NIMA State Boards
What is the most effective stage for hair removal? - answer Anagen
Microdermabrasion crystals contain aluminum oxide, corundum, and what else? -
answer Salt
After a microdermabrasion how long until you can receive rest Alyn injections? -
answer1-2 days
A microdermabrasion should stop when you see what? - answer Erythema
What makes a cream dense? - answer Humectants, which are a thickening agent
Use less steam on a client who has asthma, true or false? - answer True
What are contraindications of body wraps? - answer High blood pressure and diabetes
What does sclerotherapy treat? - answer Spider veins
How soon after laser resurfacing treatments can clients have light exfoliation? - answer1
week
Which Fitzpatrick type are most likely to suffer from keloid scarring? – answer VI
What is the integumentary system? - answer Hair skin and nails
How should your license be maintained? - answer Good standing
What does superficial peeling do for the skin? - answer Removes dead surface skin
cells
What is NOT one of the building blocks for a successful business? - answer Employees
What are hematomas? - answer Bruises, a collection of blood under the skin
What is a telangiectasia? - answer Distended capillaries or coupe rose skin
What is tinea corporis? – answer Ring worm
What is tinea pedis fungus? - answerAthlete's foot
,What is tinea versicolor? - answerA fungal yeast infection that inhibits the production of
melanin
What is pityriasis rosacea? - answerRed patches of skin that may be round or oval
shaped
What is perioral dermatitis? - answerAn acne condition that appears around the mouth,
predominantly in women
What are platelets? - answerBlood cells that aid in forming blood clots
What is an ingredient that is an excellent skin softener? - answerGlycerin
What is a humectant that is formed by the decomposition of fat and oil? -
answerGlycerin
What is the medical term for a facelift? - answerRhytidectomy
What is the process called that is used to soften grease deposits and soften black
heads in the hair follicle? - answerDesincrustation
What does exfoliation and vacuum stimulate? - answerReproduction by the fibroblasts
of new living cells
How many days do you have to dispute? - answer20 days
What is the skin nourished by? - answerBlood and lymph
Which is stronger: sterilization or disinfection? - answerSterilization
What ind of scars do we NOT treat with microdermabrasion? - answerIce pick scars
(scarred ostia)
What is necrosis tissue? - answerDead cells when tissue is deprived by blood supply
What do corneocytes do? - answerThey act as a cellular glue in the epidermis, thye
hold cells together
Bromhydrosis is what? - answerFoul smelling persperation, often in the arm pit, caused
by yeast and bacteria
What is another name for skin tags? - answerAcrochordons
What is diathermy? - answerA special type of current used in the treatment of
telangectasias
, What is plasma? - answerA pale yellow or grey- yellow protien
What does the thymus gland do? - answerSignals the development of the immune
system in young people
What do adrenal glands secrete? - answerAdrenalin when the body is stressed
What is the pituitary gland? - answerA ductless gland
What gland regulates the body's metabolism? - answerThyriod
What is pinpoint bleeding? - answerA small entry to the papillary layer
Define hydroquinone - answerSafe, topical bleaching agent that inhibits the production
of tyrosinase with melanocytes
What is kojic acid? - answerA bleaching agent derived from bacteria on a Japanese
mushroom
What is an example of a bloodborne pathogen? - answerHIV
Define bloodborne pathogens? - answerInfectious substances in the blood that causes
infection and disease
What is lactic acid derived from? - answerMilk
What is the lowest layer of the epidermis? - answerBasal layer (stratum germanativum)
What is the superficial sublayer of the epidermis that varies in thickness over the body?
