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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. What is the Dr. Jacquet massage similar to?
Vibration
Kneeding like petrasage
Feather off hands
10-15 minutes

2. You can start a facial massage on the...
Percussion
Petrissage
Chin; dacolleta; forehead
Vibration

3. To properly massage the face - your hands must be...
Soft and sanitary
The jawbone
Client preference
Insertion point toward origin of the muscle

4. What also helps promote relaxation
Tempo and flow
Removes waste materials from the body
To specific points of the body
Face - neck - shoulders and dacolleta

5. The therapist's body and shoulders are used to perform...
Vibration
Reduces puffiness and sinus congestion; aids in product absorption; improves overall metabolism and activates slugging skin
Percussion
Effleurage and tapotement; chucking and rolling; petrissage and vibration

6. Massage movements are directed from the ______ to avoid muscle damage.
Essential oil
Pinching the skin with a light - firm pressure
Petrissage
Insertion point toward origin of the muscle

7. Massage involving a rubbing movement is called...
Friction
Keep your hands ex foliated
Feather off hands
Mechanical manipulation; manual manipulation; stimulates metabolism and circulation

8. Your touch should be adjusted according to...
Client preference
Chin; dacolleta; forehead
Soft - stroking movements
Face - neck - shoulders and dacolleta

9. Massage benefits include...
Never
Petrissage
Reduces puffiness and sinus congestion; aids in product absorption; improves overall metabolism and activates slugging skin
Kneeding like petrasage

10. When performing the tapping component of the facial massage - you should avoid...
Petrissage
Essential oil
10-15 minutes
The jawbone

11. A basic male facial massage _____ involves movements that go against the growth of the beard.
3 to 6
Muscles; nerves and blood vessels; connective tissue
Friction
Never

12. Petrissage includes...
Keep your hands ex foliated
Face - neck - shoulders and dacolleta
Pinching the skin with a light - firm pressure
Effleurage and tapotement; chucking and rolling; petrissage and vibration

13. What does the rhythmic flow promote?
Effleurage and tapotement; chucking and rolling; petrissage and vibration
To specific points of the body
Vibration
Relaxation

14. Effleurage involves...
Soft - stroking movements
Essential oil
Removes waste materials from the body
Vibration

15. To do massage correctly and safely - you must have a thorough knowledge of...
Petrissage
Muscles; nerves and blood vessels; connective tissue
Soft - stroking movements
Insertion point toward origin of the muscle

16. _____ is the key component of an aromatherapy.
Essential oil
Feather off hands
Percussion
Effleurage and tapotement; chucking and rolling; petrissage and vibration

17. 'Fulling' is a form of...
Petrissage
10-15 minutes
Mechanical manipulation; manual manipulation; stimulates metabolism and circulation
Pinching the skin with a light - firm pressure

18. The areas of the body that an aesthetician can massage include...
Vibration
Percussion
Face - neck - shoulders and dacolleta
Petrissage

19. Which of the following are classical massage movements?
Removes waste materials from the body
Effleurage and tapotement; chucking and rolling; petrissage and vibration
10-15 minutes
Tempo and flow

20. Which of the following describes massage?
Soft - stroking movements
Effleurage and tapotement; chucking and rolling; petrissage and vibration
Mechanical manipulation; manual manipulation; stimulates metabolism and circulation
To specific points of the body

21. Lymph drainage massage help to...
Soft - stroking movements
Petrissage
Removes waste materials from the body
Kneeding like petrasage

22. Most movements are repeated how many times
Insertion point toward origin of the muscle
Keep your hands ex foliated
3 to 6
Removes waste materials from the body

23. Wringing and rolling are ______ movements.
Petrissage
Soft - stroking movements
Feather off hands
Vibration

24. Which of these items will you need for a typical facial massage service?
Feather off hands
Insertion point toward origin of the muscle
Blanket
Vibration

25. When stopping massage do what?
Tempo and flow
Friction
Pinching the skin with a light - firm pressure
Feather off hands

26. Tapotement is also called _____.
Chin; dacolleta; forehead
3-6
The jawbone
Percussion

27. Acupressure involves applying pressure...
To specific points of the body
Friction
Client preference
Tempo and flow

28. To maintain soft skin - you should...
Keep your hands ex foliated
To specific points of the body
Insertion point toward origin of the muscle
Never

29. Contraindication for facial massage include...
Petrissage
Rosacea; inflamed acne; sunburn
Muscles; nerves and blood vessels; connective tissue
Petrissage

30. A basic facial massage is performed for approximately...
10-15 minutes
Keep your hands ex foliated
The jawbone
Never

31. Consecutively repeating all movements _____ times is a good rule of thumb.
Rosacea; inflamed acne; sunburn
3 to 6
3-6
Blanket