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After a laser resurfacing treatment, how soon after can a patient tolerate exfoliation? -
✔✔One Month
After trauma or injury to the skin, what kind of scarring can form? - ✔✔Keloid
At what point would you apply lubricant during disinfection? - ✔✔Before Sterilization
An autoclave uses steam and what to sterilize? - ✔✔Pressure
Azulene oil is? - ✔✔Calming for the Skin
Bromeliad is derived from what? - ✔✔Pineaple
Cellulite treatments are meant to exfoliate and do what else? - ✔✔Detoxify
A client interested in hair removal and exfoliation should seek what treatment? -
✔✔Dermaplaning
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,A client who is taking antibiotics is a contraindication for what treatments? - ✔✔Light
Therapy - IPL or laser hair removal
A collection of fluid in the tissues is called what? - ✔✔Edema
A contraindication for a light therapy treatment is a client who is taking what? - ✔✔A
photosensitivity medication
The degree of acid and alkalinity of a product is measured by the amount of what? -
✔✔Hydrogen Ions
Diminishing a feature and highlighting to brighten a feature is called what? -
✔✔Shadowing and contouring
Direct current causing a chemical reaction is called what? - ✔✔Galavanic
Documenting all important/pertinent information on a client, including treatments and
products used, is referred to as what? - ✔✔Charting
During a microderm treatment, it is important to maintain what? - ✔✔Constant
Pressure
Electrodessication to remove skin tags uses which modality? - ✔✔Radio Frequency
Estheticians can use acids up to what percentage? - ✔✔50%
Eucalyptus essential oil does what? - ✔✔Kills Bacteria
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,Fulguration is a method which uses what? - ✔✔High frequency (sparking)
How do electrons move to create a direct current? - ✔✔In one direction
How long after a microdermabrasion treatment can you do filler injections? - ✔✔1-2
days
How long after an IPL treatment should you wait to exfoliate? - ✔✔One week
How long do you wait to get injections after receiving microderm? - ✔✔1-2 days
How long will a doctor advise you to wait to get a light exfoliation after a light therapy
treatment? - ✔✔One Month
How many cranial bones are there? - ✔✔8
1-2 days - ✔✔How many days after microderm should a client wait before receiving
injections?
How many facial bones are there? - ✔✔14
How many pints of blood are in the average adult? - ✔✔10 pints
How much pressure is used in manual lymphatic drainage massage? - ✔✔Light
Pressure
How often can you do micro current? - ✔✔Twice Weekly
How soon after botox can a client receive a facial treatment? - ✔✔2 weeks
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, How soon after completing a round of accutane can a client receive exfoliation
treatments? - ✔✔6-12 months
Hydrocollator heating herbal wraps should be heated to what temperature? - ✔✔165
If a client is experiencing laxity in their skin, what color of LED light should you use? -
✔✔Red
If microderm is done too aggressively, it will result in what? - ✔✔Pin Point Bleeding
If the client has an allergy to iodine, you should avoid applying what? - ✔✔Algae Body
Wrap
If you notice large, egg shaped pockets on a clients upper eyelid, what should you do? -
✔✔Refer to a physician
Intense Pulsed Light produced what kind of light? - ✔✔Polychromatic and Broadband
In what type of peels does the coagulation of the protein in the skin turn white? -
✔✔Jessner and TCA
IPL and LED treatments are considered what? - ✔✔Non-ablative
Laser is an acronym that means: - ✔✔Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of
Radiation
Light skin is not a contraindication of what? - ✔✔IPL - intense pulse laser
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