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ESTHETICS: OREGON STATE BOARD PRACTICE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS 2024/2025
GRADED A+.
What is the barrier created by skin using both sebum and sweat? - (answers)Acid
mantle
What is the chemical reaction in which the oxidizing agent is reduced and the
reducing agent is oxidized? - (answers)Oxidation-reduction (redox)
What is the subtraction of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen called? -
(answers)Reduction
What does it mean if a liquid is immiscible? - (answers)The liquids are not
mutually soluble.
What does hydrophilic mean? - (answers)Water loving
What does lipophilic mean? - (answers)Oil loving
What are electrotherapy treatments often called? - (answers)Modalities
What are the most common used modalities in aesthetics today? -
(answers)Galvanic current, microcurrent, and Tesla high-frequency current
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What type of current is a galvanic current? - (answers)Direct current
What modality uses an extremely low level of electricity that mirrors the body's
own natural electrical impulses? - (answers)Microcurrent
Cataphoresis: Effects of Galvanic Current - (answers)Produces acidic reactions
Closes the pores
Soothes the nerves
Decreases blood supply
Contracts blood vessels
Hardens and firms tissues
Anaphoresis: Effects of Galvanic Current - (answers)Produces alkaline reactions
Open the pores
Stimulate and irritate the nerves
Increases blood supply
Expands blood vessels
Softens tissues
Effects of Microcurrent - (answers)Improve blood and lymph circulation
Produces acidic and alkaline reaction opens and closes hair follicles and pores
Increases muscle tone
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Restores elasticity
Reduces redness and inflammation
Minimizes healing time in acne lesions enter improved barrier function of the
skin
Increases metabolism
What is another name for Tesla high frequency current? - (answers)Violet ray
What is the thermal or heat producing current with a high rate of oscillation or
vibration? - (answers)Tesla high frequency current
Effects of Tesla high-frequency current - (answers)Stimulates blood circulation
Increases elimination and absorption
Increases metabolism
Improves germicidal action
Relieve congestion
What are the three types of electromagnetic energy? - (answers)Visible light,
invisible infrared light, and invisible ultraviolet radiation
What does laser stand for? - (answers)Light amplification stimulation emission of
radiation
ESTHETICS: OREGON STATE BOARD PRACTICE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS 2024/2025
GRADED A+.
What is the barrier created by skin using both sebum and sweat? - (answers)Acid
mantle
What is the chemical reaction in which the oxidizing agent is reduced and the
reducing agent is oxidized? - (answers)Oxidation-reduction (redox)
What is the subtraction of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen called? -
(answers)Reduction
What does it mean if a liquid is immiscible? - (answers)The liquids are not
mutually soluble.
What does hydrophilic mean? - (answers)Water loving
What does lipophilic mean? - (answers)Oil loving
What are electrotherapy treatments often called? - (answers)Modalities
What are the most common used modalities in aesthetics today? -
(answers)Galvanic current, microcurrent, and Tesla high-frequency current
, 2
What type of current is a galvanic current? - (answers)Direct current
What modality uses an extremely low level of electricity that mirrors the body's
own natural electrical impulses? - (answers)Microcurrent
Cataphoresis: Effects of Galvanic Current - (answers)Produces acidic reactions
Closes the pores
Soothes the nerves
Decreases blood supply
Contracts blood vessels
Hardens and firms tissues
Anaphoresis: Effects of Galvanic Current - (answers)Produces alkaline reactions
Open the pores
Stimulate and irritate the nerves
Increases blood supply
Expands blood vessels
Softens tissues
Effects of Microcurrent - (answers)Improve blood and lymph circulation
Produces acidic and alkaline reaction opens and closes hair follicles and pores
Increases muscle tone
, 3
Restores elasticity
Reduces redness and inflammation
Minimizes healing time in acne lesions enter improved barrier function of the
skin
Increases metabolism
What is another name for Tesla high frequency current? - (answers)Violet ray
What is the thermal or heat producing current with a high rate of oscillation or
vibration? - (answers)Tesla high frequency current
Effects of Tesla high-frequency current - (answers)Stimulates blood circulation
Increases elimination and absorption
Increases metabolism
Improves germicidal action
Relieve congestion
What are the three types of electromagnetic energy? - (answers)Visible light,
invisible infrared light, and invisible ultraviolet radiation
What does laser stand for? - (answers)Light amplification stimulation emission of
radiation
