Milady’s Esthetics Midterm Exam Updated Study
Guide Questions and Answers (2026) | Focused
Revision Pack | Grade A+
What does the CDC do? -✓✓Center for Disease Control; publish standard precautions
Characteristics of dry skin? -✓✓Tight feeling, slightly rough, fine, barely visible pores,
minimal oil production
What type of product can you use on dry skin? -✓✓Mineral Oil
What conditions are treated with retinoids? -✓✓Acneic skin, mature/aging skin,
hyperpigmentation
Who regulates cosmetics? -✓✓FDA regulates cosmetics under the Federal Food, Drug
and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act)
What is bleach registered as? -✓✓A disinfectant
Direct transmission -✓✓Transmission of pathogens through shaking hands, kissing,
coughing, sneezing, etc.
Indirect transmission -✓✓Contact with intermediate contaminated objects
Ex: Blood or body fluids through an object, razor
What are we doing when we move visible dirt? -✓✓Cleaning surfaces
What service would someone in early stages of gender reassignment surgery receive? -
✓✓arm and leg waxing, simple manicures and pedicures, minimal eyebrow trimming,
facials, makeup applications and lessons, and fitting for wigs
What are afferent nerves? -✓✓sensory nerves; nerve fibers that send messages to the
central nervous system and brain to react to heat, cold, pain, pressure, and touch
What are efferent nerves? -✓✓motor nerves
Minors & services -✓✓Parent/guardian signature and/or present
When returning to a client's face, where do you start? -✓✓Cheeks
Exothermic reaction -✓✓A reaction that releases energy in the form of heat
, Endothermic reaction -✓✓A reaction in which energy is absorbed
What are Melanocytes and where are they found? -✓✓Produced in the basal layer- cells
that produce melanin
Melanin -✓✓Tiny grains of pigment, produced by melanocytes
Who provides treatment brochures? -✓✓The product manufacturer provides this
What is image in the workplace? -✓✓Impression you project through your outward
appearance & conduct in the workplace (PERCEPTION)
Medications that contraindicate facials? -✓✓#1: accutane then: adoxytricicline, tretinoin
Medications that contraindicate waxing? -✓✓Adapalene®, Retin-A®, Renova®,
Tazorac®, Differin®, Azelex®, vitamin A, Accutane, or other topical peeling agent
Last step of lip wax? -✓✓Massage using both hands with soothing aftercare lotion,
massage with a post-wax lotion
What are the causes of external (extrinsic) damage? -✓✓Misuse of product causes this
Solute -✓✓Substance that's dissolved by the solvent to form a solution; substance +
solvent = solution
What is the Fitzpatrick Scale? -✓✓The skin's ability to tolerate UV rays/penetration
What is eumelanin? -✓✓brown-black pigment (darker skin color)
What is Phenomelanin? -✓✓Red & yellow color (lighter skin color)
How often are collagen cells replaced? -✓✓They're never replaced
Characteristics of disinfectant? (5 of them) -✓✓a. Eliminates most but not all
microorganisms on nonporous surfaces
b. Effective against pathogens
c. EPA registered with a registration number
d. Label should state specific organisms the solution is effective against
e. Does not have to be hypoallergenic
What is microcirculation? -✓✓Circulation of blood from the heart to arterioles to
capillaries to venules and back to the heart
What is the best investment as a new esthetician? -✓✓A steamer
Guide Questions and Answers (2026) | Focused
Revision Pack | Grade A+
What does the CDC do? -✓✓Center for Disease Control; publish standard precautions
Characteristics of dry skin? -✓✓Tight feeling, slightly rough, fine, barely visible pores,
minimal oil production
What type of product can you use on dry skin? -✓✓Mineral Oil
What conditions are treated with retinoids? -✓✓Acneic skin, mature/aging skin,
hyperpigmentation
Who regulates cosmetics? -✓✓FDA regulates cosmetics under the Federal Food, Drug
and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act)
What is bleach registered as? -✓✓A disinfectant
Direct transmission -✓✓Transmission of pathogens through shaking hands, kissing,
coughing, sneezing, etc.
Indirect transmission -✓✓Contact with intermediate contaminated objects
Ex: Blood or body fluids through an object, razor
What are we doing when we move visible dirt? -✓✓Cleaning surfaces
What service would someone in early stages of gender reassignment surgery receive? -
✓✓arm and leg waxing, simple manicures and pedicures, minimal eyebrow trimming,
facials, makeup applications and lessons, and fitting for wigs
What are afferent nerves? -✓✓sensory nerves; nerve fibers that send messages to the
central nervous system and brain to react to heat, cold, pain, pressure, and touch
What are efferent nerves? -✓✓motor nerves
Minors & services -✓✓Parent/guardian signature and/or present
When returning to a client's face, where do you start? -✓✓Cheeks
Exothermic reaction -✓✓A reaction that releases energy in the form of heat
, Endothermic reaction -✓✓A reaction in which energy is absorbed
What are Melanocytes and where are they found? -✓✓Produced in the basal layer- cells
that produce melanin
Melanin -✓✓Tiny grains of pigment, produced by melanocytes
Who provides treatment brochures? -✓✓The product manufacturer provides this
What is image in the workplace? -✓✓Impression you project through your outward
appearance & conduct in the workplace (PERCEPTION)
Medications that contraindicate facials? -✓✓#1: accutane then: adoxytricicline, tretinoin
Medications that contraindicate waxing? -✓✓Adapalene®, Retin-A®, Renova®,
Tazorac®, Differin®, Azelex®, vitamin A, Accutane, or other topical peeling agent
Last step of lip wax? -✓✓Massage using both hands with soothing aftercare lotion,
massage with a post-wax lotion
What are the causes of external (extrinsic) damage? -✓✓Misuse of product causes this
Solute -✓✓Substance that's dissolved by the solvent to form a solution; substance +
solvent = solution
What is the Fitzpatrick Scale? -✓✓The skin's ability to tolerate UV rays/penetration
What is eumelanin? -✓✓brown-black pigment (darker skin color)
What is Phenomelanin? -✓✓Red & yellow color (lighter skin color)
How often are collagen cells replaced? -✓✓They're never replaced
Characteristics of disinfectant? (5 of them) -✓✓a. Eliminates most but not all
microorganisms on nonporous surfaces
b. Effective against pathogens
c. EPA registered with a registration number
d. Label should state specific organisms the solution is effective against
e. Does not have to be hypoallergenic
What is microcirculation? -✓✓Circulation of blood from the heart to arterioles to
capillaries to venules and back to the heart
What is the best investment as a new esthetician? -✓✓A steamer
