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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. When stopping massage do what?
Rosacea; inflamed acne; sunburn
Soft and sanitary
Feather off hands
Client preference

2. Effleurage involves...
Never
Pinching the skin with a light - firm pressure
3-6
Soft - stroking movements

3. What also helps promote relaxation
Soft - stroking movements
10-15 minutes
Muscles; nerves and blood vessels; connective tissue
Tempo and flow

4. Which of the following are classical massage movements?
Effleurage and tapotement; chucking and rolling; petrissage and vibration
Removes waste materials from the body
Petrissage
Essential oil

5. To do massage correctly and safely - you must have a thorough knowledge of...
Muscles; nerves and blood vessels; connective tissue
Never
Essential oil
Chin; dacolleta; forehead

6. When performing the tapping component of the facial massage - you should avoid...
Chin; dacolleta; forehead
Feather off hands
The jawbone
Essential oil

7. Lymph drainage massage help to...
Muscles; nerves and blood vessels; connective tissue
Removes waste materials from the body
Face - neck - shoulders and dacolleta
Relaxation

8. 'Fulling' is a form of...
Petrissage
Vibration
Feather off hands
Muscles; nerves and blood vessels; connective tissue

9. To properly massage the face - your hands must be...
Tempo and flow
The jawbone
Soft and sanitary
Blanket

10. The areas of the body that an aesthetician can massage include...
Muscles; nerves and blood vessels; connective tissue
Soft and sanitary
Face - neck - shoulders and dacolleta
Petrissage

11. Which of these items will you need for a typical facial massage service?
Blanket
Effleurage and tapotement; chucking and rolling; petrissage and vibration
Rosacea; inflamed acne; sunburn
Face - neck - shoulders and dacolleta

12. Massage movements are directed from the ______ to avoid muscle damage.
Insertion point toward origin of the muscle
Rosacea; inflamed acne; sunburn
Friction
To specific points of the body

13. What is the Dr. Jacquet massage similar to?
Friction
Kneeding like petrasage
Client preference
Keep your hands ex foliated

14. _____ is the key component of an aromatherapy.
Face - neck - shoulders and dacolleta
Essential oil
3-6
To specific points of the body

15. A basic male facial massage _____ involves movements that go against the growth of the beard.
Never
Reduces puffiness and sinus congestion; aids in product absorption; improves overall metabolism and activates slugging skin
Rosacea; inflamed acne; sunburn
Essential oil

16. Massage benefits include...
Soft - stroking movements
3-6
Reduces puffiness and sinus congestion; aids in product absorption; improves overall metabolism and activates slugging skin
Essential oil

17. Petrissage includes...
Essential oil
Vibration
3 to 6
Pinching the skin with a light - firm pressure

18. Your touch should be adjusted according to...
Blanket
3-6
Client preference
Reduces puffiness and sinus congestion; aids in product absorption; improves overall metabolism and activates slugging skin

19. Tapotement is also called _____.
Percussion
Relaxation
Muscles; nerves and blood vessels; connective tissue
Client preference

20. You can start a facial massage on the...
Petrissage
Feather off hands
Chin; dacolleta; forehead
Soft - stroking movements

21. What does the rhythmic flow promote?
To specific points of the body
Feather off hands
Relaxation
Blanket

22. Wringing and rolling are ______ movements.
Reduces puffiness and sinus congestion; aids in product absorption; improves overall metabolism and activates slugging skin
Friction
Petrissage
Never

23. A basic facial massage is performed for approximately...
Feather off hands
10-15 minutes
Muscles; nerves and blood vessels; connective tissue
3 to 6

24. To maintain soft skin - you should...
Petrissage
Vibration
Keep your hands ex foliated
Insertion point toward origin of the muscle

25. The therapist's body and shoulders are used to perform...
Vibration
Face - neck - shoulders and dacolleta
Chin; dacolleta; forehead
Client preference

26. Contraindication for facial massage include...
Petrissage
Rosacea; inflamed acne; sunburn
Never
Muscles; nerves and blood vessels; connective tissue

27. Consecutively repeating all movements _____ times is a good rule of thumb.
The jawbone
3-6
3 to 6
Percussion

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

29. Most movements are repeated how many times
Insertion point toward origin of the muscle
Tempo and flow
Muscles; nerves and blood vessels; connective tissue
3 to 6

30. Massage involving a rubbing movement is called...
Effleurage and tapotement; chucking and rolling; petrissage and vibration
Friction
Kneeding like petrasage
The jawbone

31. Acupressure involves applying pressure...
Vibration
To specific points of the body
Blanket
3-6