State Board Theory Test Review Flashcards
A means of sterilization would require the means of?
Autoclave
After rhinoplasty, the esthetician should substitute what instead of doing extractors on the nose?
Enzyme Peel
A snake like lesion?
Serpiginous
Applying microdermabrasion too aggressive will result in what?
Pinpoint bleeding
Ascorbic Acid is also known as?
Vitamin C
Cleanser is removed starting from where?
The chin
Define Aglo Therapy.
Therapy with sea water
What does a Jessner Peel consist of?
14% Lactic, 14% Salicylic, 14% resorcinol in an ethanol base
Define Apocrine glands and where are they located?
Apocrine glands are sweat glands composed of a coiled secretory portion located at the junction of the dermis and subcutaneous fat, from which a straight portion inserts and secretes into the infundibular portion of the hair follicle.
Define Atopic Dermatitis?
Skin condition. A type of Eczema
Define dermal scattering?
In laser, where the epidermis separates from the dermis
Difference in men’s facial?
Direction of hair growth
Light skin is a contraindication of what?
IPL (Intense Pulsed Light )
What makes up the pliability of the skin?
Elastin
What could you use for facial steaming?
Hot towels
What do chemical peels benefit?
Aging, sun damaged skin
What is in the ingredient Botox?
Clostridium Botulinum
What is the purpose of the skin analysis?
Determine skin type and condition.
What is OSHA?
Occupational Safety and Health Administration. They regulate safety in the workplace
If you are doing a service and notice a disease, what do you do?
Refer to a physician
What is the main purpose of cotton compresses?
Mask removal
Describe the diamond face shape?
Pointed/narrow forehead and chin with the widest part of the face being at the cheeks.
What is contraindication for body wraps?
Diabetes
Know all your face shapes from and how to contour and highlight each.
Oval, heart, diamond, round, square, triangle, inverted triangle, long
What is shadowing and contouring?
Shadowing is diminishing a feature with darker colors, contouring is highlighting a feature with lighter colors.
How should wax be applied?
At a 45 degree angle.
What causes the skin to be yellow, gray, and sallow?
Smoking
What is the Pilosebaceous unit referred as?
Hair follicle
How would you do a proper tweezing?
Hold skin taut, and pull against the direction of hair growth.
What needs to be done when using a woods lamp?`
Turn all the lights off. Needs to be a dark room.
What is a cleanser applied with?
Fingers
What is applied after a depilatory wax?
Petroleum
What is the main purpose of body wraps?
To detoxify
What is the skeletal structure that protects heart, lungs, and internal organs?
Thorax
What can be applied to the skin?
Antiseptics
Where does your lymphatic system empty into?
Circulatory system
Name the 11 body systems?
SIC REMINDER
Skeletal, Integumentary, Circulatory, Respiratory, Endocrine, Muscular, Immune, Nervous, Digestive, Excretory, Reproductive
What is natural immunity?
Your body’s natural defense to foreign invaders, what we are born with.
Where do hair follicles originate from?
The dermis
What is keratosis?
A skin condition marked by a horny growth (an overgrowth of dead skin cells.)
What is a humectant?
Water loving ingredient
What is a retinoid acid?
Vitamin A
How many pints of blood are in the average adult?
10
Where does the skin get it’s main source of nutrients?
Blood
What is the body’s largest organ?
The integumentary system. (skin)
What is vitiligo?
A skin disorder characterized by smooth, white patches on various parts of the body, caused by the loss of the natural pigment.
When prepping for a chemical peel, what do you do?
Strip oils from the skin.
In what layer can melanocytes be found in?
The basal layer
What is the most common skin cancer?
Basal cell carcinoma
What regulates the strength of an electric current?
A circuit breaker
What contraindicates the use of a suction machine?
Couperose skin
How many cranial bones are there?
8
How many facial bones are there?
14
What muscle connects the occipitals to the frontalis?
Aponeurosis
What muscle would be massaged during a facial massage?
The platysma
What does organic mean?
Substance having carbon to carbon bonds
What does inorganic mean?
Compromised of matter not arising from natural growth or living organism, not containing carbon.
When massaging the hands and arms what muscles would you affect?
Pronator, supinator, flexors, and extensors
What is the difference between involuntary and voluntary?
Involuntary you do not control, voluntary you control (involuntary, non striated: Cardic and Smooth. Voluntary, striated: Skeletal)
What holds products together?
Preservatives, binding agents
What is an acidic product on the PH scale?
0-6.9
What is the difference between acidic and alkaline?
Acidic - 0-6.9, sour, Alkaline - 7-14, base bitter
What do sensory nerves do?
