cme exam 2

post treatment home care instructions for electrology patients should include a recommendation to - Answer- stay out of the sun for several days which of the following should be suspected in a patient who presents with obesity, red or purple striae, moon face and dowagers hump - Answer- cushings syndrome sun exposure and tanning decreases the efficiency of the treatment with the alexandrite laser and increases the risk of the complications such as - Answer- hyperpigmentation which type of diabetes is always insulin dependent - Answer- type I treatment of african american patients require extra caution because their skin is more likely to - Answer- develop keloids, hypopigmentation, or hyperpigmentation differences in sexual hair patterns between males and females are due to - Answer- androgens if an african american male patients presents with pseudofolliculitis barbae with numerous pustules and evidence of secondary infection the electrologist should - Answer- refer the patient to a physician photothermolysis is based on the principle of using - Answer- laser energy to selectively destroy a target beneath the surface of the skin the best means of addressing patient concerns about the success of hair removal is to - Answer- reassure the patient and provide realistic expectations After lasing, the subsequent heat transfers from the chromophore to - Answer- adjacent tissue which type of skin lesion is considered premalignant - Answer- actinic keratosis the most common type of laser used for hair removal is - Answer- pulsed what is the acronym for laser - Answer- light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation the lo