ELECTROLYSIS IBEC LASER FINALS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Idiopathic hirsutism - ✔✔Hirsutism with no identifiable cause is
✔✔Teardrop or pear - ✔✔The shape of the heated area surrounding the high frequency
needle is the shape of
✔✔High frequency and galvanic current - ✔✔The blend is achieved by using
✔✔more caustic - ✔✔Using the blend modality, the application of thermolysis causes
the lye to be
✔✔superfluous - ✔✔What is excess hair that is not abnormal for a persons age and
sex, but is not desired or socially acceptable
✔✔Thyroxine (T4) - ✔✔What hormone produced by the thyroid gland helps keep the
bodies function (metabolism) working at the correct piece
✔✔Early anagen - ✔✔When a client has been tweezing weekly, most of the hair in the
area of tweezing will be in what stage of growth
✔✔Terminal - ✔✔What types of hairs are deep, course, usually pigmented
✔✔Vellus - ✔✔What type of hair is fine, short and often called "peach fuzz"
✔✔Ferriman Gallway score - ✔✔What is the method of grading or evaluating hirsutism
in women
✔✔Accelerated vellus hair - ✔✔If a vellus hair is stimulated to grow deeper and courser,
it is said to be a
,✔✔Dermis (not fibrous portion) - ✔✔In which of the following layers of the skin are mast
cells found
✔✔LH (luteinizing hormone) - ✔✔Which of the following hormones will cause hirsutism
✔✔Delayed healing time - ✔✔When treating a client with diabetes what is of the
greatest concern
✔✔Adrenal gland - ✔✔Which gland is most associated with hair growth
✔✔Polycystic ovaries (PCOS) - ✔✔Which of the following is the most common cause
hirsutism and menstrual irregularity in women less than 50 years of age
✔✔Skin, hair, eyes - ✔✔Where do you find melanin
✔✔Epidermis: Stratum Lucidum - ✔✔In which layer of the skin is eleidin found
✔✔Dermis - ✔✔What is also known as "true skin" or "cutis"
✔✔Dark skin - ✔✔In what type of skin are melanocytes more active
✔✔Papillary layer - ✔✔What layer is composed of fine and loosely arranged collagen
fibers
✔✔Reticular - ✔✔Which layer of the skin is composed of dense bundles of collagen and
elastic fibers
✔✔Subcutaneous and subcutis - ✔✔Which layer is at the base of the dermis and is
composed of fatty adipose tissue
✔✔inner root sheath (IRS) - ✔✔What serves as an anchor and holds the hair in the
follicle
✔✔Apocrine glands - ✔✔What type of gland is located in the genital and axillae areas
and usually the "smelly ones"
✔✔Under arm - ✔✔In what area of the body do the apocrine glands tend to be the
largest
✔✔Sebaceous gland - ✔✔In which gland does the vellus hair originate
✔✔Sebum (lipids) - ✔✔What is produced by the sebaceous gland that helps lubricate
and protect the skin
, ✔✔Late anagen - ✔✔In which state of hair growth is hair easiest for electrologist to
epilate
✔✔Arrector pili - ✔✔What is an appendage to the hair follicle that is attached midway
between the bulb in the sebaceous gland (gives goosebumps or makes hair stand up)
✔✔Lanugo - ✔✔What is also known as baby fetal hair that falls off a few weeks after
birth
✔✔Langerhans cells (immunity) - ✔✔What are the first cells in the epidermis that fight
infection or invading microorganisms
✔✔Cortex - ✔✔Which layer of the hair has cells that contain melanin
✔✔Medulla, cortex, cuticle - ✔✔Name the layers of the hair from the inside out
✔✔Legs - ✔✔On which part of the body do you find the most red dots after electrolysis
✔✔Electrolysis (galvanic) - ✔✔What is the only permanent hair removal procedure
✔✔Herpes type 1 and type 2 (HSV-1/HSV-2) and warts HPV - ✔✔What type of
contagious outbreaks should not be treated with electrolysis during outbreak
✔✔Verruca - ✔✔What is another name for wart
✔✔herpes type 1 HSV-1 - ✔✔Which form of herpes generally causes sores or fever
blisters from the waist up, specifically around the mouth (should not be treated during
outbreak)
✔✔herpes type 2 HSV-2 - ✔✔Which form of herpes generally causes infection from the
waist down and is typically sexually transmitted (should not be treated during outbreak)
✔✔3 months - ✔✔What is the time recommended to wait before electrolysis treatment
after dermabrasion
✔✔Acne. Lyme disease. Rosacea - ✔✔What diseases are treated with tetracycline
antibiotic
✔✔Legs - ✔✔In a diabetic client which area of the body is the worst one for electrolysis
because of slow healing
✔✔Sun, stress, tweezing and aspirin - ✔✔Which of the following can cause increased