Sensory nervous gather information from the environment and send it to your brain so it knows how to respond.
What do motor nerves do?
Motor nerves tell muscles to contract, making you move.
What is silicone?
Silicones are inert, synthetic compounds with a variety of forms and uses. Typically heat resistant and rubber like, they are used as adhesives, lubricants, medical applications.
What is not bacteria?
Fungi
What is the most common form of cleaners in the spa?
Antiseptics and Disinfectants
What does the herpes simplex virus look like?
Red blister looking lesions
What is another name for Herpes Simplex virus?
Cold sores
What is rosacea?
A vascular condition characterized by red flushing skin.
What is the most stimulating massage movement?
Topotement
What is the ideal brow supposed to end?
Outer corner of the eye directly out from the iris.
What does steaming the face do?
Softens dead skin cells.
What does the FDA define cosmetics as?
For cleansing, beautifying, and promoting attractiveness
What is another name for a blackhead?
Open comedone
What is pathogenic?
Disease causing bacteria
What normalizes body temperature?
Eccrine glands
Who cannot receive high frequency?
People with pacemakers
What is balneotherapy?
Therapy by baths
What is aromatherapy?
Therapy using essential oils and fragrance
What is Ayurveda?
The ancient Indian approach to skincare, Science of life
What is acupuncture?
A Chinese medical practice or procedure that treats illness or provides local anesthesia by the insertion of needles at specified sites of the body.
What is hydriatics?
The water-cure manual; a popular book, embracing descriptions of the various modes of bathing (hydrotherapy)
What is Thalassotherapy?
The use of sea water and marine products as a therapeutic treatment.
What is another name for pore?
Ostium
What is the sex hormone that produces elastin and collagen?
Estrogen
What does the androgen hormone do?
Responsible for oily skin and acne, a male hormone
What is an antigen?
A foreign invader
What is histamine?
Histamines trigger the inflammatory response
What ingredient does not require specifics in cosmetic labeling?
Fragrance
What is linoleum acid?
Fatty acid that helps the blood vessel dilation in intercellular cement
What is high frequency?
Alternating current
What is galvanic?
Direct current
What is micro-current?
Wave therapy, which retains facial muscles to help wrinkles and sagging.
What is horseshoe pigmentation called?
Poikiloderma of cevattes
What is ohm?
The unit of electrical resistance
What is volt?
The measurement of potential electrical force
What is amp?
The base unit of electrical current
What is a circuit?
The pathway of an electric current
What is hertz?
The unit of frequency, equal to one cycle per second.
What is the state of equilibrium?
When the number of protons equal the number of orbiting electrons.
What contraindicates electrical treatments?
Epilepsy
What are melanosomes?
Small granules filled with melanin. (manufactured by melanocytes. )
What is desmosomes?
A plaque like site on a cell surface that functions in maintaining cohesion with an adjacent cell.
What desquamation?
The shedding of the outer layers of the skin.
What holds the epidermis and dermis together?
Dermal Papillae
Define Eccrine glands. Where are they located?
Eccrine sweat is produced via merocrine secretion in the coiled gland and is composed of water, sodium, potassium, lactate, urea, ammonia, serene, ornithine, citrulline, aspartic acid, heavy metals, organic compounds.
Define sudoriferous glands.
It is sweat glands that have the scientific name of sudoriferous glands. In human beings there are two kinds of sudoriferous glands; one is the eccrine sudoriferous glands and another one is apocrine sudoriferous glands.
Define hypothalamus:
The hypothalamus coordinates many hormonal and behavioral circadian rhythms, complex patterns of neuroendocrine outputs, complex homeostatic mechanisms, and important behaviors.
Define pituitary gland
The pituitary gland is sometimes called the master gland of the endocrine system because it controls the functions of the other endocrine glands.
Examples of ceramides?
Sphingolipids or gyosphingolipids
What are enzymes?
Porteolytic (protein dissolving)
What is hyperthyroidism?
Too much production of the thyroid gland. Thinning skin, hair loss, and weight loss.
Microdermabrasion machines use diamond tip, aluminum corundum, and what?
Salt
What is Hypothyroidism?
Too little production of thyroid gland. Facial swelling and weight gain.
What is Cushing’s Disease?
Disease of the adrenal gland where it produces too much hydro-cortisone.
What is Addison’s disease?
Disease of the adrenal gland where it produces too much hydro-cortisone.
Define Pityriasis Rosacea
Pityriasis rosacea is believed to be caused by a virus. It occurs most often in the fall and spring. Although pityriasis rosacea may occur in more than one person in a household at a time, it is not thought to spread form one person to another.
Define Atopic Dermatitis?
