CALIFORNIA COSMETOLOGY UPDATED TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+✔✔What are the five
massage movements? - ✔✔Effleurage, Petrissage, Friction, Tapotement and
Vibration.
✔✔Effleurage - ✔✔A soft, continuous stroking movement applied with fingers and palm.
It is soothing and relaxing. It is the most important.
✔✔Petrissage - ✔✔A kneading movement that stimulates the underlying tissues. Fulling
is a form of petrissage where the tissue is grasped and gently lifted.
✔✔Friction - ✔✔A rubbing movement such as chucking, rolling, and wringing.
✔✔Tapotement - ✔✔Also known as percussion is fast tapping, patting, and hacking or
slapping movements. It is the most stimulating.
✔✔Vibration - ✔✔A rapid shaking movement.
✔✔Manual Lymph Drainage (MLD) - ✔✔A massage using gentle rhythmic pressure to
detoxify and remove waste material from the body.
✔✔Electrotherapy - ✔✔The use of electrical devices for therapeutic benefits.
✔✔Contradictions for electrotherapy machines are: - ✔✔Heart patients, clients with
pacemakers, metal implants or braces; pregnant clients; clients with epilepsy or seizure
disorders; clients who are afraid of electric current; or those with open or broken skin.
✔✔Loupe - ✔✔Another name for magnifying lamp. Helps magnifies the face to treat
and analyze the skin.
, ✔✔Diopters - ✔✔Term to refer to various powers of magnification on the loupe. Five
diopters is the most common magnification. (50x the power.) 20 Diopters or 200x
magnification are on head visors.
✔✔Wood's Lamp - ✔✔Allows the esthetician to conduct a more in-depth skin analysis.
Different conditions show up in various shades of color. Shows pigmentation in the
dermis.
✔✔Wood Lamp Color White - ✔✔Thick corneum layer
✔✔Wood Lamp Color White Spots - ✔✔Horny layer of dead skin cells
✔✔Wood Lamp Color Blue-white - ✔✔Normal, healthy skin
✔✔Wood Lamp Color Light violet/purple - ✔✔Thin or dehydrating skin
✔✔Wood Lamp Color Yellow or Orange - ✔✔Acne or bacteria
✔✔Wood Lamp Color yellow or sometimes pink or orange - ✔✔Oily areas of the
face/comedones
✔✔Wood Lamp Color brown - ✔✔Hyperpigmentation or sun damage
✔✔Wood Lamp Color blue-white or yellow-green - ✔✔Hypopigmentation
✔✔Rotary Brush - ✔✔Lightly exfoliate and stimulates the skin. Do not use on acne,
couperose or inflamed skin.
✔✔Dry Ultraviolet Sanitizer - ✔✔Brushes will break down if left in the light box too long.
✔✔Who holds the positive electrode when conducting desincrustation? - ✔✔The client.
✔✔Who holds the negative electrode when conducting disincrustation? - ✔✔The
esthetician.
✔✔Products with a slightly acidic pH are considered _________. - ✔✔Positive
✔✔Products with an alkaline pH are considered ________. - ✔✔Negative
✔✔Trichology - ✔✔The study of hair and its diseases.
Trichos = hair
✔✔Languo - ✔✔Hair on a fetus
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+✔✔What are the five
massage movements? - ✔✔Effleurage, Petrissage, Friction, Tapotement and
Vibration.
✔✔Effleurage - ✔✔A soft, continuous stroking movement applied with fingers and palm.
It is soothing and relaxing. It is the most important.
✔✔Petrissage - ✔✔A kneading movement that stimulates the underlying tissues. Fulling
is a form of petrissage where the tissue is grasped and gently lifted.
✔✔Friction - ✔✔A rubbing movement such as chucking, rolling, and wringing.
✔✔Tapotement - ✔✔Also known as percussion is fast tapping, patting, and hacking or
slapping movements. It is the most stimulating.
✔✔Vibration - ✔✔A rapid shaking movement.
✔✔Manual Lymph Drainage (MLD) - ✔✔A massage using gentle rhythmic pressure to
detoxify and remove waste material from the body.
✔✔Electrotherapy - ✔✔The use of electrical devices for therapeutic benefits.
✔✔Contradictions for electrotherapy machines are: - ✔✔Heart patients, clients with
pacemakers, metal implants or braces; pregnant clients; clients with epilepsy or seizure
disorders; clients who are afraid of electric current; or those with open or broken skin.
✔✔Loupe - ✔✔Another name for magnifying lamp. Helps magnifies the face to treat
and analyze the skin.
, ✔✔Diopters - ✔✔Term to refer to various powers of magnification on the loupe. Five
diopters is the most common magnification. (50x the power.) 20 Diopters or 200x
magnification are on head visors.
✔✔Wood's Lamp - ✔✔Allows the esthetician to conduct a more in-depth skin analysis.
Different conditions show up in various shades of color. Shows pigmentation in the
dermis.
✔✔Wood Lamp Color White - ✔✔Thick corneum layer
✔✔Wood Lamp Color White Spots - ✔✔Horny layer of dead skin cells
✔✔Wood Lamp Color Blue-white - ✔✔Normal, healthy skin
✔✔Wood Lamp Color Light violet/purple - ✔✔Thin or dehydrating skin
✔✔Wood Lamp Color Yellow or Orange - ✔✔Acne or bacteria
✔✔Wood Lamp Color yellow or sometimes pink or orange - ✔✔Oily areas of the
face/comedones
✔✔Wood Lamp Color brown - ✔✔Hyperpigmentation or sun damage
✔✔Wood Lamp Color blue-white or yellow-green - ✔✔Hypopigmentation
✔✔Rotary Brush - ✔✔Lightly exfoliate and stimulates the skin. Do not use on acne,
couperose or inflamed skin.
✔✔Dry Ultraviolet Sanitizer - ✔✔Brushes will break down if left in the light box too long.
✔✔Who holds the positive electrode when conducting desincrustation? - ✔✔The client.
✔✔Who holds the negative electrode when conducting disincrustation? - ✔✔The
esthetician.
✔✔Products with a slightly acidic pH are considered _________. - ✔✔Positive
✔✔Products with an alkaline pH are considered ________. - ✔✔Negative
✔✔Trichology - ✔✔The study of hair and its diseases.
Trichos = hair
✔✔Languo - ✔✔Hair on a fetus
