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Facial Massage Basics

Subjects : industries, health-sciences

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Answer 31 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Which of the following describes massage?
Keep your hands ex foliated
Soft - stroking movements
Kneeding like petrasage
Mechanical manipulation; manual manipulation; stimulates metabolism and circulation

2. A basic facial massage is performed for approximately...
Soft - stroking movements
Mechanical manipulation; manual manipulation; stimulates metabolism and circulation
Muscles; nerves and blood vessels; connective tissue
10-15 minutes

3. Most movements are repeated how many times
Relaxation
Feather off hands
Chin; dacolleta; forehead
3 to 6

4. Which of these items will you need for a typical facial massage service?
Blanket
Never
Essential oil
Mechanical manipulation; manual manipulation; stimulates metabolism and circulation

5. Tapotement is also called _____.
Petrissage
Tempo and flow
Blanket
Percussion

6. _____ is the key component of an aromatherapy.
Rosacea; inflamed acne; sunburn
Essential oil
Soft and sanitary
Kneeding like petrasage

7. Massage involving a rubbing movement is called...
Rosacea; inflamed acne; sunburn
Friction
Soft and sanitary
The jawbone

8. Your touch should be adjusted according to...
Vibration
Rosacea; inflamed acne; sunburn
Client preference
Face - neck - shoulders and dacolleta

9. Lymph drainage massage help to...
Client preference
Petrissage
Removes waste materials from the body
Tempo and flow

10. Contraindication for facial massage include...
Mechanical manipulation; manual manipulation; stimulates metabolism and circulation
Rosacea; inflamed acne; sunburn
Effleurage and tapotement; chucking and rolling; petrissage and vibration
Never

11. When performing the tapping component of the facial massage - you should avoid...
3-6
Removes waste materials from the body
The jawbone
Petrissage

12. Effleurage involves...
Effleurage and tapotement; chucking and rolling; petrissage and vibration
Rosacea; inflamed acne; sunburn
Soft - stroking movements
Reduces puffiness and sinus congestion; aids in product absorption; improves overall metabolism and activates slugging skin

13. Massage movements are directed from the ______ to avoid muscle damage.
Never
Percussion
Kneeding like petrasage
Insertion point toward origin of the muscle

14. To maintain soft skin - you should...
Kneeding like petrasage
Reduces puffiness and sinus congestion; aids in product absorption; improves overall metabolism and activates slugging skin
Keep your hands ex foliated
Chin; dacolleta; forehead

15. To properly massage the face - your hands must be...
Keep your hands ex foliated
Muscles; nerves and blood vessels; connective tissue
Soft and sanitary
3-6

16. A basic male facial massage _____ involves movements that go against the growth of the beard.
Tempo and flow
Keep your hands ex foliated
Percussion
Never

17. The areas of the body that an aesthetician can massage include...
Face - neck - shoulders and dacolleta
10-15 minutes
Kneeding like petrasage
Chin; dacolleta; forehead

18. Which of the following are classical massage movements?
Soft and sanitary
To specific points of the body
Effleurage and tapotement; chucking and rolling; petrissage and vibration
Muscles; nerves and blood vessels; connective tissue

19. Acupressure involves applying pressure...
To specific points of the body
Never
Feather off hands
3-6

20. What also helps promote relaxation
10-15 minutes
3-6
Keep your hands ex foliated
Tempo and flow

21. The therapist's body and shoulders are used to perform...
The jawbone
Chin; dacolleta; forehead
Vibration
Keep your hands ex foliated

22. Petrissage includes...
Pinching the skin with a light - firm pressure
3-6
The jawbone
Petrissage

23. Massage benefits include...
Muscles; nerves and blood vessels; connective tissue
To specific points of the body
The jawbone
Reduces puffiness and sinus congestion; aids in product absorption; improves overall metabolism and activates slugging skin

24. To do massage correctly and safely - you must have a thorough knowledge of...
Feather off hands
Essential oil
To specific points of the body
Muscles; nerves and blood vessels; connective tissue

25. When stopping massage do what?
Muscles; nerves and blood vessels; connective tissue
Reduces puffiness and sinus congestion; aids in product absorption; improves overall metabolism and activates slugging skin
Feather off hands
Mechanical manipulation; manual manipulation; stimulates metabolism and circulation

26. Consecutively repeating all movements _____ times is a good rule of thumb.
Mechanical manipulation; manual manipulation; stimulates metabolism and circulation
3-6
Soft and sanitary
Kneeding like petrasage

27. Wringing and rolling are ______ movements.
Petrissage
Reduces puffiness and sinus congestion; aids in product absorption; improves overall metabolism and activates slugging skin
10-15 minutes
Insertion point toward origin of the muscle

28. What does the rhythmic flow promote?
Kneeding like petrasage
Insertion point toward origin of the muscle
Relaxation
Reduces puffiness and sinus congestion; aids in product absorption; improves overall metabolism and activates slugging skin

29. 'Fulling' is a form of...
Pinching the skin with a light - firm pressure
Petrissage
Friction
Vibration

30. You can start a facial massage on the...
Kneeding like petrasage
Chin; dacolleta; forehead
Petrissage
Soft - stroking movements

31. What is the Dr. Jacquet massage similar to?
Kneeding like petrasage
To specific points of the body
Vibration
3-6