Skin Condition
Define contact dermatitis
Reaction from a substance.
Define psoraisis
Skin disease that causes silvery, flaky, dry skin.
Define tinea versicolor
Sun fungus; white, hypo=pigmented looking patches
What are neutrons?
Neutrally charged particles
What are protons?
Positive charged particles
What are electrons?
Negatively charged particles
Define viscosity.
Measure of the resistance of a fluid which is being deformed by either shear stress or tensile stress.
Define peptides.
Peptides are short polymers of amino acids linked by peptide bonds.
What is Sodium Lauryl Sulfate?
A surfactant in cleansers
What is a carbomer?
An emulsifier
What is a Microsponge?
Specialized delivery system
What is Ascorbic Acid?
Vitamin C
What is the acronym SOAP used for?
Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan. Documentation in Medical Charting
What does smoking do to the skin?
Restricts oxygen and depletes Vitamin C
What does need to be listed in ingredients list?
Humectants
Define Xerosis
Abnormally Dry Skin
What is Vasodilatation
Increase in blood flow
What is Rhinophyma
Enlarged nose; subtype 3 rosacea
Define Photothermolysis
Selective photothermolysis is the key to success in laser tattoo removal and other cosmetic laser procedures
What do LED treatments provide?
Energy
What laser does laser resurfacing?
CO2 or Erbium
What stage of hair growth does laser work best on?
Anagen
Laser uses a form of what?
Polarized light
What is the Jessner’s Solution?
14% Salicylic, 14% Lactic, 14% Resorcinol in an Ethanol base
What layer does a light peel affect?
Stratum Corneum
What is the minimum peel that penetrates into the papillary layer?
Medium depth
What layer does a deep phenol peel affect?
Papillary Dermis
What happens when a peel goes too deep?
White skin (blanching) with pink frosting
How long do you need to wait to do microdermabrasion after Restylane?
2 weeks
What muscle is botox infected into?
Corrugator muscle
Know the difference between type A and type B Botox?
Type A is the Botox brand while Type B is listed as something else and is used for the underarms.
What are restylane injections made of?
Hyaluronic Acid
What light does the woods lamp use?
Filtered black light
What is a scotch hose?
Jet hosed for body treatments, water therapy using a stream of water.
Know contraindication for body treatments.
Pregnancy, iodine allergy, diabetes, burns, cancer, varicose veins, claustrophobia, edema, etc.
What layer does microdermabrasion work on?
Stratum corneum
Know your fitzpatrick skin types and which ones benefit from lasers.
Type II and III benefit most.
Define Fulgeration
Procedure to destroy tissue
Define Micropigmentation and describe what it is used for?
Permanent cosmetics, used for tattooing eye lines, lip liner, eye brows, etc.
Know contraindications for microdermabrasion.
Rosacea, sensitive skin, burned skin, suspicious lesions, open wounds, active sores, etc.
What skin types contraindicate laser treatments?
Fitz 5&6
Define Scleroderma
Scleroderma is a connective tissue disease that involves changes in the skin, blood vessels, muscles, and internal organs. It is a type of autoimmune disorder, a condition that occurs
Define Dermal Scattering
When doing laser, the epidermis separates from the dermis.
Define Algae Therapy
Therapy with sea water, algae therapy uses specially prepared marine algae, which is rich in nutrients, mineral ingredients and trace elements to help the body function at its optimum. Algae packs are often used as part of the Thalassotherapy regimen
Define Mammoplasty
Breast Augmentation
How long do you have to wait for a chemical peel after laser resurfacing?
About 3 weeks
What is endermology?
Deep tissue massage done with vacuum therapy, used before and after liposuction for best results.
Why would you do endermology after liposuction?
Better results and body shaping.
Sodium Lauryl Sulfate is a common ingredient found in?
Cleansers
How long do you have to wait for a Restylane injection after microdermabrasion?
2 weeks
What is cellulite?
Fat cells under the skin that cause the cottage cheese looking affect on the skin.
What is the substance between collagen and elastin?
Ground substance
What injury is caused by protein coagulation?
Hemophilia
What is the medical term for cluster of boils?
Carbuncle
In galvanic, where is the positive electrode placed?
Client must hold it, or it is placed under the client’s shoulder.
Define Electrolysis
Only permanent hair removal. Very tedious, and painful, one by one, each hair follicle is destroyed.
Levels of Decontamination:
Sanitation, disinfection, sterilization
Define Fissure
A type of wound.
How is paraffin applied to the face.
Gauze is dipped into paraffin and then placed on the face.
What ethnicity ages slowest?
African American
Where on the body are the most suderiferous glands?
Palms of hands, soles of feet, underarms, and groin.
