Massachusetts State Board Esthetics Exam COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS 2025(GRADED A+) DETAILED
ANSWERS!!
Keratin - ✔✔Skin
Keratinization - ✔✔Hardening of the skin
Emollient - ✔✔Oils
Modeling mask - ✔✔Mixed with water, dries, hardens like rubber and peels off in one piece.
Couperose - ✔✔Dilated capillaries most often found on cheek/nose
Lipids - ✔✔Intercellular cement
Antiseptic - ✔✔Assists in preventing the growth of bacteria on the skin
Astringent - ✔✔Cleanses the skin and returns oily skin to a normal ph
Toner - ✔✔Cleanses the skin and returns normal and dry skin to a normal ph.
Chloasma - ✔✔Pregnancy mask
Dermatologist - ✔✔Physician specializing in diagnosing and treating diseases of the skin and
nails.
Neroli benefits - ✔✔Antiseptic, soothing, effective in treating oily and acne skin
Affusion therapy - ✔✔Balneotherapy, jet blitz, Vichy shower
, Bacterial infection - ✔✔Type of post operative complication that develops when microbes
invade an injured, open or wounded part of the body.
Mitosis - ✔✔Process in which human cells reproduce by dividing in half.
Reflexology contraindications - ✔✔Arthritis, pregnancy and osteoporosis
Skull - ✔✔Facial skeleton that encloses and protects the brain.
Extraction in aromatherapy - ✔✔Method of extracting essential oils from raw plant
materials used a chemical solvent to leach the aromatic component.
Chemical peel - ✔✔Use of chemical solutions to exfoliate the surface of the skin.
Anabolism - ✔✔Phase of metabolism in which larger molocules build up from smaller ones
Facial bones in a face massage - ✔✔9
Protoplasm - ✔✔Colorless gel like substance containing water salt and nutrients obtained
from food.
Antioxidant - ✔✔Natural substance fights harmful oxidation which leads to free radical
attack.
Reproductive system - ✔✔Body system that generates new life to perpetuate the species.
Wound - ✔✔A break in the continuity of the skin that is caused by trauma.
Cellulite - ✔✔Deposits of fat water and waste materials trapped between skin fibers.
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS 2025(GRADED A+) DETAILED
ANSWERS!!
Keratin - ✔✔Skin
Keratinization - ✔✔Hardening of the skin
Emollient - ✔✔Oils
Modeling mask - ✔✔Mixed with water, dries, hardens like rubber and peels off in one piece.
Couperose - ✔✔Dilated capillaries most often found on cheek/nose
Lipids - ✔✔Intercellular cement
Antiseptic - ✔✔Assists in preventing the growth of bacteria on the skin
Astringent - ✔✔Cleanses the skin and returns oily skin to a normal ph
Toner - ✔✔Cleanses the skin and returns normal and dry skin to a normal ph.
Chloasma - ✔✔Pregnancy mask
Dermatologist - ✔✔Physician specializing in diagnosing and treating diseases of the skin and
nails.
Neroli benefits - ✔✔Antiseptic, soothing, effective in treating oily and acne skin
Affusion therapy - ✔✔Balneotherapy, jet blitz, Vichy shower
, Bacterial infection - ✔✔Type of post operative complication that develops when microbes
invade an injured, open or wounded part of the body.
Mitosis - ✔✔Process in which human cells reproduce by dividing in half.
Reflexology contraindications - ✔✔Arthritis, pregnancy and osteoporosis
Skull - ✔✔Facial skeleton that encloses and protects the brain.
Extraction in aromatherapy - ✔✔Method of extracting essential oils from raw plant
materials used a chemical solvent to leach the aromatic component.
Chemical peel - ✔✔Use of chemical solutions to exfoliate the surface of the skin.
Anabolism - ✔✔Phase of metabolism in which larger molocules build up from smaller ones
Facial bones in a face massage - ✔✔9
Protoplasm - ✔✔Colorless gel like substance containing water salt and nutrients obtained
from food.
Antioxidant - ✔✔Natural substance fights harmful oxidation which leads to free radical
attack.
Reproductive system - ✔✔Body system that generates new life to perpetuate the species.
Wound - ✔✔A break in the continuity of the skin that is caused by trauma.
Cellulite - ✔✔Deposits of fat water and waste materials trapped between skin fibers.
