ELECTROLYSIS IBEC LASER STUDY SET QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SET A+
What is anaphoresis? - ✔✔process of infusing a negative (alkaline) product into the
✔✔What is a biological indicator and what does it do - ✔✔the most accepted means of
monitoring sterilization; The biological indicator only tells you if the target temperature
was reached
✔✔Water becomes a chromophore at? - ✔✔900nm
✔✔Names for thermolysis - ✔✔Alternating current, high frequency, short wave and
radio frequency, flash, diathermy
✔✔Names for Electrolysis - ✔✔Galvanic, Multiple Needle,Direct current
✔✔Can you use DC and AC at the same time? - ✔✔Yes, if you are using the Blend
✔✔What are the different types of epidermal cooling? - ✔✔Air Cooling; Cryogen;
Contact Cooling; Gel cooling
✔✔What is contact cooling? - ✔✔a device that is a combination of a cooling pad
associated with a vacuum or mechanical massager intended for the disruption of
adipocyte cells
✔✔What is air cooling? - ✔✔reducing the temperature of the skin (with cool air)numbs
it, and numb skin has fewer active pain receptors.
✔✔What modality is good for coarse hair? - ✔✔Electrolysis
✔✔What is made in the positive pole? - ✔✔Hydrochloric Acid; HCl; Chlorine gas
✔✔What is made in the negative pole - ✔✔Sodium Hydroxide; NaOH;Hydrogen gas
, ✔✔In the Blend lye becomes more ______ - ✔✔caustic
✔✔What is an oscillator? - ✔✔a device used to turn a very, very low frequency current
into High Frequency
✔✔What is the top layer of skin called? - ✔✔stratum corneum
✔✔The needle size is dependent on? - ✔✔The diameter of the hair follicle
✔✔What is an antiseptic? - ✔✔A solution or agent for eliminating bacteria on the skin
✔✔At what percentage of alcohol is considered an antiseptic? - ✔✔30%
✔✔At what percentage of alcohol is considered a disinfectant? - ✔✔70%
✔✔What are the steps to clean forceps? - ✔✔Clean forceps with soap and water, put in
barbaside for 10 mins, and put in autoclave/dry cleave for amount of time for packaged
or unpackaged instrument.
✔✔How long should a unpackaged instrument be in an autoclave and at what
temperature? - ✔✔15 mins at 250 F (plus lag time)
✔✔How long should a packaged instrument be in an autoclave and at what
temperature? - ✔✔30 mins at 250 F (plus lag time)
✔✔How long should a instrument be in a dry clave at 340F - ✔✔60 mins
✔✔How long should a instrument be in a dry clave at 320 F - ✔✔120 mins
✔✔What should you use to clean the air filter on your laser - ✔✔Bleach
✔✔What electrode is the patient holding in the blend? - ✔✔anode, positive pole
✔✔What do you apply to the skin after laser? - ✔✔Cold compress
✔✔When is contact cooling used? - ✔✔before the laser treatment.
✔✔What is a pilosebaceous unit? - ✔✔Hair follicle, hair shaft, sebaceous gland, and
arector pili
✔✔How does thermolysis destroy the hair? - ✔✔electrodessication and
electrocoagulation
AND ANSWERS SET A+
What is anaphoresis? - ✔✔process of infusing a negative (alkaline) product into the
✔✔What is a biological indicator and what does it do - ✔✔the most accepted means of
monitoring sterilization; The biological indicator only tells you if the target temperature
was reached
✔✔Water becomes a chromophore at? - ✔✔900nm
✔✔Names for thermolysis - ✔✔Alternating current, high frequency, short wave and
radio frequency, flash, diathermy
✔✔Names for Electrolysis - ✔✔Galvanic, Multiple Needle,Direct current
✔✔Can you use DC and AC at the same time? - ✔✔Yes, if you are using the Blend
✔✔What are the different types of epidermal cooling? - ✔✔Air Cooling; Cryogen;
Contact Cooling; Gel cooling
✔✔What is contact cooling? - ✔✔a device that is a combination of a cooling pad
associated with a vacuum or mechanical massager intended for the disruption of
adipocyte cells
✔✔What is air cooling? - ✔✔reducing the temperature of the skin (with cool air)numbs
it, and numb skin has fewer active pain receptors.
✔✔What modality is good for coarse hair? - ✔✔Electrolysis
✔✔What is made in the positive pole? - ✔✔Hydrochloric Acid; HCl; Chlorine gas
✔✔What is made in the negative pole - ✔✔Sodium Hydroxide; NaOH;Hydrogen gas
, ✔✔In the Blend lye becomes more ______ - ✔✔caustic
✔✔What is an oscillator? - ✔✔a device used to turn a very, very low frequency current
into High Frequency
✔✔What is the top layer of skin called? - ✔✔stratum corneum
✔✔The needle size is dependent on? - ✔✔The diameter of the hair follicle
✔✔What is an antiseptic? - ✔✔A solution or agent for eliminating bacteria on the skin
✔✔At what percentage of alcohol is considered an antiseptic? - ✔✔30%
✔✔At what percentage of alcohol is considered a disinfectant? - ✔✔70%
✔✔What are the steps to clean forceps? - ✔✔Clean forceps with soap and water, put in
barbaside for 10 mins, and put in autoclave/dry cleave for amount of time for packaged
or unpackaged instrument.
✔✔How long should a unpackaged instrument be in an autoclave and at what
temperature? - ✔✔15 mins at 250 F (plus lag time)
✔✔How long should a packaged instrument be in an autoclave and at what
temperature? - ✔✔30 mins at 250 F (plus lag time)
✔✔How long should a instrument be in a dry clave at 340F - ✔✔60 mins
✔✔How long should a instrument be in a dry clave at 320 F - ✔✔120 mins
✔✔What should you use to clean the air filter on your laser - ✔✔Bleach
✔✔What electrode is the patient holding in the blend? - ✔✔anode, positive pole
✔✔What do you apply to the skin after laser? - ✔✔Cold compress
✔✔When is contact cooling used? - ✔✔before the laser treatment.
✔✔What is a pilosebaceous unit? - ✔✔Hair follicle, hair shaft, sebaceous gland, and
arector pili
✔✔How does thermolysis destroy the hair? - ✔✔electrodessication and
electrocoagulation
