OREGON ESTHETICIAN STUAY GUIDE 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Ostium - ✔✔the opening of a follicle
✔✔Non-inflammatory - ✔✔the impaction is neither red nor inflammed
✔✔Open Comedones - ✔✔non inflammatory acne lesions usually called blackheads
✔✔Closed Comedones - ✔✔non inflammatory acne lesions usually called whiteheads
✔✔Anaerobic Bacteria - ✔✔Bacteria that does not need oxygen to grow or survive
✔✔Non-Inflammatory Acne - ✔✔Blackheads, Whiteheads
✔✔What is microcomedo made up of? - ✔✔Dead buildup, bacteria and fatty acids from
sebum
✔✔What is pustule and what is it made up of? - ✔✔A clump of white blood cells that
have formed and risen to the surface of the skin
✔✔What is a papule? - ✔✔A raised area of the skin that is generally smaller than 1
centimeter
✔✔What is the difference between a papule and a nodule? - ✔✔A nodule is a raised
lesion that is larger and deeper in the skin than a papule
✔✔What is a cyst - ✔✔Deep infection caused by a deep massive invasion of white
blood cells
✔✔Grade 1 Acne - ✔✔mildest acne that's often just a minor pimple that appear
occasionally in small numbers and small bumps that can disapper without being treated
✔✔Grade 2 Acne - ✔✔moderate acne- blackheads and milia can break out in the
greater numbers.
✔✔Grade 3 Acne - ✔✔considered severe and is often grade 2 left untreated and
madeto worsen by squeezing the pimples and maintaining the oily dirty face that
attracted those bacteria at the onset
✔✔Grade 4 Acne - ✔✔most serious- the condition is medically referred to as
nodulocystic, or cystic acne where the skin displays numerous pustules, papules,
pustules with large cysts
,✔✔Cellulitis - ✔✔infection of the skin that may affect any part of the body. Usually
appears on the lower legs or face
✔✔Cellulitis Symptoms/Signs - ✔✔Area of skin redness or swelling that gets larger,
tight glossy look to the skin, pain or tenderness, skin rash that happens suddenly and
grows quickly,signs of infection include: fever, chills, and muscle aches
✔✔Folliculitis - ✔✔Inflammation of the hair follicle due to an infection
✔✔Herpes Simplex - ✔✔A viral infection of the skin
✔✔Herpes Zoster - ✔✔Shingles is a painful, blistering skin rash due to the varicella-
zoster virus, the virus that causes chickenpox
✔✔Warts - ✔✔Warts are growths on your skin caused by an infection with human
papilloma virus, or HPV
✔✔Molluscum Contagiosum - ✔✔viral skin infection that causes raised, pearl-like
papules or nodules on the skin
✔✔Tinea Versicolor - ✔✔common, benign,superficial cutaneous fungal infection usually
characterized by hypopigmented or hyperpigmented macules and patches on the chest
and the back
✔✔Tinea Corporis - ✔✔name of a group of diseases caused by a fungus- ringworm,
athlete's foot and jock itch
✔✔Skin Tags - ✔✔common, acquired, benign skin growths that look like a small piece
of soft, hanging skin.
✔✔Seborrheic Keratosis - ✔✔raised growths on the skin. Means greasy and keratosis
means thickening of the skin
✔✔Cherry Angioma - ✔✔Fairly common skin growths that vary in size. Can occur
almost anywhere on the body but usually develop on the trunk
✔✔Keratosis Pilaris - ✔✔skin condition in which white bumps appear on the upper
arms, thighs, and cheeks
✔✔Eczema - ✔✔several different types of skin swelling. Also called Dermatitis. Red,
Swollen and itchy skin
✔✔Dermatitis - ✔✔(eczema) is inflammation of the upper layers of the skin, causing
itching, blisters, redness, swelling, and often oozing, scabbing, and scaling
, ✔✔Contact Dermatitis - ✔✔inflammation of the skin caused by direct contact with an
irritating or allergy-causing substance (irrant or allergen)
✔✔Seborrheic Dermatits - ✔✔common, inflammatory skin condition that causes flaky,
white to yellowish scales to form an oily areas such as the scalpor inside of the ear
✔✔Psoriasis - ✔✔occurs when skin cells grow too quickly.Faulty signals in the immune
system cause new skin cells to form in days rather than weeks.--Patches of thick, scaly
skin that may be white, silvery or red
✔✔Vitiligo - ✔✔loss of cells that give color to the skin(melanocytes) results in smooth,
white patches in the midst of normally pigemented skin
✔✔Cell Membrane - ✔✔gives the cell structure and shape- posses a function known as
selective permeability
✔✔Cytoplasm - ✔✔allows other structures to move around inside the cell
✔✔Selective Permeability - ✔✔cell membrane can let certain substances "in" the body
for example food, water and oxygen. It can also let "out" certain substances such as
carbon dioxude and waste materials
✔✔Skeletal Tissue - ✔✔makes up the bones of the body
✔✔Nerve Tissue - ✔✔type of tissue that the cells control the brain and nerves
✔✔Adispose Tissue - ✔✔Technical name for fat
✔✔Endothelial Tissue - ✔✔Inner tissues
✔✔Epithelial Tissue - ✔✔outer tissue
✔✔Epidermis - ✔✔this tissue is the primary concern for the esthetician
✔✔4 Ways to Penetrate the Skin - ✔✔Follicle Wall, Sebaceous Glands, Intercellular,
Transcelluar
✔✔4 Factors that can influence Skin Penetration - ✔✔Thickeness of the stratum
corneum, large buildup of dead skin cells, excessively oily skin, temperature of the skin
✔✔Hormone - ✔✔special chemicals that are manufactured or secreted by glands within
the body
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Ostium - ✔✔the opening of a follicle
✔✔Non-inflammatory - ✔✔the impaction is neither red nor inflammed
✔✔Open Comedones - ✔✔non inflammatory acne lesions usually called blackheads
✔✔Closed Comedones - ✔✔non inflammatory acne lesions usually called whiteheads
✔✔Anaerobic Bacteria - ✔✔Bacteria that does not need oxygen to grow or survive
✔✔Non-Inflammatory Acne - ✔✔Blackheads, Whiteheads
✔✔What is microcomedo made up of? - ✔✔Dead buildup, bacteria and fatty acids from
sebum
✔✔What is pustule and what is it made up of? - ✔✔A clump of white blood cells that
have formed and risen to the surface of the skin
✔✔What is a papule? - ✔✔A raised area of the skin that is generally smaller than 1
centimeter
✔✔What is the difference between a papule and a nodule? - ✔✔A nodule is a raised
lesion that is larger and deeper in the skin than a papule
✔✔What is a cyst - ✔✔Deep infection caused by a deep massive invasion of white
blood cells
✔✔Grade 1 Acne - ✔✔mildest acne that's often just a minor pimple that appear
occasionally in small numbers and small bumps that can disapper without being treated
✔✔Grade 2 Acne - ✔✔moderate acne- blackheads and milia can break out in the
greater numbers.
