ESTHETICS Oregon State Board
Practice Exam Questions and Answers
What is the barrier created by skin using both sebum and sweat? - ANS-Acid mantle
What is the chemical reaction in which the oxidizing agent is reduced and the reducing
agent is oxidized? - ANS-Oxidation-reduction (redox)
What is the subtraction of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen called? - ANS-Reduction
What does it mean if a liquid is immiscible? - ANS-The liquids are not mutually soluble.
What does hydrophilic mean? - ANS-Water loving
What does lipophilic mean? - ANS-Oil loving
What are electrotherapy treatments often called? - ANS-Modalities
What are the most common used modalities in aesthetics today? - ANS-Galvanic
current, microcurrent, and Tesla high-frequency current
What type of current is a galvanic current? - ANS-Direct current
What modality uses an extremely low level of electricity that mirrors the body's own
natural electrical impulses? - ANS-Microcurrent
Cataphoresis: Effects of Galvanic Current - ANS-Produces acidic reactions
Closes the pores
Soothes the nerves
Decreases blood supply
Contracts blood vessels
Hardens and firms tissues
Anaphoresis: Effects of Galvanic Current - ANS-Produces alkaline reactions
Open the pores
Stimulate and irritate the nerves
Increases blood supply
Expands blood vessels
Softens tissues
Effects of Microcurrent - ANS-Improve blood and lymph circulation
, Produces acidic and alkaline reaction opens and closes hair follicles and pores
Increases muscle tone
Restores elasticity
Reduces redness and inflammation
Minimizes healing time in acne lesions enter improved barrier function of the skin
Increases metabolism
What is another name for Tesla high frequency current? - ANS-Violet ray
What is the thermal or heat producing current with a high rate of oscillation or vibration?
- ANS-Tesla high frequency current
Effects of Tesla high-frequency current - ANS-Stimulates blood circulation
Increases elimination and absorption
Increases metabolism
Improves germicidal action
Relieve congestion
What are the three types of electromagnetic energy? - ANS-Visible light, invisible
infrared light, and invisible ultraviolet radiation
What does laser stand for? - ANS-Light amplification stimulation emission of radiation
What is the process that turns the light from the laser into heat? - ANS-
Photothermolysis
What is yellow light used to do? - ANS-Reduce swelling and inflammation
What does green light reduce? - ANS-Hyperpigmentation
What medical device uses multiple colors and wavelength of focused right to treat
spider veins, hyperpigmentation, rosacea, redness, wrinkles, enlarged hair follicles,
poor, and excessive hair? - ANS-Intense pulsed light
Where is skin thickest? - ANS-On the palms of the hands and soles of the feet
Where is skin the thinnest? - ANS-On the eyelids
What are the 6 primary functions of the skin? - ANS-Protection, sensation, heat
regulation, excretion, secretion, and absorption
What is the average pH of the acid mantle? - ANS-5.5
What is the body's average internal thermostat? - ANS-98.6 degrees Fahrenheit
What are the glands that excrete perspiration? - ANS-Sudoriferous glands
Practice Exam Questions and Answers
What is the barrier created by skin using both sebum and sweat? - ANS-Acid mantle
What is the chemical reaction in which the oxidizing agent is reduced and the reducing
agent is oxidized? - ANS-Oxidation-reduction (redox)
What is the subtraction of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen called? - ANS-Reduction
What does it mean if a liquid is immiscible? - ANS-The liquids are not mutually soluble.
What does hydrophilic mean? - ANS-Water loving
What does lipophilic mean? - ANS-Oil loving
What are electrotherapy treatments often called? - ANS-Modalities
What are the most common used modalities in aesthetics today? - ANS-Galvanic
current, microcurrent, and Tesla high-frequency current
What type of current is a galvanic current? - ANS-Direct current
What modality uses an extremely low level of electricity that mirrors the body's own
natural electrical impulses? - ANS-Microcurrent
Cataphoresis: Effects of Galvanic Current - ANS-Produces acidic reactions
Closes the pores
Soothes the nerves
Decreases blood supply
Contracts blood vessels
Hardens and firms tissues
Anaphoresis: Effects of Galvanic Current - ANS-Produces alkaline reactions
Open the pores
Stimulate and irritate the nerves
Increases blood supply
Expands blood vessels
Softens tissues
Effects of Microcurrent - ANS-Improve blood and lymph circulation
, Produces acidic and alkaline reaction opens and closes hair follicles and pores
Increases muscle tone
Restores elasticity
Reduces redness and inflammation
Minimizes healing time in acne lesions enter improved barrier function of the skin
Increases metabolism
What is another name for Tesla high frequency current? - ANS-Violet ray
What is the thermal or heat producing current with a high rate of oscillation or vibration?
- ANS-Tesla high frequency current
Effects of Tesla high-frequency current - ANS-Stimulates blood circulation
Increases elimination and absorption
Increases metabolism
Improves germicidal action
Relieve congestion
What are the three types of electromagnetic energy? - ANS-Visible light, invisible
infrared light, and invisible ultraviolet radiation
What does laser stand for? - ANS-Light amplification stimulation emission of radiation
What is the process that turns the light from the laser into heat? - ANS-
Photothermolysis
What is yellow light used to do? - ANS-Reduce swelling and inflammation
What does green light reduce? - ANS-Hyperpigmentation
What medical device uses multiple colors and wavelength of focused right to treat
spider veins, hyperpigmentation, rosacea, redness, wrinkles, enlarged hair follicles,
poor, and excessive hair? - ANS-Intense pulsed light
Where is skin thickest? - ANS-On the palms of the hands and soles of the feet
Where is skin the thinnest? - ANS-On the eyelids
What are the 6 primary functions of the skin? - ANS-Protection, sensation, heat
regulation, excretion, secretion, and absorption
What is the average pH of the acid mantle? - ANS-5.5
What is the body's average internal thermostat? - ANS-98.6 degrees Fahrenheit
What are the glands that excrete perspiration? - ANS-Sudoriferous glands
