SKIN ANALYSIS COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS STUDY GUIDE
●● Which factors that affect the skin are considered intrinsic?
Answer: Dehydration
●● How would you define these effects on the skin: pollutants,
overexfoliation, climate, and photosensitivity?
Answer: Extrinsic factors
●● What is true of sun damage?
Answer: It is the main external cause of aging.
●● What does dehydrated skin lack?
Answer: Water
●● What is true of normal skin?
Answer: It has a good oil-water balance
●● What skin type is associated with the treatment goals of maintenance
and preventative care?
Answer: Normal
, ●● If your primary treatment goals are to soothe, calm, and protect, then
your client most likely has ___________ skin.
Answer: Sensitive
●● Which habit is not healthy for the skin?
Answer: Plenty of sun exposure
●● What are contraindications?
Answer: Factors that prohibit a treatment
●● What type of skin condition is indicated by redness and is the result
of distended capillaries from weakening of the capillary walls?
Answer: Couperose skin
●● What does the Fitzpatrick scale measure?
Answer: Skin's ability to tolerate ultraviolet (UV) exposure
●● When should you analyze the client's skin type and conditions?
Answer: Before performing services
●● What type on the Fitzpatrick scale is a person with Latin American
heritage, dark hair, dark brown eyes, and who rarely burns?
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS STUDY GUIDE
●● Which factors that affect the skin are considered intrinsic?
Answer: Dehydration
●● How would you define these effects on the skin: pollutants,
overexfoliation, climate, and photosensitivity?
Answer: Extrinsic factors
●● What is true of sun damage?
Answer: It is the main external cause of aging.
●● What does dehydrated skin lack?
Answer: Water
●● What is true of normal skin?
Answer: It has a good oil-water balance
●● What skin type is associated with the treatment goals of maintenance
and preventative care?
Answer: Normal
, ●● If your primary treatment goals are to soothe, calm, and protect, then
your client most likely has ___________ skin.
Answer: Sensitive
●● Which habit is not healthy for the skin?
Answer: Plenty of sun exposure
●● What are contraindications?
Answer: Factors that prohibit a treatment
●● What type of skin condition is indicated by redness and is the result
of distended capillaries from weakening of the capillary walls?
Answer: Couperose skin
●● What does the Fitzpatrick scale measure?
Answer: Skin's ability to tolerate ultraviolet (UV) exposure
●● When should you analyze the client's skin type and conditions?
Answer: Before performing services
●● What type on the Fitzpatrick scale is a person with Latin American
heritage, dark hair, dark brown eyes, and who rarely burns?
