Pulsed dye lasers are most popular for treating? - Answer: Vascular lesions
What procedure is the diode laser most effective for? - Answer: Laser Hair Removal
What is a Q-Switch laser used for? - Answer: Tattoo removal
What does the laser active medium produce when it is stimulated? - Answer: Photons
In esthetic practices,what are the most commonly used wavelengths of the
electromagnetic spectrum? - Answer: Visible light, infrared
What portion of the electromagnetic spectrum can humans see? - Answer: visible light
What is electromagnetic radiation? - Answer: Waves of electrons
What do photons transmit? - Answer: Light
What does LASER stand for? - Answer: light amplification by stimulated emission of
radiation
What produces light, heat, chemical and magnetic changes? - Answer: electricity
The range of all the wavelengths that can be produced by radiation energy is called? -
Answer: Electromagnetic Spectrum (EMS)
What type of light has the shortest wavelength? - Answer: Ultraviolet (UV)
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, What are three characteristics of laser light? - Answer: Monochromatic,
Directional/Collimated, Coherent
When laser light reaches a target it is absorbed and then converted into? - Answer:
Heat
Heat energy is the movement of? - Answer: Electrons
What are tiny blood vessels that cause red lines or patterns on the skin? - Answer:
Telangiectasias
What condition caused by hormonal imbalances and typically affected by women
causing dark hair to grow in areas such as the face, arms, legs, and back? - Answer:
Hirstism
What do you call an infection of the hair follicle in the beard area? - Answer:
Pseudofolliculitis Barbae
Excessive hair growth that is genetically determined and can occur in both men and
women is called? - Answer: Hypertichosis
Photons are? - Answer: Packets of energy
A wavelength is measured in - Answer: nanometers
Fluency is measured in? - Answer: Joules
What conditions would be treated as pigment reduction? - Answer: Lentigo, Ephilis
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