FACE REALITY EXAM SCRIPT
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
●● Your client has moderate to severe inflamed and non inflamed acne.
Which of the following dietary recommendations would you make?
A. Low dairy
B. Low dairy and Low androgen foods
C. No recommendations because you don't believe diet effects acne
D. High protein, low fat
E. Cut out chocolate
Answer: B. Low dairy and Low androgen foods
●● Which of the following substances would be best recommended for
someone who has acne and folliculitis?
A. Acne Med BPO
B. Mandelic serum
C. Glycolic acid
D. Salicylic acid
E. All of the above
Answer: B. Mandelic serum
,●● If you suspect noncompliance, what is the best way to determine
that?
A. Checking your client's product usage history
B. Asking them if they've been using their products
C. By how their skin looks
D. By how their acne extracts
Answer: A. Checking your client's product usage history
●● Your client has post inflammatory hyper-pigmentation, inflamed
acne and is quite sensitive. Which of the following would NOT be
something to start them on?
A. Vitamin A Corrective Serum
B. Mandelic 5%
C. Glycolic 5%
D. Salicylic
E. All of these would be okay
Answer: A. Vitamin A Corrective Serum
●● How would you test for a true BPO allergy?
A. Ask the client what their experience has been with BPO in the past
B. Just try to convince them that they aren't going to have a problem
C. Have them do a patch test on their inner arm for three nights in a row
D. All of the above
, Answer: C. Have them do a patch test on their inner arm for three nights
in a row
●● Your client has dry rough patches around her nasolabial area. What is
the best advice you can give her to minimize her flaking?
A. Just leave that area alone and it will go away B) Use more scrub there
to get the flakes off
B. Skip products for a few days
C. Use Vaseline in that area as needed
D. Cover it up with a liquid makeup
Answer: C. Use Vaseline in that area as needed
●● You have a client that has redness and pustules. You think it may be
rosacea but you are not sure. What are the best ways to assess that it's
rosacea and not acne.
A. By the way it extracts
B. When you ask them about rosacea triggers and they respond
affirmatively
C. You can only know if a doctor has diagnosed it
D. Both A and B.
Answer: D. Both A and B.
●● What is the best way to determine the level of discomfort a client
feels upon application of a layer of peel?
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
●● Your client has moderate to severe inflamed and non inflamed acne.
Which of the following dietary recommendations would you make?
A. Low dairy
B. Low dairy and Low androgen foods
C. No recommendations because you don't believe diet effects acne
D. High protein, low fat
E. Cut out chocolate
Answer: B. Low dairy and Low androgen foods
●● Which of the following substances would be best recommended for
someone who has acne and folliculitis?
A. Acne Med BPO
B. Mandelic serum
C. Glycolic acid
D. Salicylic acid
E. All of the above
Answer: B. Mandelic serum
,●● If you suspect noncompliance, what is the best way to determine
that?
A. Checking your client's product usage history
B. Asking them if they've been using their products
C. By how their skin looks
D. By how their acne extracts
Answer: A. Checking your client's product usage history
●● Your client has post inflammatory hyper-pigmentation, inflamed
acne and is quite sensitive. Which of the following would NOT be
something to start them on?
A. Vitamin A Corrective Serum
B. Mandelic 5%
C. Glycolic 5%
D. Salicylic
E. All of these would be okay
Answer: A. Vitamin A Corrective Serum
●● How would you test for a true BPO allergy?
A. Ask the client what their experience has been with BPO in the past
B. Just try to convince them that they aren't going to have a problem
C. Have them do a patch test on their inner arm for three nights in a row
D. All of the above
, Answer: C. Have them do a patch test on their inner arm for three nights
in a row
●● Your client has dry rough patches around her nasolabial area. What is
the best advice you can give her to minimize her flaking?
A. Just leave that area alone and it will go away B) Use more scrub there
to get the flakes off
B. Skip products for a few days
C. Use Vaseline in that area as needed
D. Cover it up with a liquid makeup
Answer: C. Use Vaseline in that area as needed
●● You have a client that has redness and pustules. You think it may be
rosacea but you are not sure. What are the best ways to assess that it's
rosacea and not acne.
A. By the way it extracts
B. When you ask them about rosacea triggers and they respond
affirmatively
C. You can only know if a doctor has diagnosed it
D. Both A and B.
Answer: D. Both A and B.
●● What is the best way to determine the level of discomfort a client
feels upon application of a layer of peel?
