Hair Removal Flashcards
What is not a method of epilation
Shaving
What process removes hair from the bottom of the follicle by breaking contact between the bulb and the papilla?
Epilation
Of the following, the hair removal technique that presents the least risk of burning is
Hand applied sugaring
The chemical substance spread on the skin to dissolve the hair at the surface of the skin is called a(n) _________.
Depilatory
Hypertrichosis is never the result of _________
an excess of male androgens
The waxy substance that lubricate the skin and hair is secreted by
the sebaceous gland
What is true of hair during the catagen phase
It becomes drier
The final stage of hair growth is called ________
Telogen
What is the second, transitional stage of hair growth called?
Catagen
The first stage of hair growth is known as _______
Anagen
What is the soft and downy hair called that grows on a fetus?
Lanugo
Between what two phases of hair growth might the appearance of two hairs in the same follicle occur
Between the telogen phase and the new anagen phase
The part of the body that contains the hair follicle and its appendages is called the _________.
pilosebaceous unit
Which part of the pilosebaceous unit produces the hair matrix?
Follicular canal
What is the name for the mass of epidermal cells that forms a small tube or canal
Hair follicle
