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Questions And Answers 2025
What is the most effective stage for hair removal? - Answer - Anagen
Microdermabrasion crystals contain aluminum oxide, corundum, and what else? - Answer - Salt
After a microdermabrasion how long until you can receive restalyn injections? - Answer - 1-2 days
A microdermabrasion should stop when you see what? - Answer - Erythema
What makes a cream dense? - Answer - Humectants, which are a thickening agent
Use less steam on a client who has asthma, true or false? - Answer - True
What are contraindications of body wraps? - Answer - High blood pressure and diabetes
What does sclerotherapy treat? - Answer - Spider veins
How soon after laser resurfacing treatments can clients have light exfoliation? - Answer - 1 week
Which fitzpatrick type are most likely to suffer from keloid scarring? - Answer - VI
What is the integumentary system? - Answer - Hair skin and nails
How should your license be maintained? - Answer - Good standing
,What does superficial peeling do for the skin? - Answer - Removes dead surface skin cells
What is NOT one of the building blocks for a successful business? - Answer - Employees
What are hematomas? - Answer - Bruises, a collection of blood under the skin
What is a telangectasia? - Answer - Distended capillaries or couperose skin
What is tinea corporus? - Answer - Ring worm
What is tinea pedis fungus? - Answer - Athlete's foot
What is tinea versicolor? - Answer - A fungal yeast infection that inhibits the production of melanin
What is pityriasis rosacea? - Answer - Red patches of skin that may be round or oval shaped
What is perioral dermatitis? - Answer - An acne condition that appears around the mouth,
predominantly in women
What are platelets? - Answer - Blood cells that aid in forming blood clots
What is an ingredient that is an excellent skin softener? - Answer - Glycerin
What is a humectant that is formed by the decomposition of fat and oil? - Answer - Glycerin
What is the medical term for a facelift? - Answer - Rhytidectomy
What is the process called that is used to soften grease deposits and soften black heads in the hair
follicle? - Answer - Desincrustation
,What does exfoliation and vacuum stimulate? - Answer - Reproduction by the fibroblasts of new living
cells
How many days do you have to dispute? - Answer - 20 days
What is the skin nourished by? - Answer - Blood and lymph
Which is stronger: sterilization or disinfection? - Answer - Sterilization
What ind of scars do we NOT treat with microdermabrasion? - Answer - Ice pick scars (scarred ostia)
What is necrosis tissue? - Answer - Dead cells when tissue is deprived by blood supply
What do corneocytes do? - Answer - They act as a cellular glue in the epidermis, thye hold cells together
Bromhydrosis is what? - Answer - Foul smelling persperation, often in the arm pit, caused by yeast and
bacteria
What is another name for skin tags? - Answer - Acrochordons
What is diathermy? - Answer - A special type of current used in the treatment of telangectasias
What is plasma? - Answer - A pale yellow or grey- yellow protien
What does the thymus gland do? - Answer - Signals the development of the immune system in young
people
What do adrenal glands secrete? - Answer - Adrenalin when the body is stressed
, What is the pituitary gland? - Answer - A ductless gland
What gland regulates the body's metabolism? - Answer - Thyriod
What is pinpoint bleeding? - Answer - A small entry to the papillary layer
Define hydroquinone - Answer - Safe, topical bleaching agent that inhibits the production of tyrosinase
with melanocytes
What is kojic acid? - Answer - A bleaching agent derived from bacteria on a Japanese mushroom
What is an example of a bloodborne pathogen? - Answer - HIV
Define bloodborne pathogens? - Answer - Infectious substances in the blood that causes infection and
disease
What is lactic acid derived from? - Answer - Milk
What is the lowest layer of the epidermis? - Answer - Basal layer (stratum germanativum)
What is the superficial sublayer of the epidermis that varies in thickness over the body? - Answer -
Stratum corneum
What does the androgen hormone do? - Answer - A male hormone responsible for male skin
characteristics (oily skin and acne)
What is an antigen? - Answer - A foreign invader
What is a histamine? - Answer - A hormone that is released during an allergic reaction
