Finals Study Guide Flashcards
What is any color in its purest form?
Hue
A protein fiber found in the dermis gives skin its elasticity and firmness is _____.
Elastin
A sebaceous cyst filled with sebum/also called a wen is a what?
Steatoma
What is another word for a wart?
Verruca
What is the area between the eyes?
Glabella
What is the border of your lip?
The vermillion border
What is a rhytidectomy?
Facelift
What is another word for rhytids?
Wrinkles
What are ingredients that attract water?
Humectants
What is the word for persistent itching?
Pruritus
What word refers to the skin as a yellow-ish hue?
Sallow
What is another name for herpes zoster?
Shingles
(Herpes simple is coldsores)
What is a condition characterized by bacteria and yeast that causes a foul odor?
Bromhidrosis
How far away should the steamer be?
18 inches
What do antioxidants do for your skin?
Neutralize free radicals
What do surfactants do?
Reduce tension between skin and product
What is a condition with light abnormal patches of depigmented skin called?
Leukoderma
Approximately what percent of aging is caused by sun exposure?
80%-85%
Your sebaceous glands excrete _____.
Sebum
What is desquamation?
Shedding keratinocytes
What layer of the epidermis contains melanocytes?
Stratum Germinativum
What is the average adult skin cell turnover rate?
28 days
What is the average pH of the acid mantle?
5.5
How many bones in your cranium?
8
What bone forms your forehead?
Frontal
What is another name for 7th cranial nerve?
Facial
What is the largest and strongest bone in your face?
Mandible
An independent contractor would receive a form 1099 from the business owner if their income is over _____.
$600
What’s the muscle that draws the eyebrows down and wrinkles the forehead vertically?
Corregator
What is glycation caused by?
Rise in blood sugar
What type of lesion is a pustule?
Primary
What are warts caused by?
Virus
What are the core ingredients of balneotherapy?
Mud and fango
What is the strongest peel?
Phenol
A blepharoplasty is considered a medical condition when ______.
You have sagging eyelids
(blepharoplasty = eye lift)
What treatment or service bypasses the epidermis to stimulate collagen in the dermis for wrinkle reduction?
Intense pulse light therapy (IPL)
What is the most common BHA?
Salicylic acid
Why is glycolic acid frequently used for superficial peels?
It has the smallest molecular size
What is the most serious form of skin cancer?
Malignant melanoma
What is actinic keratosis?
Precancerous/possible skin cancer
What is pseudofolliculitis?
(SOODO-FOLICK-YOU-LIE-TIS)
Razor bumps
How much product is typically needed for a facial massage?
Teaspoon
What is the movement for petrosage?
Pinching
What’s another word for tapotment?
Percussion
Which system protects the body from disease?
Lymphatic system
How does the skin purify the body?
Eliminates salt
