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Facial Massage Basics

Subjects : industries, health-sciences

Instructions:

Answer 31 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Which of the following describes massage?
Soft and sanitary
Blanket
Tempo and flow
Mechanical manipulation; manual manipulation; stimulates metabolism and circulation

2. To maintain soft skin - you should...
Keep your hands ex foliated
Relaxation
Client preference
Blanket

3. What also helps promote relaxation
Kneeding like petrasage
Petrissage
Tempo and flow
Never

4. Lymph drainage massage help to...
Removes waste materials from the body
Chin; dacolleta; forehead
Never
Friction

5. Which of these items will you need for a typical facial massage service?
3 to 6
Blanket
Kneeding like petrasage
Feather off hands

6. Massage movements are directed from the ______ to avoid muscle damage.
3-6
Effleurage and tapotement; chucking and rolling; petrissage and vibration
Insertion point toward origin of the muscle
Client preference

7. Massage involving a rubbing movement is called...
Friction
Insertion point toward origin of the muscle
Soft and sanitary
Muscles; nerves and blood vessels; connective tissue

8. The therapist's body and shoulders are used to perform...
Vibration
Feather off hands
Friction
Reduces puffiness and sinus congestion; aids in product absorption; improves overall metabolism and activates slugging skin

9. A basic facial massage is performed for approximately...
3-6
Insertion point toward origin of the muscle
Percussion
10-15 minutes

10. Your touch should be adjusted according to...
Petrissage
Vibration
Client preference
Reduces puffiness and sinus congestion; aids in product absorption; improves overall metabolism and activates slugging skin

11. Effleurage involves...
Rosacea; inflamed acne; sunburn
Reduces puffiness and sinus congestion; aids in product absorption; improves overall metabolism and activates slugging skin
Feather off hands
Soft - stroking movements

12. When stopping massage do what?
Feather off hands
3 to 6
Effleurage and tapotement; chucking and rolling; petrissage and vibration
Tempo and flow

13. You can start a facial massage on the...
Chin; dacolleta; forehead
3 to 6
To specific points of the body
Keep your hands ex foliated

14. What is the Dr. Jacquet massage similar to?
Petrissage
Feather off hands
Kneeding like petrasage
Mechanical manipulation; manual manipulation; stimulates metabolism and circulation

15. To do massage correctly and safely - you must have a thorough knowledge of...
Petrissage
To specific points of the body
Muscles; nerves and blood vessels; connective tissue
Mechanical manipulation; manual manipulation; stimulates metabolism and circulation

16. Acupressure involves applying pressure...
Kneeding like petrasage
Rosacea; inflamed acne; sunburn
The jawbone
To specific points of the body

17. Wringing and rolling are ______ movements.
Face - neck - shoulders and dacolleta
Removes waste materials from the body
Petrissage
Effleurage and tapotement; chucking and rolling; petrissage and vibration

18. Most movements are repeated how many times
Muscles; nerves and blood vessels; connective tissue
Pinching the skin with a light - firm pressure
Insertion point toward origin of the muscle
3 to 6

19. Tapotement is also called _____.
Percussion
Mechanical manipulation; manual manipulation; stimulates metabolism and circulation
Soft and sanitary
Petrissage

20. To properly massage the face - your hands must be...
Pinching the skin with a light - firm pressure
Rosacea; inflamed acne; sunburn
Soft and sanitary
Tempo and flow

21. Which of the following are classical massage movements?
Mechanical manipulation; manual manipulation; stimulates metabolism and circulation
Petrissage
Effleurage and tapotement; chucking and rolling; petrissage and vibration
Rosacea; inflamed acne; sunburn

22. The areas of the body that an aesthetician can massage include...
Soft - stroking movements
Face - neck - shoulders and dacolleta
3-6
Rosacea; inflamed acne; sunburn

23. _____ is the key component of an aromatherapy.
Essential oil
Muscles; nerves and blood vessels; connective tissue
Petrissage
Removes waste materials from the body

24. A basic male facial massage _____ involves movements that go against the growth of the beard.
Face - neck - shoulders and dacolleta
Never
Blanket
The jawbone

25. Consecutively repeating all movements _____ times is a good rule of thumb.
Rosacea; inflamed acne; sunburn
Percussion
3-6
Kneeding like petrasage

26. Massage benefits include...
Relaxation
Reduces puffiness and sinus congestion; aids in product absorption; improves overall metabolism and activates slugging skin
Pinching the skin with a light - firm pressure
Effleurage and tapotement; chucking and rolling; petrissage and vibration

27. When performing the tapping component of the facial massage - you should avoid...
The jawbone
Petrissage
Chin; dacolleta; forehead
Friction

28. Petrissage includes...
10-15 minutes
Chin; dacolleta; forehead
Pinching the skin with a light - firm pressure
Removes waste materials from the body

29. Contraindication for facial massage include...
3 to 6
Essential oil
Mechanical manipulation; manual manipulation; stimulates metabolism and circulation
Rosacea; inflamed acne; sunburn

30. What does the rhythmic flow promote?
Mechanical manipulation; manual manipulation; stimulates metabolism and circulation
Feather off hands
Essential oil
Relaxation

31. 'Fulling' is a form of...
Petrissage
Reduces puffiness and sinus congestion; aids in product absorption; improves overall metabolism and activates slugging skin
Face - neck - shoulders and dacolleta
Vibration