CERTIFIED CLINICAL ELECTROLOGIST REVIEW
EXAMS RECENT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE
A+
✔✔Can a client be treated I an area with an active herpes breakout - ✔✔No, wait for it
to clean and ski to heal before treating
✔✔What is the medication a client should take prior to a treat is they are prone to cold
sores - ✔✔Valtex
✔✔Do you need written permission from a physician to perform an electrolysis on
someone with a pacemaker? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔What type of Diabetes is diagnosed in some women during pregnancy -
✔✔gestational
✔✔If a client with a high pain tolerance is very persistent and wants to treat her entire
upper lip in one session what should the electrolysis do - ✔✔Advise the client to break
the entire upper lip area in to different sessions to prevent over treatment
✔✔Clear liquid oozing from follicles is called what? - ✔✔Weeping or leaking follicles
,✔✔How is blanching caused - ✔✔Shallow insertion or energy/ intensity is too high, too
small needle
✔✔What is an excellent tool for helping the skin get back to normal especially when
using galvanic or blend because it neutralizes the sodium hydroxide produced in the
follicle - ✔✔Cataphoresis
✔✔If an African American woman is taking ibuprofen she can be treated for electrolysis
- ✔✔Yes, but will burn with laser
✔✔What is the best skin type to do electrolysis on - ✔✔Dry
✔✔You are treating a client for a couple minutes and suddenly she doesn't feel anything
what do you check first - ✔✔Needle cord
✔✔What does PCOS,diabetes and darkening of skin (especially back of neck or skin
folds) known as acanthosis nigricans all have in common - ✔✔Insulin resistance
✔✔What side effect can happen to clients with sensitive skin when using direct current
that is directly linked to use of the indifferent electrode on the skin - ✔✔Indifferent
electrode rash
✔✔How long does a client have to wait after a dermabrasion treatment to get
electrolysis - ✔✔3 months
✔✔Which antibiotic for acne that is considered a bacteriostatic, it does not kill bacteria it
just prevents it from multiplying - ✔✔Tetracycline
✔✔What is true about surgical magnification: the higher the magnification the
larger/smaller the depth of field - ✔✔Smaller
✔✔A macule is a primary lesion that looks like - ✔✔A flat stain on skin *primary lesion
✔✔What can cause synapse fatigue - ✔✔continuously treating one small area or older
age
✔✔What is the most important skin characteristic to consider when performing
electrolysis - ✔✔Moisture in the skin
✔✔If someone has abnormal obesity, and excessive hair o the face, what could they be
suffering from - ✔✔Insulin resistance
, ✔✔Client says electrology causes skin eruptions and comes in what do you do? -
✔✔review her after home care regimen
✔✔Which hormonal disorder is seen in post menopausal women with diabetes,
characterized by growth of body hair in the masculine distribution - ✔✔Archard-Thiers
Syndrome
✔✔The negative pole produces - ✔✔sodium hydroxide
✔✔In Galvanic electrolysis, the chemical agent that destroys hair is - ✔✔sodium
hydroxide
✔✔The blend is achieved by using - ✔✔High frequency and galvanic current
✔✔The flow of electrons along a wire cannot occur unless there is - ✔✔Electrical
pressure (Voltage)
✔✔According to the atomic theory of electron movement, Electrons move from -
✔✔Negative to positive
✔✔The galvanic modality effects permanent hair removal by - ✔✔Chemical
decomposition
✔✔The blend of duel actions effects permanent hair removal by - ✔✔High frequency
and galvanic current
✔✔Which of the following defines desiccation - ✔✔Removing moisture
✔✔What can be an excellent tool for helping the skin get back to normal after an
electrolysis treatment by neutralizing the sodium hydroxide produced in the follicle -
✔✔Cataphoresis
✔✔What is the effect of the negative pole on the skin - ✔✔Irritates the skin, promotes
redness (vasodilator), and softens tissue
✔✔What is defined as the flow of electrons along a conductor - ✔✔electricity
✔✔What are the other names for thermolysis - ✔✔Alternating current, high frequency,
short wave and radio frequency
✔✔What is a unit of electrical pressure - ✔✔Volt
✔✔What is the unit of electrical strength - ✔✔ampere
