NIC ESTHETICS COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Steatoma - ✔✔Is a harmless sebaceous cyst filled with sebum wich is considered a
tumor of the sebaceous gland
✔✔Whitehead - ✔✔Closed comdone is a plugged sebaceous gland
✔✔Blackhead - ✔✔Open comdone open follicle with a black surface plug
✔✔Millia - ✔✔Pearly white enclosed cysts
✔✔Nodular cystic acne - ✔✔Is a characterized by inflammatory hard lesions
✔✔Malignant growth - ✔✔Are cancerous
✔✔Basal cell carcinomas - ✔✔Are common malignant lesions that tend to apear
translucent
✔✔Melenoma - ✔✔Is the most dangerous skin growth
✔✔Leukoderma - ✔✔Is carogorized by absence of pigmentation
✔✔Vitiligo - ✔✔Is an acquired skin disease characterized by white patches that are
caused by loss of pigment
✔✔Nevus - ✔✔Is a birthmark or congenital mole
✔✔Lentigo - ✔✔Also known as a freckle that is a small yellowish or brownish spot on
the skin
✔✔Sacharide - ✔✔Single sachride
, ✔✔Monosachride - ✔✔Two sachrides
✔✔Polysachride - ✔✔Many sachrides linked together
✔✔Melanocyte - ✔✔Is a cell in the basal layer of the epidermis that produces melanin
✔✔Grabulocytes - ✔✔Contain granular particles with in the cytoplasm of the cell
✔✔Neutrophils - ✔✔Nuetropholic granulocytes genrally reffered to as neutrophils are
the most abundant type of white blood cell
✔✔Vechiles - ✔✔Ocasionally called carries are used to dilute a performance ingredient
regulate it's penetration into the skin and help facilitate surface application
✔✔Emulsifier - ✔✔Product formulations containing both oil and water soluble
ingredients
✔✔Surfactants - ✔✔Lower the surface tension of a cosmetic and help the spread ability
of a formulation when applied to the skin
✔✔Superoxide dimutase - ✔✔Is a powerful enzyme antioxidant
✔✔Aerosol - ✔✔Is a product packaged underpressure and blended with propellant gas
✔✔Faraday current - ✔✔Is an alternating current that is interupted to produce a
mechanical non mechanical reaction
✔✔Rubin scale - ✔✔Look at the histologic depth of visible skin changes
✔✔Impoules - ✔✔Are genrally sealed glasses vials of concentrated ingredient designed
to give ultra intensive treatment
✔✔Coherent light - ✔✔The photons for normal white light quickly disperse in all different
directions
✔✔Monochromatic light - ✔✔Normal light contains all of the visible colors of light and a
pears white
✔✔Colimated light - ✔✔Normal light such as a flashlight or lightbulb
✔✔Absorption - ✔✔When a specific wavelength of light comes in contact with tissue
✔✔Lypolysis - ✔✔The splitting up or destruction of fat cells
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Steatoma - ✔✔Is a harmless sebaceous cyst filled with sebum wich is considered a
tumor of the sebaceous gland
✔✔Whitehead - ✔✔Closed comdone is a plugged sebaceous gland
✔✔Blackhead - ✔✔Open comdone open follicle with a black surface plug
✔✔Millia - ✔✔Pearly white enclosed cysts
✔✔Nodular cystic acne - ✔✔Is a characterized by inflammatory hard lesions
✔✔Malignant growth - ✔✔Are cancerous
✔✔Basal cell carcinomas - ✔✔Are common malignant lesions that tend to apear
translucent
✔✔Melenoma - ✔✔Is the most dangerous skin growth
✔✔Leukoderma - ✔✔Is carogorized by absence of pigmentation
✔✔Vitiligo - ✔✔Is an acquired skin disease characterized by white patches that are
caused by loss of pigment
✔✔Nevus - ✔✔Is a birthmark or congenital mole
✔✔Lentigo - ✔✔Also known as a freckle that is a small yellowish or brownish spot on
the skin
✔✔Sacharide - ✔✔Single sachride
, ✔✔Monosachride - ✔✔Two sachrides
✔✔Polysachride - ✔✔Many sachrides linked together
✔✔Melanocyte - ✔✔Is a cell in the basal layer of the epidermis that produces melanin
✔✔Grabulocytes - ✔✔Contain granular particles with in the cytoplasm of the cell
✔✔Neutrophils - ✔✔Nuetropholic granulocytes genrally reffered to as neutrophils are
the most abundant type of white blood cell
✔✔Vechiles - ✔✔Ocasionally called carries are used to dilute a performance ingredient
regulate it's penetration into the skin and help facilitate surface application
✔✔Emulsifier - ✔✔Product formulations containing both oil and water soluble
ingredients
✔✔Surfactants - ✔✔Lower the surface tension of a cosmetic and help the spread ability
of a formulation when applied to the skin
✔✔Superoxide dimutase - ✔✔Is a powerful enzyme antioxidant
✔✔Aerosol - ✔✔Is a product packaged underpressure and blended with propellant gas
✔✔Faraday current - ✔✔Is an alternating current that is interupted to produce a
mechanical non mechanical reaction
✔✔Rubin scale - ✔✔Look at the histologic depth of visible skin changes
✔✔Impoules - ✔✔Are genrally sealed glasses vials of concentrated ingredient designed
to give ultra intensive treatment
✔✔Coherent light - ✔✔The photons for normal white light quickly disperse in all different
directions
✔✔Monochromatic light - ✔✔Normal light contains all of the visible colors of light and a
pears white
✔✔Colimated light - ✔✔Normal light such as a flashlight or lightbulb
✔✔Absorption - ✔✔When a specific wavelength of light comes in contact with tissue
✔✔Lypolysis - ✔✔The splitting up or destruction of fat cells
