Laser Hair Removal - 40 Hour
Apprentice Test Questions and Answers
1.How many layers of the skin are there and what are they?
Answer 3 layers; epidermis (outer)
dermis (middle)
subcutaneous (or hypodermic) (innermost)
2.What are the phases of hair growth?
Answer Anagen - actively growing Catagen - transitional
phase
Telogen - dormant or resting phase
3.In what phase can hair be damaged by the laser?
Answer hair in the anlagen phase
4.What is the purpose of doing multiple treatments?
Answer 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
5.If a client calls about burning and irritation what do you do?
Answer ask them to come into the office, you take pictures of the
blisters, call your physician, and follow up the next day
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, 6.What do you do about a red, burning, itchy, rash?
Answer It is a histamine reaction. Take an antihistamine and use
hydrocortisone cream.
7.How long prior to your treatment must you not be exposed to the sun?
Answer 2 weeks
8.If a client is on accutane what are the rules?
Answer They must wait 6 months AFTER finishing accurate to get a
treatment.
9.How long must a client wait after waxing, tweezing, plucking, or
threading to get a treatment?
Answer 4 weeks
10.Who is over laser hair removal practices?
Answer TDLR
11.What is another word for ingrown hairs?
Answer Pseudofolliculitus barb
12.***If a woman has male like hair growth on the face what do you do?
Answer Refer them to an OBGYN and could be PCOS
13.Increasing the wavelength absorbs what?
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Apprentice Test Questions and Answers
1.How many layers of the skin are there and what are they?
Answer 3 layers; epidermis (outer)
dermis (middle)
subcutaneous (or hypodermic) (innermost)
2.What are the phases of hair growth?
Answer Anagen - actively growing Catagen - transitional
phase
Telogen - dormant or resting phase
3.In what phase can hair be damaged by the laser?
Answer hair in the anlagen phase
4.What is the purpose of doing multiple treatments?
Answer 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
5.If a client calls about burning and irritation what do you do?
Answer ask them to come into the office, you take pictures of the
blisters, call your physician, and follow up the next day
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6
, 6.What do you do about a red, burning, itchy, rash?
Answer It is a histamine reaction. Take an antihistamine and use
hydrocortisone cream.
7.How long prior to your treatment must you not be exposed to the sun?
Answer 2 weeks
8.If a client is on accutane what are the rules?
Answer They must wait 6 months AFTER finishing accurate to get a
treatment.
9.How long must a client wait after waxing, tweezing, plucking, or
threading to get a treatment?
Answer 4 weeks
10.Who is over laser hair removal practices?
Answer TDLR
11.What is another word for ingrown hairs?
Answer Pseudofolliculitus barb
12.***If a woman has male like hair growth on the face what do you do?
Answer Refer them to an OBGYN and could be PCOS
13.Increasing the wavelength absorbs what?
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