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1. Which of the following ingredients would be best recommended for
someone who has acne and folliculitis? - ANSWER ✓ L-mandelic acid
2. Your client has post- inflammatory hyperpigmentation, inflamed acne, and is
quite sensitive. What would not be something to start them on? - ANSWER
✓ Vitamin A corrective serum
3. You have a client who has redness and pustules. You think it may be acne
rosacea, but you are not sure. What are the best ways to assess that it may be
acne rosacea and not regular acne? - ANSWER ✓ By the way it extracts &
When you ask them about rosacea triggers and they respond affirmatively
4. Acne starts with the formation of a mircrocomedone, which is caused by? -
ANSWER ✓ Retention hyperkertosis
5. Careful consideration should be given regarding bleeding during extractions
to people suffering from what condition? - ANSWER ✓ Hemophilia
6. How long should a client wait after applying a vitamin A serum before
applying acne med? - ANSWER ✓ 15 mins
,7. What advice could you give to your client if their skin becomes too dry from
acne products? - ANSWER ✓ Have them cleanse, tone and moisturize for 3
days
8. Your acne client is starting weeks 3 & 4 on home care and will begin using
acne med all night. Their skin is experiencing mild dryness. Which hydrator
can they use in their evening routine applied under acne med? - ANSWER ✓
Hydrabalance
9. Your client is starting weeks 5 and 6 of their home care and they have
moderate inflamed acne. Their skin is not dehydrated. What is the next step
for their exfoliation serum? - ANSWER ✓ Have them apply their serum
every day and every night
10.Your client is starting week five and six of their homecare and they have
moderate non-inflamed acne. Their skin is not dehydrated. What is the best
next step for their homecare routine? - ANSWER ✓ Test the vitamin A
corrective serum and add it into their nightly routine every night if tolerated.
11.Your client comes in for treatment and is quite dehydrated from product use.
What is your first step in correcting this situation? - ANSWER ✓ Ask if
there's any product that stings when applied at home
12.Your client is starting week three and four of their home care and you want
to make an adjustment to their routine. What is your best next step to keep
their skin from adapting to the routine? - ANSWER ✓ Have them use their
serum every day instead of every other day
13.During the initial consultation appointment, your moderately inflamed client
has a stinging reaction to 8% L -Mandelic and 5% L-Mandelic serums. What
is your next best option? - ANSWER ✓ Salicylic serum
14.True or false: low estrogen birth control is recommended for women who
experience acne - ANSWER ✓ False
15.True or False: Pimples, pustules and cysts are typical of noninflamed acne -
ANSWER ✓ False
,16.True or false : Kelp, algae, and iodide can all aggravate acne skin types -
ANSWER ✓ True
17.True or false : fat-free organic milk is OK for acne clients to drink -
ANSWER ✓ False
18.True or false : you always strengthen the acne med first for both inflamed
and non-inflamed acne - ANSWER ✓ False
19.True or false : Retention hyperkeratosis is the only true cause of acne -
ANSWER ✓ False
20.Your client has moderate to sever inflamed and non inflamed acne. Which of
the following dietary recommendations would you make? - ANSWER ✓
Low dairy and low androgen foods
21.Which of the following substances would be best recommended for someone
who has acne and foliculitis - ANSWER ✓ * mándelic
22.If you suspect noncompliance, what is the best way to determine that ? -
ANSWER ✓ *A
23.Your client has post inflammatory hyper-pigmentation, inflamed acne is
quite sensitive. Which of the following would not be something to start them
on - ANSWER ✓ Vitamin A
24.How would you test for a true BPO allergy - ANSWER ✓ Have them do a
patch test on their inner arm for three nights in a row
25.Your client have dry rough patches around her nasolabia area. What is the
best advice you can give her to minimize her flaking - ANSWER ✓ Use
Vaseline in that area as needed
26.Lightening Ingredents - ANSWER ✓ Used to improve discoloration in the
skin (hyperpigmentation) which can be caused by many thingd including sun
damage, hormone imbalance, injury, and acne breakouts
, 27.Vitamin C - ANSWER ✓ Functions within the skin, including stimulating
collagen, smooth texture, brightening and evening out the skin tine, reducing
inflammation and enhancing protection against UV exposure.
28.Vitamin E - ANSWER ✓ its main function in skincare is to protect against
UV damage, strengthen the skins natural barrier, heal and repair tissue, and
prevent moisture loss
29.Peptides - ANSWER ✓ short chains of amino acids the building blocks of
proteins.
30.Collagen, Elastin and Keratin - ANSWER ✓ What are the most commonly
know proteins in the skin
31.Treating combination skin - ANSWER ✓ maintain a healthy balance of
water and oil. Dry and dehydrated areas need moisturizing and increased
internal hydration, while oily areas require special care to reduce the
overactivity of the oil glands and keep pores from becoming clogged,
leading to acne.
32.Treating dry skin - ANSWER ✓ provide moisturizing, replenishing, and
skin-restoring ingredients.
33.Dehydrated Skin - ANSWER ✓ restore internal skin hydration and retain
inner moisture by preventing transepidermal water loss
34.Oily Skin - ANSWER ✓ provide ingredients that reduce the overactivity of
the oil glands, promote a healthy oil-water balance and keep pores from
becoming clogged, leading to acne
35.Acne Skin - ANSWER ✓ reduce the overactivity of rhe oil glands, promote
a healthy oil-water balance, keep pores from being clogged, inhibit acne
causing bacteria, and reduce inflammation associated with inflamed lesions.
36.Sensitive Skin - ANSWER ✓ Choosing products with ingredients to soothe,
calm, reduce inflammation, heal, and help restore the skins barrier function