CHAPTER 5 SKIN ANALYSIS COMPLETE STUDY
GUIDE WITH SOLVED QUESTIONS
◉ Which factors that affect the skin are considered intrinsic?
Answer: dehydration
◉ How would you define these effects on the skin: pollutants, over
exfoliation, climate, and photosensitivity?
Answer: extrinsic factors
◉ What is true of sun damage?
Answer: It is the main extrinsic cause of aging.
◉ What does dehydrated skin lack?
Answer: water
◉ What is true of normal skin?
Answer: It has a good oil-water balance.
◉ What skin type is associated with the treatment goals of
maintenance and preventative care?
Answer: normal
, ◉ If your primary treatment goals are to soothe, calm, and protect,
then your client most likely has _____ skin.
Answer: sensitive
◉ What are contraindications?
Answer: factors that prohibit a treatment
◉ What type of skin condition is indicated by redness and is the
result of distended capillaries from weakening of the capillary walls?
Answer: couperose skin
◉ What does the Fitzpatrick scale measure?
Answer: skin's ability to tolerate ultraviolet (UV) exposure
◉ When should you analyze the client's skin type and conditions?
Answer: before performing services
◉ What type on the Fitzpatrick scale is a person who rarely burns
and who has Latin American heritage, dark hair, and dark eyes?
Answer: type 5
GUIDE WITH SOLVED QUESTIONS
◉ Which factors that affect the skin are considered intrinsic?
Answer: dehydration
◉ How would you define these effects on the skin: pollutants, over
exfoliation, climate, and photosensitivity?
Answer: extrinsic factors
◉ What is true of sun damage?
Answer: It is the main extrinsic cause of aging.
◉ What does dehydrated skin lack?
Answer: water
◉ What is true of normal skin?
Answer: It has a good oil-water balance.
◉ What skin type is associated with the treatment goals of
maintenance and preventative care?
Answer: normal
, ◉ If your primary treatment goals are to soothe, calm, and protect,
then your client most likely has _____ skin.
Answer: sensitive
◉ What are contraindications?
Answer: factors that prohibit a treatment
◉ What type of skin condition is indicated by redness and is the
result of distended capillaries from weakening of the capillary walls?
Answer: couperose skin
◉ What does the Fitzpatrick scale measure?
Answer: skin's ability to tolerate ultraviolet (UV) exposure
◉ When should you analyze the client's skin type and conditions?
Answer: before performing services
◉ What type on the Fitzpatrick scale is a person who rarely burns
and who has Latin American heritage, dark hair, and dark eyes?
Answer: type 5