hair growth
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Idiopathic hirsutism - ✔✔Hirsutism with no identifiable cause is
✔✔Teardrop or pear - ✔✔The shape of the heated area surrounding the high frequency
needle is the shape of
✔✔High frequency and galvanic current - ✔✔The blend is achieved by using
✔✔more caustic - ✔✔Using the blend modality, the application of thermolysis causes
the lye to be
✔✔superfluous - ✔✔What is excess hair that is not abnormal for a persons age and
sex, but is not desired or socially acceptable
✔✔Thyroxine (T4) - ✔✔What hormone produced by the thyroid gland helps keep the
bodies function (metabolism) working at the correct piece
✔✔Early anagen - ✔✔When a client has been tweezing weekly, most of the hair in the
area of tweezing will be in what stage of growth
✔✔Terminal - ✔✔What types of hairs are deep, course, usually pigmented
✔✔Vellus - ✔✔What type of hair is fine, short and often called "peach fuzz"
✔✔Ferriman Gallway score - ✔✔What is the method of grading or evaluating hirsutism
in women
✔✔Accelerated vellus hair - ✔✔If a vellus hair is stimulated to grow deeper and courser,
it is said to be a
,✔✔Dermis (not fibrous portion) - ✔✔In which of the following layers of the skin are mast
cells found
✔✔LH (luteinizing hormone) - ✔✔Which of the following hormones will cause hirsutism
✔✔Delayed healing time - ✔✔When treating a client with diabetes what is of the
greatest concern
✔✔Adrenal gland - ✔✔Which gland is most associated with hair growth
✔✔Polycystic ovaries (PCOS) - ✔✔Which of the following is the most common cause
hirsutism and menstrual irregularity in women less than 50 years of age
✔✔Skin, hair, eyes - ✔✔Where do you find melanin
✔✔Epidermis: Stratum Lucidum - ✔✔In which layer of the skin is eleidin found
✔✔Dermis - ✔✔What is also known as "true skin" or "cutis"
✔✔Dark skin - ✔✔In what type of skin are melanocytes more active
✔✔Papillary layer - ✔✔What layer is composed of fine and loosely arranged collagen
fibers
✔✔Reticular - ✔✔Which layer of the skin is composed of dense bundles of collagen and
elastic fibers
✔✔Subcutaneous and subcutis - ✔✔Which layer is at the base of the dermis and is
composed of fatty adipose tissue
✔✔inner root sheath (IRS) - ✔✔What serves as an anchor and holds the hair in the
follicle
✔✔Apocrine glands - ✔✔What type of gland is located in the genital and axillae areas
and usually the "smelly ones"
✔✔Under arm - ✔✔In what area of the body do the apocrine glands tend to be the
largest
✔✔Sebaceous gland - ✔✔In which gland does the vellus hair originate
✔✔Sebum (lipids) - ✔✔What is produced by the sebaceous gland that helps lubricate
and protect the skin
, ✔✔Late anagen - ✔✔In which state of hair growth is hair easiest for electrologist to
epilate
✔✔Arrector pili - ✔✔What is an appendage to the hair follicle that is attached midway
between the bulb in the sebaceous gland (gives goosebumps or makes hair stand up)
✔✔Lanugo - ✔✔What is also known as baby fetal hair that falls off a few weeks after
birth
✔✔Langerhans cells (immunity) - ✔✔What are the first cells in the epidermis that fight
infection or invading microorganisms
✔✔Cortex - ✔✔Which layer of the hair has cells that contain melanin
✔✔Medulla, cortex, cuticle - ✔✔Name the layers of the hair from the inside out
✔✔Legs - ✔✔On which part of the body do you find the most red dots after electrolysis
✔✔Electrolysis (galvanic) - ✔✔What is the only permanent hair removal procedure
✔✔Herpes type 1 and type 2 (HSV-1/HSV-2) and warts HPV - ✔✔What type of
contagious outbreaks should not be treated with electrolysis during outbreak
✔✔Verruca - ✔✔What is another name for wart
✔✔herpes type 1 HSV-1 - ✔✔Which form of herpes generally causes sores or fever
blisters from the waist up, specifically around the mouth (should not be treated during
outbreak)
✔✔herpes type 2 HSV-2 - ✔✔Which form of herpes generally causes infection from the
waist down and is typically sexually transmitted (should not be treated during outbreak)
✔✔3 months - ✔✔What is the time recommended to wait before electrolysis treatment
after dermabrasion
✔✔Acne. Lyme disease. Rosacea - ✔✔What diseases are treated with tetracycline
antibiotic
✔✔Legs - ✔✔In a diabetic client which area of the body is the worst one for electrolysis
because of slow healing
✔✔Sun, stress, tweezing and aspirin - ✔✔Which of the following can cause increased
hair growth
