WASHINGTON STATE ESTHETICIAN
WRITTEN EXAM FINAL STUDY GUIDE 2026
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥ What can occur from excessive sun exposure? Answer: Actinic
keratosis
⩥ Low level electrical currents are measured in ..? Answer: Miliamperes
⩥ What is mammoplasty? Answer: breast augmentation
⩥ Microderm crystals contain aluminium oxide, corundum and ...?
Answer: salt
⩥ What does MLD do? Answer: Moves lymph from node to thoracic
duct
⩥ What are the connectors of the upper epidermal tissue? Answer:
Desmosomes
⩥ During LHR, when the laser destroys the bulb and the hair follicle it is
called? Answer: Photothermolysis
,⩥ Higher levels of FST's are less sensitive to ? Answer: Environmental
harm
⩥ What is the name of the muscle that covers the top of the head?
Answer: Epicranius
⩥ What is diathermy? Answer: A special type of current used in the
treatment of telangectasias
⩥ What is bromhidrosis? Answer: Foul smelling perspiration caused by
yeast and bacteria
⩥ What is the skin nourished by? Answer: blood and lymph
⩥ What is another name for Vichy Shower Answer: Affusion therapy
⩥ What muscle connects the occipitalis to the frontalis? Answer:
Epicranial Eponeurosis
⩥ What regulates the strength of electrical currents? Answer: A circuit
breaker
, ⩥ What is the medical term for dry skin? Answer: Asteatosis
⩥ What is the hair removal method that can be used on a client using
isotretioin? Answer: Threading
⩥ What process of disinfection uses sound? Answer: Ultrasonic
⩥ What is the term used to describe therapy in skincare using plants and
their properties? Answer: Phytotherapy
⩥ What botanical is considered to be an anti viral? Answer: Eucalyptus
⩥ What is a contradiction in Sclerotherapy Answer: Diabetes
⩥ When do you degrease in microderm? Answer: Before PPE
⩥ During Ultrasonic does eye or ear protection go first? Answer: EAR
⩥ When do you degrease during LED? Answer: Before PPE
⩥ When do you degrease in BHA? Answer: After gloves
WRITTEN EXAM FINAL STUDY GUIDE 2026
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥ What can occur from excessive sun exposure? Answer: Actinic
keratosis
⩥ Low level electrical currents are measured in ..? Answer: Miliamperes
⩥ What is mammoplasty? Answer: breast augmentation
⩥ Microderm crystals contain aluminium oxide, corundum and ...?
Answer: salt
⩥ What does MLD do? Answer: Moves lymph from node to thoracic
duct
⩥ What are the connectors of the upper epidermal tissue? Answer:
Desmosomes
⩥ During LHR, when the laser destroys the bulb and the hair follicle it is
called? Answer: Photothermolysis
,⩥ Higher levels of FST's are less sensitive to ? Answer: Environmental
harm
⩥ What is the name of the muscle that covers the top of the head?
Answer: Epicranius
⩥ What is diathermy? Answer: A special type of current used in the
treatment of telangectasias
⩥ What is bromhidrosis? Answer: Foul smelling perspiration caused by
yeast and bacteria
⩥ What is the skin nourished by? Answer: blood and lymph
⩥ What is another name for Vichy Shower Answer: Affusion therapy
⩥ What muscle connects the occipitalis to the frontalis? Answer:
Epicranial Eponeurosis
⩥ What regulates the strength of electrical currents? Answer: A circuit
breaker
, ⩥ What is the medical term for dry skin? Answer: Asteatosis
⩥ What is the hair removal method that can be used on a client using
isotretioin? Answer: Threading
⩥ What process of disinfection uses sound? Answer: Ultrasonic
⩥ What is the term used to describe therapy in skincare using plants and
their properties? Answer: Phytotherapy
⩥ What botanical is considered to be an anti viral? Answer: Eucalyptus
⩥ What is a contradiction in Sclerotherapy Answer: Diabetes
⩥ When do you degrease in microderm? Answer: Before PPE
⩥ During Ultrasonic does eye or ear protection go first? Answer: EAR
⩥ When do you degrease during LED? Answer: Before PPE
⩥ When do you degrease in BHA? Answer: After gloves