How many metacarpals are in the palm?
5
What do sudoriferous glands produce?
Sweat
What is the largest bone in the face?
Mandible
Medical term for eyelashes?
Cili
What massage movement do you use to apply moisturizer?
Effleurage
What is the space between collagen and elastin in the dermis?
Reticulin
With laser, which hair color isn’t effective?
Gray
What color does the skin turn if the peel is too deep?
White
What is another name for accutane?
Isotretinoin
When a thermal mask cools, it does what?
Tightens and tones
What is the term for fungus?
Tinea
What is non-pathogenic bacteria dependent on?
Absorbency of vitamins
What is an examples of a non-pathogenic fungus?
Molds
Reflexology is a treatment commonly used where?
Hands and feet
Define Ayurved
An ancient Indian approach to skincare. Science of Life
What can increase the depth of a peel?
An occlusive
What skin type is most sensitive to AHAs?
Asian
What are conductors and insulators?
Conductors let electricity pass through while insulators keep electricity from moving.
What is photothermolysis?
When a laser light is used to remove hair with heat.
Which hormone causes hair loss and weight loss?
Estrogen
What is scabies caused by?
Parasites
What do body secretions do for us?
Fight bacteria
What peel does the coagulation of protein in the skin causing the skin to frost?
TCA and Jessner’s
Why is it important to let the client rest after a body treatment?
Resting regains equilibrium
What is a contraindication of Firbromyalgia?
Body wrap
What machine causes an electrochemical effect?
Galvanic
What is baneotherapy?
Bath therapy
Bromelain comes from what enzyme?
Pineapple
Define Proteolytic
Protein dissolving. Works by dissolving keratin protein within dead cells, helping to remove these cells and making the skin look cleaner and smoother.
What kind of treatment is sclerotherapy?
Procedure to minimize varicose veins by injecting chemical into affected area.
What should you avoid on an asthma patient for long periods of time?
Steam
What type of peel has to do with protein coagulation?
TCA
What is the medical term for dry skin?
Asteatosis
What kind of exfoliant is microdermabrasion?
Mechanical
What does a woman have if she has weight loss combined with loss of hair?
Hormonal imbalance or thyroid disease
What is blepherplasty?
The surgical procedure for lifting the eyes and removing the excess skin from the eye area.
What is ligation
refers to the surgical tying off of a large vein in the leg called the greater saphenous vein, while stripping refers to the removal of this vein through incisions in the groin area or behind the knee.
What is the difference between arteries and veins?
Arteries carry oxygenated blood away from the heart, veins carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart and lungs to re-oxygenate
How does Botox work?
It is injected into the muscle and stops the release of acetylcholine, which triggers nerve communication from the brain to the muscle temporarily stopping muscle movement.
What stage of hair growth does laser work best on?
Anagen
What massage movement do you use to apply moisturizer?
Effleurage
What kind of prescription is prescribed for someone that has herpes simplex?
Antiviral medication
What does steaming the face do?
Softens dead skin cells
What does smoking do to the skin?
Restricts oxygen and depletes vitamin c.
Know the difference between Type A and Type B botox.
Type A is the Botox brand and type b is listed as something else and is used for the underarms
What is the most serious and deadly skin cancer?
Melanoma
What is manual lymph drainage?
MLD is a type of gentle massage which is intended by proponents to encourage the natural drainage of the lymph from the tissues space body.
What is another name for polymer?
Macromolecule
What is reflexology?
Based on the belief that working on areas or reflex points found on the hands and feet can reduce tension to the body’s corresponding organs and gland structure
Define prophylactic
Guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection
What are symptoms of sun damage?
Skin cancer, hyper pigmentation, telangectasia, and photoaging
What does the endocrine system regulate?
The endocrine system is instrumental in regulating mood, growth, and development, tissue function, metabolism, and sexual function and reproductive processes.
Which hormone benefits the skin?
Estrogen
Telangiectasia is what type of disorder?
Vascular disorder
Contraindications for MLD
Blood clots, infections, cancer, diabetes
What would you include in a microderm charting?
Product used, level or setting used, Fitz type, and end results.
What is the medical term for dry skin?
Xerosis
Define Fulgeration?
The destruction of tissue, usually malignant tumors, by means of a high-frequency electric current applied with a needlelike electrode.
What kind of lasers are best used to treat leg veins?
Pulsed dye lasers
Define Nikolski sign.
An indication of a skin reaction; the clinical manifestations observed are perifollicular edema, erythema, blistering, or an epidermal separation caused by lateral pressure on the skin.
What kind of treatment would be good to do before cellulite treatment.
Salt scrub
