Esthetics: Oregon State Board Practice Q’s &
A’s 100% Verified
What is the barrier created by skin using both sebum and
sweat? - Answer Acid mantle
What is the chemical reaction in which the oxidizing agent is
reduced and the reducing agent is oxidized? - Answer
Oxidation-reduction (redox)
What is the subtraction of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen
called? - Answer Reduction
What does it mean if a liquid is immiscible? - Answer The
liquids are not mutually soluble.
What does hydrophilic mean? - Answer Water-loving
What does lipophilic mean? - Answer Oil loving
What are electrotherapy treatments often called? - Answer
Modalities
What are the most common used modalities in aesthetics
, Esthetics: Oregon State Board Practice Q’s &
A’s 100% Verified
today? - Answer Galvanic current, microcurrent, and Tesla
high-frequency current
What type of current is a galvanic current? - Answer Direct
current
What modality uses an extremely low level of electricity that
mirrors the body's own natural electrical impulses? - Answer
Microcurrent
Cataphoresis: Effects of Galvanic Current - Answer Produces
acidic reactions
Closes the pores
Soothes the nerves
Decreases blood supply
Contracts blood vessels
Hardens and firms tissues
, Esthetics: Oregon State Board Practice Q’s &
A’s 100% Verified
Anaphoresis: Effects of Galvanic Current - Answer Produces
alkaline reactions
Open the pores
Stimulate and irritate the nerves
Increases blood supply
Expands blood vessels
Softens tissues
Effects of Microcurrent - Answer Improve blood and lymph
circulation
Produces acidic and alkaline reaction opens and closes hair
follicles and pores
Increases muscle tone
Restores elasticity
Reduces redness and inflammation
A’s 100% Verified
What is the barrier created by skin using both sebum and
sweat? - Answer Acid mantle
What is the chemical reaction in which the oxidizing agent is
reduced and the reducing agent is oxidized? - Answer
Oxidation-reduction (redox)
What is the subtraction of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen
called? - Answer Reduction
What does it mean if a liquid is immiscible? - Answer The
liquids are not mutually soluble.
What does hydrophilic mean? - Answer Water-loving
What does lipophilic mean? - Answer Oil loving
What are electrotherapy treatments often called? - Answer
Modalities
What are the most common used modalities in aesthetics
, Esthetics: Oregon State Board Practice Q’s &
A’s 100% Verified
today? - Answer Galvanic current, microcurrent, and Tesla
high-frequency current
What type of current is a galvanic current? - Answer Direct
current
What modality uses an extremely low level of electricity that
mirrors the body's own natural electrical impulses? - Answer
Microcurrent
Cataphoresis: Effects of Galvanic Current - Answer Produces
acidic reactions
Closes the pores
Soothes the nerves
Decreases blood supply
Contracts blood vessels
Hardens and firms tissues
, Esthetics: Oregon State Board Practice Q’s &
A’s 100% Verified
Anaphoresis: Effects of Galvanic Current - Answer Produces
alkaline reactions
Open the pores
Stimulate and irritate the nerves
Increases blood supply
Expands blood vessels
Softens tissues
Effects of Microcurrent - Answer Improve blood and lymph
circulation
Produces acidic and alkaline reaction opens and closes hair
follicles and pores
Increases muscle tone
Restores elasticity
Reduces redness and inflammation