EXAMS RECENT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE
A+
✔✔Can a client be treated I an area with an active herpes breakout - ✔✔No, wait for it
to clean and ski to heal before treating
✔✔What is the medication a client should take prior to a treat is they are prone to cold
sores - ✔✔Valtex
✔✔Do you need written permission from a physician to perform an electrolysis on
someone with a pacemaker? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔What type of Diabetes is diagnosed in some women during pregnancy -
✔✔gestational
✔✔If a client with a high pain tolerance is very persistent and wants to treat her entire
upper lip in one session what should the electrolysis do - ✔✔Advise the client to break
the entire upper lip area in to different sessions to prevent over treatment
✔✔Clear liquid oozing from follicles is called what? - ✔✔Weeping or leaking follicles
,✔✔How is blanching caused - ✔✔Shallow insertion or energy/ intensity is too high, too
small needle
✔✔What is an excellent tool for helping the skin get back to normal especially when
using galvanic or blend because it neutralizes the sodium hydroxide produced in the
follicle - ✔✔Cataphoresis
✔✔If an African American woman is taking ibuprofen she can be treated for electrolysis
- ✔✔Yes, but will burn with laser
✔✔What is the best skin type to do electrolysis on - ✔✔Dry
✔✔You are treating a client for a couple minutes and suddenly she doesn't feel anything
what do you check first - ✔✔Needle cord
✔✔What does PCOS,diabetes and darkening of skin (especially back of neck or skin
folds) known as acanthosis nigricans all have in common - ✔✔Insulin resistance
✔✔What side effect can happen to clients with sensitive skin when using direct current
that is directly linked to use of the indifferent electrode on the skin - ✔✔Indifferent
electrode rash
✔✔How long does a client have to wait after a dermabrasion treatment to get
electrolysis - ✔✔3 months
✔✔Which antibiotic for acne that is considered a bacteriostatic, it does not kill bacteria it
just prevents it from multiplying - ✔✔Tetracycline
✔✔What is true about surgical magnification: the higher the magnification the
larger/smaller the depth of field - ✔✔Smaller
✔✔A macule is a primary lesion that looks like - ✔✔A flat stain on skin *primary lesion
✔✔What can cause synapse fatigue - ✔✔continuously treating one small area or older
age
✔✔What is the most important skin characteristic to consider when performing
electrolysis - ✔✔Moisture in the skin
✔✔If someone has abnormal obesity, and excessive hair o the face, what could they be
suffering from - ✔✔Insulin resistance
, ✔✔Client says electrology causes skin eruptions and comes in what do you do? -
✔✔review her after home care regimen
✔✔Which hormonal disorder is seen in post menopausal women with diabetes,
characterized by growth of body hair in the masculine distribution - ✔✔Archard-Thiers
Syndrome
✔✔The negative pole produces - ✔✔sodium hydroxide
✔✔In Galvanic electrolysis, the chemical agent that destroys hair is - ✔✔sodium
hydroxide
✔✔The blend is achieved by using - ✔✔High frequency and galvanic current
✔✔The flow of electrons along a wire cannot occur unless there is - ✔✔Electrical
pressure (Voltage)
✔✔According to the atomic theory of electron movement, Electrons move from -
✔✔Negative to positive
✔✔The galvanic modality effects permanent hair removal by - ✔✔Chemical
decomposition
✔✔The blend of duel actions effects permanent hair removal by - ✔✔High frequency
and galvanic current
✔✔Which of the following defines desiccation - ✔✔Removing moisture
✔✔What can be an excellent tool for helping the skin get back to normal after an
electrolysis treatment by neutralizing the sodium hydroxide produced in the follicle -
✔✔Cataphoresis
✔✔What is the effect of the negative pole on the skin - ✔✔Irritates the skin, promotes
redness (vasodilator), and softens tissue
✔✔What is defined as the flow of electrons along a conductor - ✔✔electricity
✔✔What are the other names for thermolysis - ✔✔Alternating current, high frequency,
short wave and radio frequency
✔✔What is a unit of electrical pressure - ✔✔Volt
✔✔What is the unit of electrical strength - ✔✔ampere
