Laser Hair Removal - 40-hour Apprentice Test | 100% Correct Answers | Verified | Latest 2024 Version

Laser Hair Removal - 40-hour Apprentice Test | 100% Correct Answers | Verified | Latest 2024 Version How many layers of the skin are there and what are they? - 3 layers: epidermis (outer) dermis (middle) subcutaneous (or hypodermic) (innermost) What are the phases of hair growth? - Anagen - actively growing Catagen - transitional phase Telogen - dormant or resting phase In what phase can hair be damaged by the laser? - hair in the anlagen phase What is the purpose of doing multiple treatments? - Hairs are in different stages at different times so we need to do multiple treatments to catch all the hairs in all the different phases If a client calls about burning and irritation what do you do? - ask them to come into the office, you take pictures of the blisters, call your physician, and follow up the next day What do you do about a red, burning, itchy, rash? - It is a histamine reaction. Take an antihistamine and use hydrocortisone cream. How long prior to your treatment must you not be exposed to the sun? - 2 weeks If a client is on accutane what are the rules? - They must wait 6 months AFTER finishing accurate to get a treatment. How long must a client wait after waxing, tweezing, plucking, or threading to get a treatment? - 4 weeks Who is over laser hair removal practices? - TDLR What is another word for ingrown hairs? - Pseudofolliculitus barb ***If a woman has male like hair growth on the face what do you do? - Refer them to an OBGYN and could be PCOS Increasing the wavelength absorbs what? - Less melanin What laser would would you use on dark skin? - 1064 because the longest wavelength and it's further away from the melanin What is a chromophore? What 3 are for us? - your target; melanin, water, blood What is calibration? - input=output What does LASER stand for? - Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation Does working with pheomelanin give good or bad result? - Bad because the hair is too light Pheomelanin vs Eumelanin - pheomelanin will not work with the laser and is red and blonde hair. eumelanin is brown and black hair and gives a good result. What is our preferred beam profile? - the Top Hat When is the laser visible? - when within the color spectrum of the rainbow When is the laser invisible? - when within the infrared spectrum What is the youngest we recommend for layering?