Questions (Frequently Most
Tested) with Verified Answers
Temporary Hair Removal - Answer: These procedures include shaving, chemical depilatories, tweezing
and waxing
Permanent Hair Removal - Answer: These methods include electrolysis and laser hair removal
Permanent Hair Removal - Answer: These methods of hair removal require the use of electrical
equipment and specialized training and licensing
Epilation - Answer: The process of removing hair from the follicle
Dermis - Answer: The hair follicle originates here
Papilla bulb - Answer: The hair follicle is rooted here
100 - Answer: Number of hair follicles in one square centimeter of skin
Sebaceous glands - Answer: Secrete oil to lubricate the hair and skin
Follicles - Answer: Sebaceous glands are attached to these
Hirsutism - Answer: 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 - Answer: Genetically determined condition that causes excessive hair growth
, Capilli - Answer: Hair that grows on the scalp
Barba - Answer: Hair that grows on the face to form a beard
Cilia - Answer: Eyelash hair
Supercilia - Answer: Eyebrow hair
Lanugo - Answer: Soft, downy hair on the body at birth
Vellus - Answer: Thin, soft, unpigmented hair covering the body
Terminal - Answer: Thicker, pigmented hair that grows on areas of the body after puberty
Anagen, catagen and telogen - Answer: Three phases of hair growth
Anagen - Answer: First phase of hair growth where hair actively grows
Catagen - Answer: Transitional stage of hair growth where the hair begins to destroy itself as it
disconnects from the papilla
Catagen - Answer: Shortest phase of hair growth
Telogen - Answer: Last phase of hair growth where the hair sheds and the follicle rests and prepares to
resume the anagen phase
4-12 weeks - Answer: Average length of time for the complete hair cycle
Waxing - Answer: Only destroys the hair follicles that are in the anagen phase with each service