CIDESCO ACTUAL EXAMS SCRIPT QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔What are safety precautions for Iontophoresis? - ✔✔No metal parts of the electrodes
may touch the skin
There needs to be plenty of moisture at both electrodes
Electrodes need to be evenly covered with cotton or tissue, or have a banana-peel thick
layer of gel on the face to prevent a chemical burn
I make sure the intensity is down at 0 before I turn on the machine. I increase intensity
slowly until my client feels a slight tingle or gets a metal taste. Never increase higher
than 2.0 milliamperes.
I keep contact with the skin at all times as long as current is flowing.
I turn down my intensity and turn off the machine before I remove the electrode from my
client's skin.
✔✔High Frequency- what type of current are you using? - ✔✔A high frequent
alternating current
✔✔High Frequency- what does this current do? - ✔✔It creates static electricity, which
activates all cell functions, and it creates ozone for a germicidal effect
✔✔High Frequency- what is in the glass electrode? - ✔✔Either neon or Argon gas
✔✔High Frequency- what are the gases from? - ✔✔Their electrons are excited by the
HF current, which makes the glass vibrate at a very high speed. This vibration is passed
on to the skin cells for activation. The oxygen in the air around the electrode gets
excited for activation. The oxygen in the air around the electrode gets excited too, which
produces ozone. The ozone gives the germicidal effect
✔✔HF- do the gases exit the electrode into the skin? - ✔✔No. Glass is an insulator. All
it does is create static electricity on the outside of the glass
, ✔✔How does the client benefit from high Frequency treatment? - ✔✔It activates the
skin cells for increased metabolism of the ingredients applied after the HF application
✔✔What are contraindications for High Frequency? - ✔✔Epilepsy
Metal plates and pins
Pacemaker/defibrillator
Heart insufficiencies
Pregnancy
General infections
Fever
Cancer
✔✔What are the safety precautions for High Frequency? - ✔✔I test the intensity on my
own hand
I place my own finger on the electrode before applying it onto the client's face to prevent
sparking, and I place my finger on the electrode again before lifting it off the face at the
end of the treatment
✔✔How do you sanitize the High Frequency electrode? - ✔✔Wipe it down with alcohol-
free disinfectant
✔✔Vacuum Suction- what type of treatment are you doing? - ✔✔Mechanical lymph
drainage
✔✔Vacuum suction- what body system are you working on? - ✔✔The lymph system
✔✔Vacuum Suction- in what direction are you moving the glass ventouses? - ✔✔In the
direction of the lymph flow
I open up the terminus first, and then drain the cervical lymph nodes down the neck. I
then move to drain the submandibular nodes from center out and move the lymph down
the neck to the terminus. On the face I love the lymph from the center of the face
towards the pre-auricular lymph nodes and from there down to the terminus
✔✔What does vacuum suction treatment do? - ✔✔The lymph removes excessive fluid
and waste out of the tissue. With this treatment I support and activate this action
✔✔How does your client benefit from vacuum suction? - ✔✔It reduces puffiness in the
skin and clear the tissue from waste. The skin will have a healthy glow and the cells will
be ready to metabolize new nutrients
✔✔Why do you use a product with vacuum suction machine? - ✔✔The product gives a
slip to move the ventouses safely over the skin
✔✔What are contraindications with vacuum suction? - ✔✔Extremely loose skin
Any type of infection
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔What are safety precautions for Iontophoresis? - ✔✔No metal parts of the electrodes
may touch the skin
There needs to be plenty of moisture at both electrodes
Electrodes need to be evenly covered with cotton or tissue, or have a banana-peel thick
layer of gel on the face to prevent a chemical burn
I make sure the intensity is down at 0 before I turn on the machine. I increase intensity
slowly until my client feels a slight tingle or gets a metal taste. Never increase higher
than 2.0 milliamperes.
I keep contact with the skin at all times as long as current is flowing.
I turn down my intensity and turn off the machine before I remove the electrode from my
client's skin.
✔✔High Frequency- what type of current are you using? - ✔✔A high frequent
alternating current
✔✔High Frequency- what does this current do? - ✔✔It creates static electricity, which
activates all cell functions, and it creates ozone for a germicidal effect
✔✔High Frequency- what is in the glass electrode? - ✔✔Either neon or Argon gas
✔✔High Frequency- what are the gases from? - ✔✔Their electrons are excited by the
HF current, which makes the glass vibrate at a very high speed. This vibration is passed
on to the skin cells for activation. The oxygen in the air around the electrode gets
excited for activation. The oxygen in the air around the electrode gets excited too, which
produces ozone. The ozone gives the germicidal effect
✔✔HF- do the gases exit the electrode into the skin? - ✔✔No. Glass is an insulator. All
it does is create static electricity on the outside of the glass
, ✔✔How does the client benefit from high Frequency treatment? - ✔✔It activates the
skin cells for increased metabolism of the ingredients applied after the HF application
✔✔What are contraindications for High Frequency? - ✔✔Epilepsy
Metal plates and pins
Pacemaker/defibrillator
Heart insufficiencies
Pregnancy
General infections
Fever
Cancer
✔✔What are the safety precautions for High Frequency? - ✔✔I test the intensity on my
own hand
I place my own finger on the electrode before applying it onto the client's face to prevent
sparking, and I place my finger on the electrode again before lifting it off the face at the
end of the treatment
✔✔How do you sanitize the High Frequency electrode? - ✔✔Wipe it down with alcohol-
free disinfectant
✔✔Vacuum Suction- what type of treatment are you doing? - ✔✔Mechanical lymph
drainage
✔✔Vacuum suction- what body system are you working on? - ✔✔The lymph system
✔✔Vacuum Suction- in what direction are you moving the glass ventouses? - ✔✔In the
direction of the lymph flow
I open up the terminus first, and then drain the cervical lymph nodes down the neck. I
then move to drain the submandibular nodes from center out and move the lymph down
the neck to the terminus. On the face I love the lymph from the center of the face
towards the pre-auricular lymph nodes and from there down to the terminus
✔✔What does vacuum suction treatment do? - ✔✔The lymph removes excessive fluid
and waste out of the tissue. With this treatment I support and activate this action
✔✔How does your client benefit from vacuum suction? - ✔✔It reduces puffiness in the
skin and clear the tissue from waste. The skin will have a healthy glow and the cells will
be ready to metabolize new nutrients
✔✔Why do you use a product with vacuum suction machine? - ✔✔The product gives a
slip to move the ventouses safely over the skin
✔✔What are contraindications with vacuum suction? - ✔✔Extremely loose skin
Any type of infection
