HAIR REMOVAL 2027 CORE TIPS ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
Temporary Hair Removal - ✔✔These procedures include shaving, chemical
depilatories, tweezing and waxing
✔✔Permanent Hair Removal - ✔✔These methods include electrolysis and laser hair
removal
✔✔Permanent Hair Removal - ✔✔These methods of hair removal require the use of
electrical equipment and specialized training and licensing
✔✔Epilation - ✔✔The process of removing hair from the follicle
✔✔Dermis - ✔✔The hair follicle originates here
✔✔Papilla bulb - ✔✔The hair follicle is rooted here
✔✔100 - ✔✔Number of hair follicles in one square centimeter of skin
✔✔Sebaceous glands - ✔✔Secrete oil to lubricate the hair and skin
✔✔Follicles - ✔✔Sebaceous glands are attached to these
✔✔Hirsutism - ✔✔Typically affects women by causing dark hair to grow in areas of the
body where men usually grow more hair, such as the face, arms, legs and back
✔✔Hypertrichosis - ✔✔Genetically determined condition that causes excessive hair
growth
✔✔Capilli - ✔✔Hair that grows on the scalp
✔✔Barba - ✔✔Hair that grows on the face to form a beard
, ✔✔Cilia - ✔✔Eyelash hair
✔✔Supercilia - ✔✔Eyebrow hair
✔✔Lanugo - ✔✔Soft, downy hair on the body at birth
✔✔Vellus - ✔✔Thin, soft, unpigmented hair covering the body
✔✔Terminal - ✔✔Thicker, pigmented hair that grows on areas of the body after puberty
✔✔Anagen, catagen and telogen - ✔✔Three phases of hair growth
✔✔Anagen - ✔✔First phase of hair growth where hair actively grows
✔✔Catagen - ✔✔Transitional stage of hair growth where the hair begins to destroy itself
as it disconnects from the papilla
✔✔Catagen - ✔✔Shortest phase of hair growth
✔✔Telogen - ✔✔Last phase of hair growth where the hair sheds and the follicle rests
and prepares to resume the anagen phase
✔✔4-12 weeks - ✔✔Average length of time for the complete hair cycle
✔✔Waxing - ✔✔Only destroys the hair follicles that are in the anagen phase with each
service
✔✔Shaving - ✔✔Removes hair from the surface of the skin with an electric shaver,
clipper or razor
✔✔Chemical depilatory - ✔✔A painless method of hair removal that dissolved the hair
at skin level
✔✔Patch test - ✔✔Must be performed on the client prior to chemical depilatory to
determine sensitivity
✔✔10 - ✔✔Maximum number of minutes to leave on a chemical depilatory
✔✔Hair lighteners - ✔✔Chemically lighten the hair by removing pigment, making it less
obvious
✔✔Hair lighteners - ✔✔Products that removes pigment and may soften the hair, but not
remove it
QUESTIONS SET A+
Temporary Hair Removal - ✔✔These procedures include shaving, chemical
depilatories, tweezing and waxing
✔✔Permanent Hair Removal - ✔✔These methods include electrolysis and laser hair
removal
✔✔Permanent Hair Removal - ✔✔These methods of hair removal require the use of
electrical equipment and specialized training and licensing
✔✔Epilation - ✔✔The process of removing hair from the follicle
✔✔Dermis - ✔✔The hair follicle originates here
✔✔Papilla bulb - ✔✔The hair follicle is rooted here
✔✔100 - ✔✔Number of hair follicles in one square centimeter of skin
✔✔Sebaceous glands - ✔✔Secrete oil to lubricate the hair and skin
✔✔Follicles - ✔✔Sebaceous glands are attached to these
✔✔Hirsutism - ✔✔Typically affects women by causing dark hair to grow in areas of the
body where men usually grow more hair, such as the face, arms, legs and back
✔✔Hypertrichosis - ✔✔Genetically determined condition that causes excessive hair
growth
✔✔Capilli - ✔✔Hair that grows on the scalp
✔✔Barba - ✔✔Hair that grows on the face to form a beard
, ✔✔Cilia - ✔✔Eyelash hair
✔✔Supercilia - ✔✔Eyebrow hair
✔✔Lanugo - ✔✔Soft, downy hair on the body at birth
✔✔Vellus - ✔✔Thin, soft, unpigmented hair covering the body
✔✔Terminal - ✔✔Thicker, pigmented hair that grows on areas of the body after puberty
✔✔Anagen, catagen and telogen - ✔✔Three phases of hair growth
✔✔Anagen - ✔✔First phase of hair growth where hair actively grows
✔✔Catagen - ✔✔Transitional stage of hair growth where the hair begins to destroy itself
as it disconnects from the papilla
✔✔Catagen - ✔✔Shortest phase of hair growth
✔✔Telogen - ✔✔Last phase of hair growth where the hair sheds and the follicle rests
and prepares to resume the anagen phase
✔✔4-12 weeks - ✔✔Average length of time for the complete hair cycle
✔✔Waxing - ✔✔Only destroys the hair follicles that are in the anagen phase with each
service
✔✔Shaving - ✔✔Removes hair from the surface of the skin with an electric shaver,
clipper or razor
✔✔Chemical depilatory - ✔✔A painless method of hair removal that dissolved the hair
at skin level
✔✔Patch test - ✔✔Must be performed on the client prior to chemical depilatory to
determine sensitivity
✔✔10 - ✔✔Maximum number of minutes to leave on a chemical depilatory
✔✔Hair lighteners - ✔✔Chemically lighten the hair by removing pigment, making it less
obvious
✔✔Hair lighteners - ✔✔Products that removes pigment and may soften the hair, but not
remove it
