HAIR REMOVAL CORRECT REVIEW EXAMS
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Patch test - ✔✔Must be performed on the client prior to chemical depilatory to
determine sensitivity
✔✔10 - ✔✔Maximum number of minutes to leave on a chemical depilatory
✔✔Hair lighteners - ✔✔Chemically lighten the hair by removing pigment, making it less
obvious
✔✔Hair lighteners - ✔✔Products that removes pigment and may soften the hair, but not
remove it
✔✔Tweezing - ✔✔Used to remove unwanted hair from smaller areas such as the
eyebrows, chin or around the mouth
✔✔Waxing - ✔✔One of the most requested hair removal services that an esthetician
will perform
✔✔Waxing - ✔✔Temporary hair removal process that involves applying wax directly to
the skin and then removing the wax and hair
✔✔90% - ✔✔Percentage of profit margins which can be attained from waxing services
✔✔Nipples - ✔✔Area in which wax should never be applied
✔✔Upper lip - ✔✔Most popular waxing service in the skin care center
✔✔4-6 weeks - ✔✔Length of time that waxing results can last
, ✔✔honey, beeswax, various oils, resins, sugar or azulene - ✔✔Common ingredients
which waxes can be made from (6)
✔✔Hard wax and soft (strip) wax - ✔✔Two categories of professional grade waxes
✔✔Soft wax - ✔✔Type of wax with which the majority of professional waxing services
are performed
✔✔Classic wax - ✔✔Another name for soft wax
✔✔Hard wax - ✔✔Usually ideal for small areas and thinner, more sensitive skin
✔✔Hard wax - ✔✔Allowed to harden and then lifted with the fingers at one end
✔✔Threading - ✔✔An ancient method of hair removal that is used widely in the Middle
East
✔✔Threading - ✔✔Technique which utilizes 100% cotton thread that is twisted and
rolled along the surface of the skin
✔✔Sugaring - ✔✔Hair removal technique that originated in Egypt which is applied to
skin in a rolling motion
✔✔Sugar paste - ✔✔Adheres only to the hair, not the skin, and is easily removed with
water
✔✔Electrolysis - ✔✔Method of hair removal that requires the technician to insert a small
needle into each hair follicle
✔✔Root - ✔✔In electrolysis, the needle is inserted at the angle of the follicle and
alongside the hair until it reaches this
✔✔Short-wave electric or Galvanic - ✔✔Type of currents used in electrolysis that
destroys the papilla and permanently prevents regrowth
✔✔Electrologist - ✔✔Person specializing in electrolysis
✔✔Electrolysis - ✔✔Type of hair removal where a trained technician typically works on
a small area at a time
✔✔Proper training - ✔✔Required for any type of electrolysis
✔✔Galvanic electrolysis - ✔✔Also called the "multiple-needle" method
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Patch test - ✔✔Must be performed on the client prior to chemical depilatory to
determine sensitivity
✔✔10 - ✔✔Maximum number of minutes to leave on a chemical depilatory
✔✔Hair lighteners - ✔✔Chemically lighten the hair by removing pigment, making it less
obvious
✔✔Hair lighteners - ✔✔Products that removes pigment and may soften the hair, but not
remove it
✔✔Tweezing - ✔✔Used to remove unwanted hair from smaller areas such as the
eyebrows, chin or around the mouth
✔✔Waxing - ✔✔One of the most requested hair removal services that an esthetician
will perform
✔✔Waxing - ✔✔Temporary hair removal process that involves applying wax directly to
the skin and then removing the wax and hair
✔✔90% - ✔✔Percentage of profit margins which can be attained from waxing services
✔✔Nipples - ✔✔Area in which wax should never be applied
✔✔Upper lip - ✔✔Most popular waxing service in the skin care center
✔✔4-6 weeks - ✔✔Length of time that waxing results can last
, ✔✔honey, beeswax, various oils, resins, sugar or azulene - ✔✔Common ingredients
which waxes can be made from (6)
✔✔Hard wax and soft (strip) wax - ✔✔Two categories of professional grade waxes
✔✔Soft wax - ✔✔Type of wax with which the majority of professional waxing services
are performed
✔✔Classic wax - ✔✔Another name for soft wax
✔✔Hard wax - ✔✔Usually ideal for small areas and thinner, more sensitive skin
✔✔Hard wax - ✔✔Allowed to harden and then lifted with the fingers at one end
✔✔Threading - ✔✔An ancient method of hair removal that is used widely in the Middle
East
✔✔Threading - ✔✔Technique which utilizes 100% cotton thread that is twisted and
rolled along the surface of the skin
✔✔Sugaring - ✔✔Hair removal technique that originated in Egypt which is applied to
skin in a rolling motion
✔✔Sugar paste - ✔✔Adheres only to the hair, not the skin, and is easily removed with
water
✔✔Electrolysis - ✔✔Method of hair removal that requires the technician to insert a small
needle into each hair follicle
✔✔Root - ✔✔In electrolysis, the needle is inserted at the angle of the follicle and
alongside the hair until it reaches this
✔✔Short-wave electric or Galvanic - ✔✔Type of currents used in electrolysis that
destroys the papilla and permanently prevents regrowth
✔✔Electrologist - ✔✔Person specializing in electrolysis
✔✔Electrolysis - ✔✔Type of hair removal where a trained technician typically works on
a small area at a time
✔✔Proper training - ✔✔Required for any type of electrolysis
✔✔Galvanic electrolysis - ✔✔Also called the "multiple-needle" method
