WASHINGTON STATE ESTHETICIAN TEST
2026 VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
PASS GUIDE
◉ Higher levels of Fitz skin types are less sensitive to what?
Answer: environmental harm
◉ What was the first FDA approved hyaluronic acid, approved for
dermal filling?
Answer: Restylane
◉ What orbits the nucleus?
Answer: electrons
◉ What will show imperfections you cannot see with the naked eye
Answer: woods lamp
◉ What is an androgen?
Answer: Male hormone that stimulates the sebaceous gland to
produce more sebum.
,◉ Poikiloderm
Answer: is a horseshoe (u-shaped) pattern of redness and
telangiectasis
◉ Salicylic acid is a contraindication to someone using
Answer: isotretinoin
◉ Touching a product or chemical that causes a reaction is called
Answer: Contact dermatitis
◉ What skin type is most sensitive to peels
Answer: Asian
◉ What color LED light should you use on inflammation?
Answer: YELLOW
◉ MLD moves with:
Answer: circulatory system
◉ What is the medical term for pregnancy mask?
Answer: Melasma
, ◉ What makes a cream dense?
Answer: Humectants
◉ Elastosis is
Answer: The breakdown of elastic tissue, degeneration of connective
tissue (sagging)
◉ What is a mammoplasty?
Answer: breast augmentation
◉ Allergic reaction (red itchy eyes) are caused by
Answer: histamines
◉ Multiple Laser treatments target the hair:
Answer: in the anagen phase
◉ what determines how many microdermabrasion passes a client
have
Answer: thickness of skin
◉ what is caused by "too little" hydrocortisone production
Answer: Addisons disease
2026 VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
PASS GUIDE
◉ Higher levels of Fitz skin types are less sensitive to what?
Answer: environmental harm
◉ What was the first FDA approved hyaluronic acid, approved for
dermal filling?
Answer: Restylane
◉ What orbits the nucleus?
Answer: electrons
◉ What will show imperfections you cannot see with the naked eye
Answer: woods lamp
◉ What is an androgen?
Answer: Male hormone that stimulates the sebaceous gland to
produce more sebum.
,◉ Poikiloderm
Answer: is a horseshoe (u-shaped) pattern of redness and
telangiectasis
◉ Salicylic acid is a contraindication to someone using
Answer: isotretinoin
◉ Touching a product or chemical that causes a reaction is called
Answer: Contact dermatitis
◉ What skin type is most sensitive to peels
Answer: Asian
◉ What color LED light should you use on inflammation?
Answer: YELLOW
◉ MLD moves with:
Answer: circulatory system
◉ What is the medical term for pregnancy mask?
Answer: Melasma
, ◉ What makes a cream dense?
Answer: Humectants
◉ Elastosis is
Answer: The breakdown of elastic tissue, degeneration of connective
tissue (sagging)
◉ What is a mammoplasty?
Answer: breast augmentation
◉ Allergic reaction (red itchy eyes) are caused by
Answer: histamines
◉ Multiple Laser treatments target the hair:
Answer: in the anagen phase
◉ what determines how many microdermabrasion passes a client
have
Answer: thickness of skin
◉ what is caused by "too little" hydrocortisone production
Answer: Addisons disease
