LASER HAIR REMOVAL
Laser Hair Removal – 40 Hour Apprentice Test
Questions With Answers 100% Verified.
How many layers of the skin are there and what are they? - ✔✔✔ - 3 layers:
epidermis (outer)
dermis (middle)
subcutaneous (or hypodermic) (innermost)
What are the phases of hair growth? - ✔✔✔ - Anagen - actively growing
Catagen - transitional phase
Telogen - dormant or resting phase
In what phase can hair be damaged by the laser? - ✔✔✔ - hair in the anlagen phase
What is the purpose of doing multiple treatments? - ✔✔✔ - Hairs are in different stages at different
times so we need to do multiple treatments to catch all the hairs in all the different phases
If a client calls about burning and irritation what do you do? - ✔✔✔ - ask them to come into the office,
you take pictures of the blisters, call your physician, and follow up the next day
What do you do about a red, burning, itchy, rash? - ✔✔✔ - It is a histamine reaction. Take an
antihistamine and use hydrocortisone cream.
How long prior to your treatment must you not be exposed to the sun? - ✔✔✔ - 2 weeks
If a client is on accutane what are the rules? - ✔✔✔ - They must wait 6 months AFTER finishing
accurate to get a treatment.
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How long must a client wait after waxing, tweezing, plucking, or threading to get a treatment? - ✔✔✔
- 4 weeks
Who is over laser hair removal practices? - ✔✔✔ - TDLR
What is another word for ingrown hairs? - ✔✔✔ - Pseudofolliculitus barb
***If a woman has male like hair growth on the face what do you do? - ✔✔✔ - Refer them to an
OBGYN and could be PCOS
Increasing the wavelength absorbs what? - ✔✔✔ - Less melanin
What laser would would you use on dark skin? - ✔✔✔ - 1064 because the longest wavelength and it's
further away from the melanin
What is a chromophore? What 3 are for us? - ✔✔✔ - your target; melanin, water, blood
What is calibration? - ✔✔✔ - input=output
What does LASER stand for? - ✔✔✔ - Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation
Does working with pheomelanin give good or bad result? - ✔✔✔ - Bad because the hair is too light
Pheomelanin vs Eumelanin - ✔✔✔ - pheomelanin will not work with the laser and is red and blonde
hair. eumelanin is brown and black hair and gives a good result.
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Laser Hair Removal – 40 Hour Apprentice Test
Questions With Answers 100% Verified.
How many layers of the skin are there and what are they? - ✔✔✔ - 3 layers:
epidermis (outer)
dermis (middle)
subcutaneous (or hypodermic) (innermost)
What are the phases of hair growth? - ✔✔✔ - Anagen - actively growing
Catagen - transitional phase
Telogen - dormant or resting phase
In what phase can hair be damaged by the laser? - ✔✔✔ - hair in the anlagen phase
What is the purpose of doing multiple treatments? - ✔✔✔ - Hairs are in different stages at different
times so we need to do multiple treatments to catch all the hairs in all the different phases
If a client calls about burning and irritation what do you do? - ✔✔✔ - ask them to come into the office,
you take pictures of the blisters, call your physician, and follow up the next day
What do you do about a red, burning, itchy, rash? - ✔✔✔ - It is a histamine reaction. Take an
antihistamine and use hydrocortisone cream.
How long prior to your treatment must you not be exposed to the sun? - ✔✔✔ - 2 weeks
If a client is on accutane what are the rules? - ✔✔✔ - They must wait 6 months AFTER finishing
accurate to get a treatment.
LASER HAIR REMOVAL Page 1
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How long must a client wait after waxing, tweezing, plucking, or threading to get a treatment? - ✔✔✔
- 4 weeks
Who is over laser hair removal practices? - ✔✔✔ - TDLR
What is another word for ingrown hairs? - ✔✔✔ - Pseudofolliculitus barb
***If a woman has male like hair growth on the face what do you do? - ✔✔✔ - Refer them to an
OBGYN and could be PCOS
Increasing the wavelength absorbs what? - ✔✔✔ - Less melanin
What laser would would you use on dark skin? - ✔✔✔ - 1064 because the longest wavelength and it's
further away from the melanin
What is a chromophore? What 3 are for us? - ✔✔✔ - your target; melanin, water, blood
What is calibration? - ✔✔✔ - input=output
What does LASER stand for? - ✔✔✔ - Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation
Does working with pheomelanin give good or bad result? - ✔✔✔ - Bad because the hair is too light
Pheomelanin vs Eumelanin - ✔✔✔ - pheomelanin will not work with the laser and is red and blonde
hair. eumelanin is brown and black hair and gives a good result.
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