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Facial Massage Basics

Subjects : industries, health-sciences

Instructions:

Answer 31 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Effleurage involves...
Chin; dacolleta; forehead
Relaxation
Keep your hands ex foliated
Soft - stroking movements

2. Which of the following describes massage?
Relaxation
Keep your hands ex foliated
Pinching the skin with a light - firm pressure
Mechanical manipulation; manual manipulation; stimulates metabolism and circulation

3. Massage benefits include...
Soft - stroking movements
Face - neck - shoulders and dacolleta
Rosacea; inflamed acne; sunburn
Reduces puffiness and sinus congestion; aids in product absorption; improves overall metabolism and activates slugging skin

4. What also helps promote relaxation
Tempo and flow
Effleurage and tapotement; chucking and rolling; petrissage and vibration
Reduces puffiness and sinus congestion; aids in product absorption; improves overall metabolism and activates slugging skin
Face - neck - shoulders and dacolleta

5. Which of these items will you need for a typical facial massage service?
Muscles; nerves and blood vessels; connective tissue
Keep your hands ex foliated
Petrissage
Blanket

6. _____ is the key component of an aromatherapy.
Feather off hands
Essential oil
Percussion
3-6

7. The therapist's body and shoulders are used to perform...
Mechanical manipulation; manual manipulation; stimulates metabolism and circulation
Blanket
Effleurage and tapotement; chucking and rolling; petrissage and vibration
Vibration

8. What is the Dr. Jacquet massage similar to?
Essential oil
Removes waste materials from the body
Kneeding like petrasage
Face - neck - shoulders and dacolleta

9. To do massage correctly and safely - you must have a thorough knowledge of...
The jawbone
To specific points of the body
Muscles; nerves and blood vessels; connective tissue
Removes waste materials from the body

10. Wringing and rolling are ______ movements.
Essential oil
Never
10-15 minutes
Petrissage

11. Massage movements are directed from the ______ to avoid muscle damage.
Feather off hands
3 to 6
Insertion point toward origin of the muscle
Petrissage

12. A basic male facial massage _____ involves movements that go against the growth of the beard.
Tempo and flow
The jawbone
Friction
Never

13. Which of the following are classical massage movements?
Relaxation
Kneeding like petrasage
Effleurage and tapotement; chucking and rolling; petrissage and vibration
To specific points of the body

14. The areas of the body that an aesthetician can massage include...
Percussion
Tempo and flow
Face - neck - shoulders and dacolleta
Reduces puffiness and sinus congestion; aids in product absorption; improves overall metabolism and activates slugging skin

15. You can start a facial massage on the...
Vibration
Chin; dacolleta; forehead
Insertion point toward origin of the muscle
Kneeding like petrasage

16. Tapotement is also called _____.
To specific points of the body
Petrissage
Effleurage and tapotement; chucking and rolling; petrissage and vibration
Percussion

17. Your touch should be adjusted according to...
Client preference
To specific points of the body
The jawbone
Pinching the skin with a light - firm pressure

18. Consecutively repeating all movements _____ times is a good rule of thumb.
Soft and sanitary
3-6
Mechanical manipulation; manual manipulation; stimulates metabolism and circulation
To specific points of the body

19. To maintain soft skin - you should...
Effleurage and tapotement; chucking and rolling; petrissage and vibration
Keep your hands ex foliated
Soft and sanitary
Client preference

20. When stopping massage do what?
Face - neck - shoulders and dacolleta
Friction
Feather off hands
Petrissage

21. When performing the tapping component of the facial massage - you should avoid...
Reduces puffiness and sinus congestion; aids in product absorption; improves overall metabolism and activates slugging skin
Pinching the skin with a light - firm pressure
To specific points of the body
The jawbone

22. 'Fulling' is a form of...
Client preference
The jawbone
Petrissage
Muscles; nerves and blood vessels; connective tissue

23. To properly massage the face - your hands must be...
Soft and sanitary
To specific points of the body
Petrissage
Muscles; nerves and blood vessels; connective tissue

24. A basic facial massage is performed for approximately...
Relaxation
Petrissage
10-15 minutes
Mechanical manipulation; manual manipulation; stimulates metabolism and circulation

25. Lymph drainage massage help to...
Pinching the skin with a light - firm pressure
Kneeding like petrasage
Removes waste materials from the body
Relaxation

26. Massage involving a rubbing movement is called...
Pinching the skin with a light - firm pressure
Percussion
Removes waste materials from the body
Friction

27. Contraindication for facial massage include...
Rosacea; inflamed acne; sunburn
The jawbone
Kneeding like petrasage
To specific points of the body

28. Petrissage includes...
Vibration
Pinching the skin with a light - firm pressure
Never
Reduces puffiness and sinus congestion; aids in product absorption; improves overall metabolism and activates slugging skin

29. Acupressure involves applying pressure...
Relaxation
10-15 minutes
Chin; dacolleta; forehead
To specific points of the body

30. What does the rhythmic flow promote?
Essential oil
Never
Relaxation
Petrissage

31. Most movements are repeated how many times
Feather off hands
Reduces puffiness and sinus congestion; aids in product absorption; improves overall metabolism and activates slugging skin
Face - neck - shoulders and dacolleta
3 to 6