Questions And Answers 2025
What is the most effective stage for hair removal? - Answer - Anagen
Microdermabrasion crystals contain aluminum oxide, corundum, and what else? - Answer - Salt
After a microdermabrasion how long until you can receive restalyn injections? - Answer - 1-2 days
A microdermabrasion should stop when you see what? - Answer - Erythema
What makes a cream dense? - Answer - Humectants, which are a thickening agent
Use less steam on a client who has asthma, true or false? - Answer - True
What are contraindications of body wraps? - Answer - High blood pressure and diabetes
What does sclerotherapy treat? - Answer - Spider veins
How soon after laser resurfacing treatments can clients have light exfoliation? - Answer - 1 week
Which fitzpatrick type are most likely to suffer from keloid scarring? - Answer - VI
What is the integumentary system? - Answer - Hair skin and nails
How should your license be maintained? - Answer - Good standing
,What does superficial peeling do for the skin? - Answer - Removes dead surface skin cells
What is NOT one of the building blocks for a successful business? - Answer - Employees
What are hematomas? - Answer - Bruises, a collection of blood under the skin
What is a telangectasia? - Answer - Distended capillaries or couperose skin
What is tinea corporus? - Answer - Ring worm
What is tinea pedis fungus? - Answer - Athlete's foot
What is tinea versicolor? - Answer - A fungal yeast infection that inhibits the production of melanin
What is pityriasis rosacea? - Answer - Red patches of skin that may be round or oval shaped
What is perioral dermatitis? - Answer - An acne condition that appears around the mouth,
predominantly in women
What are platelets? - Answer - Blood cells that aid in forming blood clots
What is an ingredient that is an excellent skin softener? - Answer - Glycerin
What is a humectant that is formed by the decomposition of fat and oil? - Answer - Glycerin
What is the medical term for a facelift? - Answer - Rhytidectomy
What is the process called that is used to soften grease deposits and soften black heads in the hair
follicle? - Answer - Desincrustation
,What does exfoliation and vacuum stimulate? - Answer - Reproduction by the fibroblasts of new living
cells
How many days do you have to dispute? - Answer - 20 days
What is the skin nourished by? - Answer - Blood and lymph
Which is stronger: sterilization or disinfection? - Answer - Sterilization
What ind of scars do we NOT treat with microdermabrasion? - Answer - Ice pick scars (scarred ostia)
What is necrosis tissue? - Answer - Dead cells when tissue is deprived by blood supply
What do corneocytes do? - Answer - They act as a cellular glue in the epidermis, thye hold cells together
Bromhydrosis is what? - Answer - Foul smelling persperation, often in the arm pit, caused by yeast and
bacteria
What is another name for skin tags? - Answer - Acrochordons
What is diathermy? - Answer - A special type of current used in the treatment of telangectasias
What is plasma? - Answer - A pale yellow or grey- yellow protien
What does the thymus gland do? - Answer - Signals the development of the immune system in young
people
What do adrenal glands secrete? - Answer - Adrenalin when the body is stressed
, What is the pituitary gland? - Answer - A ductless gland
What gland regulates the body's metabolism? - Answer - Thyriod
What is pinpoint bleeding? - Answer - A small entry to the papillary layer
Define hydroquinone - Answer - Safe, topical bleaching agent that inhibits the production of tyrosinase
with melanocytes
What is kojic acid? - Answer - A bleaching agent derived from bacteria on a Japanese mushroom
What is an example of a bloodborne pathogen? - Answer - HIV
Define bloodborne pathogens? - Answer - Infectious substances in the blood that causes infection and
disease
What is lactic acid derived from? - Answer - Milk
What is the lowest layer of the epidermis? - Answer - Basal layer (stratum germanativum)
What is the superficial sublayer of the epidermis that varies in thickness over the body? - Answer -
Stratum corneum
What does the androgen hormone do? - Answer - A male hormone responsible for male skin
characteristics (oily skin and acne)
What is an antigen? - Answer - A foreign invader
What is a histamine? - Answer - A hormone that is released during an allergic reaction
