAL FACTORS; STRESS AND ATTITUDE

75
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WHAT IS EXTRINSIC AGING?

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SKIN CHANGES INFLUENCED BY EXTERNAL FACTORS; UV RAYS, POLLUTION

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WHAT IS DERMATITIS?

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AN INFLAMMATORY CONDITION OF THE SKIN (LESIONS, ECZEMA, VESICLES, PAPULES)

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WHAT IS COLLAGEN AND WHAT DOES IT DO?

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FIBROUS, CONNECTIVE TISSUE MADE UP OF PROTEINS, MADE IN RETICULAR LAYER, GIVES SKIN ITS FIRMNESS.

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WHAT IS KERATOSIS?

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SKIN CONDITION, ABNORMALLY THICK BUILD-UP OF SKIN CELLS

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WHAT ARE THE BONES OF THE HEAD?

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OCCIPITAL: BASE OF NECK, PARIETAL (2) BONES: SIDE AND CROWN, FRONTAL: FOREHEAD, TEMPORAL BONES (2) SIDE OF HEAD NEAR EAR REGION. ETHMOID: BETWEEN EYE SOCKET. SPHENOID: JOINS ALL BONES OF HEAD.

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WHAT ARE THE BONES OF THE FACE?

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NASAL BONES (2): FORMS BRIDGE OF NOSE. LACRIMAL BONES (2): SMALLEST, INSIDE PART OF THE EYE SOCKET. VOMER: FLAT, THIN, FORMS PART OF NASAL SEPTUM. ZYGOMATIC ARCH (2) BONES: CHEEK BONES. MAXILLARY BONES (2): UPPER JAW. MANDIBLE: LARGEST, STRONGEST, LOWER JAW. TURBINAL 2 BONES: BOTH OUTER WALLS OF NASAL DEPRESSION. PALANTINE (2) BONES: FORMS HARD PALATE OF MOUTH.

81
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HOW MANY BONES ARE IN THE FACE?

82
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HOW MANY BONES ARE IN THE HEAD?

83
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WHAT ARE SHAPES OF LESIONS?

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LINEAR-LINE (SCRATCH)
ROUNDED-PAPULE
ANNULAR-RING SHAPED. (RING WORM)
SERPIGINOUS-WAVY (LIKE SNAKE)
GEOGRAPHIC-LIKE A MAP (RASH)
TARGET-LIKE A TARGET (PUSTULE)
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WHAT IS OSHA?

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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; REGULATES AND ENFORCES SAFETY/HEALTH STANDARDS TO PROTECT EMPLOYEES IN THE WORK PLACE

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WHAT IS PH?

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POTENTIAL HYDROGEN. RELATIVE DEGREE OF ACIDITY AND ALKALINITY OF A SUBSTANCE. SKIN IS 5.5. WATER IS 7.0. ACIDIC 0—-7—–14 ALKALINE

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WHAT IS CATAPHORESIS

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USES POSITIVE ELECTRODES TO DECREASE BLOOD FLOW, SOOTHE NERVES, HARDEN TISSUE, AND HAS AN ACIDIC REACTION.

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WHAT IS ANAPHORESIS?

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USES NEGATIVE ELECTRODES TO PRODUCE AN ALKALINE REACTION, INCREASES BLOOD FLOW, STIMULATES NERVES, SOFTENS TISSUE.

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WHAT IS VITAMIN C

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ASCORBIC ACID; ANTI-OXIDANT, REPAIRS SKIN AND TISSUES

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WHAT IS VITAMIN D?

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SUNSHINE VITAMIN, ESSENTIAL FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

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WHAT IS VITAMIN E?

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TOCOPHEROL; PROTECTS FROM SUN, ANTI-OXIDANT

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WHAT IS VITAMIN K?

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BLOOD COAGULATION

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WHAT IS FITZPATRICK TYPE 1?

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SCORES 0-7, WHITE; VERY FAIR, FRECKLES; TYPICAL ALBINO SKIN. ALWAYS BURNS, NEVER TANS.

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WHAT IS FITZPATRICK TYPE II?

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SCORES 8-16. WHITE; FAIR. USUALLY BURNS, TANS WITH DIFFICULTY.

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WHAT IS FITZPATRICK TYPE III?

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SCORES 17-24. BEIGE. VERY COMMON. SOMETIMES MILD BURN, GRADUALLY TANS TO A LIGHT BROWN.

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WHAT IS FITZPATRICK TYPE IV?

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SCORES 25-30. BEIGE WITH A BROWN TINT. TYPICAL MEDITERRANEAN CAUCASIAN SKIN. RARELY BURNS, TANS WITH EASE TO A MODERATE BROWN.

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WHAT IS FITZPATRICK TYPE V?

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SCORES OVER 30. DARK BROWN. VERY RARELY BURNS, TANS VERY EASILY.

97
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WHAT IS FITZPATRICK TYPE VI?

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BLACK. NEVER BURNS, TANS VERY EASILY, DEEPLY PIGMENTED.

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HOW MANY BODY SYSTEMS ARE THERE?

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WHAT ARE THE BODY SYSTEMS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS?

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SIC REMINDER.
SKELETAL-BONES AND JOINTS, RED BLOOD CELLS.
IMMUNE- FIGHT OFF DISEASES
CIRCULATORY- CONTROLS FLOW OF BLOOD THROUGH BODY.
RESPIRATORY- BREATHING, LUNGS
EXCRETORY - ELIMINATES WASTE
MUSCULAR- SUPPORTS SKELETAL SYSTEM, MUSCLES
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