- answerStratum corneum
What does the androgen hormone do? - answerA male hormone responsible for male
skin characteristics (oily skin and acne)
What is an antigen? - answerA foreign invader
What is a histamine? - answerA hormone that is released during an allergic reaction
What is linoleic acid? - answerA fatty acid that helps with blood vessel dilation in the
intercellular cement
What type of current is high frequency? - answerAn alternating current
What type of current is galvanic? - answerDirect current
What is another name for microcurrent? - answerWave therapy
What is the most effective stage for hair removal? - answer Anagen
Microdermabrasion crystals contain aluminum oxide, corundum, and what else? -
answer Salt
After a microdermabrasion how long until you can receive rest Alyn injections? -
answer1-2 days
A microdermabrasion should stop when you see what? - answer Erythema
What makes a cream dense? - answer Humectants, which are a thickening agent
Use less steam on a client who has asthma, true or false? - answer True
What are contraindications of body wraps? - answer High blood pressure and diabetes
What does sclerotherapy treat? - answer Spider veins
How soon after laser resurfacing treatments can clients have light exfoliation? - answer1
week
Which Fitzpatrick type are most likely to suffer from keloid scarring? – answer VI
What is the integumentary system? - answer Hair skin and nails
How should your license be maintained? - answer Good standing
What does superficial peeling do for the skin? - answer Removes dead surface skin
cells
What is NOT one of the building blocks for a successful business? - answer Employees
What are hematomas? - answer Bruises, a collection of blood under the skin
What is a telangiectasia? - answer Distended capillaries or coupe rose skin
What is tinea corporis? – answer Ring worm
What is tinea pedis fungus? - answerAthlete's foot
,What is tinea versicolor? - answerA fungal yeast infection that inhibits the production of
melanin
What is pityriasis rosacea? - answerRed patches of skin that may be round or oval
shaped
What is perioral dermatitis? - answerAn acne condition that appears around the mouth,
predominantly in women
What are platelets? - answerBlood cells that aid in forming blood clots
What is an ingredient that is an excellent skin softener? - answerGlycerin
What is a humectant that is formed by the decomposition of fat and oil? -
answerGlycerin
What is the medical term for a facelift? - answerRhytidectomy
What is the process called that is used to soften grease deposits and soften black
heads in the hair follicle? - answerDesincrustation
What does exfoliation and vacuum stimulate? - answerReproduction by the fibroblasts
of new living cells
How many days do you have to dispute? - answer20 days
What is the skin nourished by? - answerBlood and lymph
Which is stronger: sterilization or disinfection? - answerSterilization
What ind of scars do we NOT treat with microdermabrasion? - answerIce pick scars
(scarred ostia)
What is necrosis tissue? - answerDead cells when tissue is deprived by blood supply
What do corneocytes do? - answerThey act as a cellular glue in the epidermis, thye
hold cells together
Bromhydrosis is what? - answerFoul smelling persperation, often in the arm pit, caused
by yeast and bacteria
What is another name for skin tags? - answerAcrochordons
What is diathermy? - answerA special type of current used in the treatment of
telangectasias
, What is plasma? - answerA pale yellow or grey- yellow protien
What does the thymus gland do? - answerSignals the development of the immune
system in young people
What do adrenal glands secrete? - answerAdrenalin when the body is stressed
What is the pituitary gland? - answerA ductless gland
What gland regulates the body's metabolism? - answerThyriod
What is pinpoint bleeding? - answerA small entry to the papillary layer
Define hydroquinone - answerSafe, topical bleaching agent that inhibits the production
of tyrosinase with melanocytes
What is kojic acid? - answerA bleaching agent derived from bacteria on a Japanese
mushroom
What is an example of a bloodborne pathogen? - answerHIV
Define bloodborne pathogens? - answerInfectious substances in the blood that causes
infection and disease
What is lactic acid derived from? - answerMilk
What is the lowest layer of the epidermis? - answerBasal layer (stratum germanativum)
What is the superficial sublayer of the epidermis that varies in thickness over the body?
- answerStratum corneum
What does the androgen hormone do? - answerA male hormone responsible for male
skin characteristics (oily skin and acne)
What is an antigen? - answerA foreign invader
What is a histamine? - answerA hormone that is released during an allergic reaction
What is linoleic acid? - answerA fatty acid that helps with blood vessel dilation in the
intercellular cement
What type of current is high frequency? - answerAn alternating current
What type of current is galvanic? - answerDirect current
What is another name for microcurrent? - answerWave therapy
