Advanced Esthetic Services Review Master
Esthetics Questions with Accurate Solutions
What term refers to the vaporization, cutting, or removal of a portion of the epidermis and/or dermis? -
Answer Ablation
What do photons do? - Answer Travel at the speed of light in the form of a wave
What term refers to light energy that is "in phase"? - Answer Coherent light
What aspect of a laser determines the type of chromophore with which the light will react? - Answer
Color
What is NOT one of the common chromophores in the body? - Answer Lymph
What is NOT one of the four tissue effects of lasers? - Answer Collection
What type of surface poses the greatest potential safety hazard when using lasers? - Answer Flat and
smooth
What is the most commonly reported hazard for those working with laser devices? - Answer Eye injuries
What are lasers usually named in reference to? - Answer Their medium
What term refers to the energy of a pulsed laser beam? - Answer Fluence
What unit of measurement is used to measure energy fluence in pulsed lasers? - Answer Joule
What term refers to the rate of energy being delivered to tissue by a laser light source? - Answer Power
density
,What body determines who can use a specific type of radiation-emitting electronic device? - Answer
State regulatory agency
What term is used to refer to the entire laser apparatus used in a health care facility? - Answer Health
Care Laser System (HCLS)
What effect can the lens in the eye have on a laser's energy? - Answer Magnify its intensity by as much
as 100,000 times
Most laser eyewear has an optical density of _______ for visible and infrared wavelengths of light. -
Answer 4 to 8
What statement about operating laser equipment is correct? - Answer You should document all
problems with the device in your service records
What should clients do during laser treatments to help prevent a fire? - Answer Refrain from placing
anything between the laser device and area of treatment
What is NOT one of the purposes for which CO2 and Er:YAG lasers were traditionally used? - Answer
Hair removal
What is the average surface coverage per treatment when using a Fraser laser to treat photo-aging or
acne scarring? - Answer 20%
What are Q-switched lasers commonly used for? - Answer Treating pigmented lesions
What is a diode laser with a wavelength of 800 nm used for? - Answer Hair removal
What type of laser is commonly used to treat vascular and pigmented lesions? - Answer Pulsed dye
What is a quality of intense pulsed light (IPL)? - Answer Polychromatic
, When should double and triple pulses be used when using IPL? - Answer When treating pigmented
lesions
What term refers to a current that flows on a path of least resistance between positive and negative
electrodes placed at opposite ends? - Answer Bipolar radiofrequency
What is NOT a benefit of LED rejuvenation? - Answer Stimulation of hair follicles
What is the MOST important function of Fitzpatrick typing? - Answer Helping to predict the skin's
response to treatments
What Fitzpatrick types are likely to be difficult to treat and have troubling complications, such as
hypopigmentation? - Answer Types IV and VI
What color eyes is a person with a Fitzpatrick type III skin likely to have? - Answer Blue or brown
What are Alexandrite Q-switched lasers commonly used for? - Answer Tattoo removal
What Fitzpatrick type is common in people of Mediterranean heritage? - Answer Type IV
What is a characteristic of Fitzpatrick type VI skin? - Answer Deeply pigmented
What is the Fitzpatrick skin type of a client with a skin type score of 27? - Answer Type IV
What skin classification system takes into account the client's ancestry and Fitzpatrick type? - Answer
Lancer System
What skin classification system looks at the specific issues of burning, tanning, and post-inflammatory
hyper-pigmentation? - Answer Goldman World Classification
Esthetics Questions with Accurate Solutions
What term refers to the vaporization, cutting, or removal of a portion of the epidermis and/or dermis? -
Answer Ablation
What do photons do? - Answer Travel at the speed of light in the form of a wave
What term refers to light energy that is "in phase"? - Answer Coherent light
What aspect of a laser determines the type of chromophore with which the light will react? - Answer
Color
What is NOT one of the common chromophores in the body? - Answer Lymph
What is NOT one of the four tissue effects of lasers? - Answer Collection
What type of surface poses the greatest potential safety hazard when using lasers? - Answer Flat and
smooth
What is the most commonly reported hazard for those working with laser devices? - Answer Eye injuries
What are lasers usually named in reference to? - Answer Their medium
What term refers to the energy of a pulsed laser beam? - Answer Fluence
What unit of measurement is used to measure energy fluence in pulsed lasers? - Answer Joule
What term refers to the rate of energy being delivered to tissue by a laser light source? - Answer Power
density
,What body determines who can use a specific type of radiation-emitting electronic device? - Answer
State regulatory agency
What term is used to refer to the entire laser apparatus used in a health care facility? - Answer Health
Care Laser System (HCLS)
What effect can the lens in the eye have on a laser's energy? - Answer Magnify its intensity by as much
as 100,000 times
Most laser eyewear has an optical density of _______ for visible and infrared wavelengths of light. -
Answer 4 to 8
What statement about operating laser equipment is correct? - Answer You should document all
problems with the device in your service records
What should clients do during laser treatments to help prevent a fire? - Answer Refrain from placing
anything between the laser device and area of treatment
What is NOT one of the purposes for which CO2 and Er:YAG lasers were traditionally used? - Answer
Hair removal
What is the average surface coverage per treatment when using a Fraser laser to treat photo-aging or
acne scarring? - Answer 20%
What are Q-switched lasers commonly used for? - Answer Treating pigmented lesions
What is a diode laser with a wavelength of 800 nm used for? - Answer Hair removal
What type of laser is commonly used to treat vascular and pigmented lesions? - Answer Pulsed dye
What is a quality of intense pulsed light (IPL)? - Answer Polychromatic
, When should double and triple pulses be used when using IPL? - Answer When treating pigmented
lesions
What term refers to a current that flows on a path of least resistance between positive and negative
electrodes placed at opposite ends? - Answer Bipolar radiofrequency
What is NOT a benefit of LED rejuvenation? - Answer Stimulation of hair follicles
What is the MOST important function of Fitzpatrick typing? - Answer Helping to predict the skin's
response to treatments
What Fitzpatrick types are likely to be difficult to treat and have troubling complications, such as
hypopigmentation? - Answer Types IV and VI
What color eyes is a person with a Fitzpatrick type III skin likely to have? - Answer Blue or brown
What are Alexandrite Q-switched lasers commonly used for? - Answer Tattoo removal
What Fitzpatrick type is common in people of Mediterranean heritage? - Answer Type IV
What is a characteristic of Fitzpatrick type VI skin? - Answer Deeply pigmented
What is the Fitzpatrick skin type of a client with a skin type score of 27? - Answer Type IV
What skin classification system takes into account the client's ancestry and Fitzpatrick type? - Answer
Lancer System
What skin classification system looks at the specific issues of burning, tanning, and post-inflammatory
hyper-pigmentation? - Answer Goldman World Classification
