WASHINGTON STATE ESTHETICIAN
ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
CERTIFICATION READY
◉ What is a contraindication for performing chemical peels?
Answer: Erythema
◉ If you have a pregnant client with rosacea, what treatment can
you perform?
Answer: AHA with a cooling treatment
◉ What muscle connects the occipitals and frontalis?
Answer: Epicranial aponeurosis
◉ What is an example of a proteolytic (protein dissolving)
treatment?
Answer: Gommage
◉ Mottling and solar lentigines are a form of
Answer: hyperpigmentation
,◉ What is a contraindication for sclerotherapy?
Answer: diabetes
◉ What is a dermal scattering?
Answer: The change that occurs between the lasers spot size at the
surface of the skin and the spot size deeper in the tissue
◉ After a laser resurfacing treatment, patients will tolerate light
exfoliation as early as?
Answer: 1 Month
◉ What disease causes the skin to thin and bruise?
Answer: Cushing's syndrome
◉ What is an indication that a peel is too deep?
Answer: the frosting is yellow
◉ Which gland coordinates the production and release of hormones
that travel to the pituitary gland from the base of the brain?
Answer: Hypothalamus
,◉ Microcurrent stimulates:
Answer: Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP)
◉ What is scleroderma?
Answer: An autoimmune disease that causes the thickening and
tightening of the skin
◉ What is the sub layer of the epidermis characterized by the
appearance of granules and the disappearance of the nucleus within
the cells?
Answer: Stratum Granulosm
◉ Define Vasodilation
Answer: Blood vessels expanding
◉ What botanical is antiviral?
Answer: Eucalyptus
◉ List the symptoms of anemia
Answer: hair loss, dry skin and lethargy
◉ What is an Ayurveda term for energetic centers for chakras
, Answer: Marma Points
◉ Which is stronger, sterilization or disinfection?
Answer: sterilization
◉ Bromeliad is derived from?
Answer: Pineapple
◉ A surgical procedure that removes excess skin and/or fat from the
upper eye lid:
Answer: Blepharoplasty
◉ 1 ampere is equal to how many milliamperes?
Answer: 1,000 millamperes
◉ what does superficial peeling do for the skin?
Answer: It removes the dead surface cells
◉ What does the vacuum exfoliation of microdermabrasion
stimulate?
Answer: reproduction of fibroblasts and new living cells
ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
CERTIFICATION READY
◉ What is a contraindication for performing chemical peels?
Answer: Erythema
◉ If you have a pregnant client with rosacea, what treatment can
you perform?
Answer: AHA with a cooling treatment
◉ What muscle connects the occipitals and frontalis?
Answer: Epicranial aponeurosis
◉ What is an example of a proteolytic (protein dissolving)
treatment?
Answer: Gommage
◉ Mottling and solar lentigines are a form of
Answer: hyperpigmentation
,◉ What is a contraindication for sclerotherapy?
Answer: diabetes
◉ What is a dermal scattering?
Answer: The change that occurs between the lasers spot size at the
surface of the skin and the spot size deeper in the tissue
◉ After a laser resurfacing treatment, patients will tolerate light
exfoliation as early as?
Answer: 1 Month
◉ What disease causes the skin to thin and bruise?
Answer: Cushing's syndrome
◉ What is an indication that a peel is too deep?
Answer: the frosting is yellow
◉ Which gland coordinates the production and release of hormones
that travel to the pituitary gland from the base of the brain?
Answer: Hypothalamus
,◉ Microcurrent stimulates:
Answer: Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP)
◉ What is scleroderma?
Answer: An autoimmune disease that causes the thickening and
tightening of the skin
◉ What is the sub layer of the epidermis characterized by the
appearance of granules and the disappearance of the nucleus within
the cells?
Answer: Stratum Granulosm
◉ Define Vasodilation
Answer: Blood vessels expanding
◉ What botanical is antiviral?
Answer: Eucalyptus
◉ List the symptoms of anemia
Answer: hair loss, dry skin and lethargy
◉ What is an Ayurveda term for energetic centers for chakras
, Answer: Marma Points
◉ Which is stronger, sterilization or disinfection?
Answer: sterilization
◉ Bromeliad is derived from?
Answer: Pineapple
◉ A surgical procedure that removes excess skin and/or fat from the
upper eye lid:
Answer: Blepharoplasty
◉ 1 ampere is equal to how many milliamperes?
Answer: 1,000 millamperes
◉ what does superficial peeling do for the skin?
Answer: It removes the dead surface cells
◉ What does the vacuum exfoliation of microdermabrasion
stimulate?
Answer: reproduction of fibroblasts and new living cells