✔✔Grade 3 Acne - ✔✔considered severe and is often grade 2 left untreated and
madeto worsen by squeezing the pimples and maintaining the oily dirty face that
attracted those bacteria at the onset
✔✔Grade 4 Acne - ✔✔most serious- the condition is medically referred to as
nodulocystic, or cystic acne where the skin displays numerous pustules, papules,
pustules with large cysts
,✔✔Cellulitis - ✔✔infection of the skin that may affect any part of the body. Usually
appears on the lower legs or face
✔✔Cellulitis Symptoms/Signs - ✔✔Area of skin redness or swelling that gets larger,
tight glossy look to the skin, pain or tenderness, skin rash that happens suddenly and
grows quickly,signs of infection include: fever, chills, and muscle aches
✔✔Folliculitis - ✔✔Inflammation of the hair follicle due to an infection
✔✔Herpes Simplex - ✔✔A viral infection of the skin
✔✔Herpes Zoster - ✔✔Shingles is a painful, blistering skin rash due to the varicella-
zoster virus, the virus that causes chickenpox
✔✔Warts - ✔✔Warts are growths on your skin caused by an infection with human
papilloma virus, or HPV
✔✔Molluscum Contagiosum - ✔✔viral skin infection that causes raised, pearl-like
papules or nodules on the skin
✔✔Tinea Versicolor - ✔✔common, benign,superficial cutaneous fungal infection usually
characterized by hypopigmented or hyperpigmented macules and patches on the chest
and the back
✔✔Tinea Corporis - ✔✔name of a group of diseases caused by a fungus- ringworm,
athlete's foot and jock itch
✔✔Skin Tags - ✔✔common, acquired, benign skin growths that look like a small piece
of soft, hanging skin.
✔✔Seborrheic Keratosis - ✔✔raised growths on the skin. Means greasy and keratosis
means thickening of the skin
✔✔Cherry Angioma - ✔✔Fairly common skin growths that vary in size. Can occur
almost anywhere on the body but usually develop on the trunk
✔✔Keratosis Pilaris - ✔✔skin condition in which white bumps appear on the upper
arms, thighs, and cheeks
✔✔Eczema - ✔✔several different types of skin swelling. Also called Dermatitis. Red,
Swollen and itchy skin
✔✔Dermatitis - ✔✔(eczema) is inflammation of the upper layers of the skin, causing
itching, blisters, redness, swelling, and often oozing, scabbing, and scaling
, ✔✔Contact Dermatitis - ✔✔inflammation of the skin caused by direct contact with an
irritating or allergy-causing substance (irrant or allergen)
✔✔Seborrheic Dermatits - ✔✔common, inflammatory skin condition that causes flaky,
white to yellowish scales to form an oily areas such as the scalpor inside of the ear
✔✔Psoriasis - ✔✔occurs when skin cells grow too quickly.Faulty signals in the immune
system cause new skin cells to form in days rather than weeks.--Patches of thick, scaly
skin that may be white, silvery or red
✔✔Vitiligo - ✔✔loss of cells that give color to the skin(melanocytes) results in smooth,
white patches in the midst of normally pigemented skin
✔✔Cell Membrane - ✔✔gives the cell structure and shape- posses a function known as
selective permeability
✔✔Cytoplasm - ✔✔allows other structures to move around inside the cell
✔✔Selective Permeability - ✔✔cell membrane can let certain substances "in" the body
for example food, water and oxygen. It can also let "out" certain substances such as
carbon dioxude and waste materials
✔✔Skeletal Tissue - ✔✔makes up the bones of the body
✔✔Nerve Tissue - ✔✔type of tissue that the cells control the brain and nerves
✔✔Adispose Tissue - ✔✔Technical name for fat
✔✔Endothelial Tissue - ✔✔Inner tissues
✔✔Epithelial Tissue - ✔✔outer tissue
✔✔Epidermis - ✔✔this tissue is the primary concern for the esthetician
✔✔4 Ways to Penetrate the Skin - ✔✔Follicle Wall, Sebaceous Glands, Intercellular,
Transcelluar
✔✔4 Factors that can influence Skin Penetration - ✔✔Thickeness of the stratum
corneum, large buildup of dead skin cells, excessively oily skin, temperature of the skin
✔✔Hormone - ✔✔special chemicals that are manufactured or secreted by glands within
the body
