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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 these items will you need for a typical facial massage service?
Tempo and flow
Kneeding like petrasage
Muscles; nerves and blood vessels; connective tissue
Blanket

2. Wringing and rolling are ______ movements.
Face - neck - shoulders and dacolleta
Client preference
Percussion
Petrissage

3. To maintain soft skin - you should...
Feather off hands
Face - neck - shoulders and dacolleta
Removes waste materials from the body
Keep your hands ex foliated

4. When stopping massage do what?
Soft and sanitary
Pinching the skin with a light - firm pressure
Friction
Feather off hands

5. Tapotement is also called _____.
Petrissage
Tempo and flow
Removes waste materials from the body
Percussion

6. A basic male facial massage _____ involves movements that go against the growth of the beard.
Feather off hands
Never
Tempo and flow
Rosacea; inflamed acne; sunburn

7. Which of the following describes massage?
Rosacea; inflamed acne; sunburn
Never
Effleurage and tapotement; chucking and rolling; petrissage and vibration
Mechanical manipulation; manual manipulation; stimulates metabolism and circulation

8. You can start a facial massage on the...
10-15 minutes
Relaxation
Chin; dacolleta; forehead
Petrissage

9. Acupressure involves applying pressure...
Feather off hands
Mechanical manipulation; manual manipulation; stimulates metabolism and circulation
Insertion point toward origin of the muscle
To specific points of the body

10. Which of the following are classical massage movements?
Face - neck - shoulders and dacolleta
The jawbone
Essential oil
Effleurage and tapotement; chucking and rolling; petrissage and vibration

11. Most movements are repeated how many times
Relaxation
3 to 6
Friction
The jawbone

12. When performing the tapping component of the facial massage - you should avoid...
Soft - stroking movements
Petrissage
Mechanical manipulation; manual manipulation; stimulates metabolism and circulation
The jawbone

13. What also helps promote relaxation
Face - neck - shoulders and dacolleta
Removes waste materials from the body
Tempo and flow
Insertion point toward origin of the muscle

14. The therapist's body and shoulders are used to perform...
Mechanical manipulation; manual manipulation; stimulates metabolism and circulation
Kneeding like petrasage
Soft - stroking movements
Vibration

15. What is the Dr. Jacquet massage similar to?
Reduces puffiness and sinus congestion; aids in product absorption; improves overall metabolism and activates slugging skin
Kneeding like petrasage
Soft - stroking movements
Mechanical manipulation; manual manipulation; stimulates metabolism and circulation

16. Petrissage includes...
Vibration
Face - neck - shoulders and dacolleta
Pinching the skin with a light - firm pressure
Removes waste materials from the body

17. Effleurage involves...
Insertion point toward origin of the muscle
Percussion
Soft - stroking movements
Friction

18. Massage involving a rubbing movement is called...
Friction
Petrissage
Insertion point toward origin of the muscle
The jawbone

19. _____ is the key component of an aromatherapy.
The jawbone
Reduces puffiness and sinus congestion; aids in product absorption; improves overall metabolism and activates slugging skin
Essential oil
Rosacea; inflamed acne; sunburn

20. Consecutively repeating all movements _____ times is a good rule of thumb.
3-6
Vibration
Insertion point toward origin of the muscle
Petrissage

21. 'Fulling' is a form of...
Petrissage
Percussion
Essential oil
Insertion point toward origin of the muscle

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

23. Lymph drainage massage help to...
Tempo and flow
Petrissage
The jawbone
Removes waste materials from the body

24. Massage movements are directed from the ______ to avoid muscle damage.
Kneeding like petrasage
Insertion point toward origin of the muscle
Pinching the skin with a light - firm pressure
Percussion

25. What does the rhythmic flow promote?
Relaxation
Face - neck - shoulders and dacolleta
The jawbone
Removes waste materials from the body

26. To do massage correctly and safely - you must have a thorough knowledge of...
Muscles; nerves and blood vessels; connective tissue
Friction
Rosacea; inflamed acne; sunburn
Kneeding like petrasage

27. Massage benefits include...
3 to 6
Pinching the skin with a light - firm pressure
Reduces puffiness and sinus congestion; aids in product absorption; improves overall metabolism and activates slugging skin
Kneeding like petrasage

28. Contraindication for facial massage include...
Rosacea; inflamed acne; sunburn
Reduces puffiness and sinus congestion; aids in product absorption; improves overall metabolism and activates slugging skin
To specific points of the body
Effleurage and tapotement; chucking and rolling; petrissage and vibration

29. A basic facial massage is performed for approximately...
Relaxation
Chin; dacolleta; forehead
10-15 minutes
Soft - stroking movements

30. Your touch should be adjusted according to...
3 to 6
Chin; dacolleta; forehead
Blanket
Client preference

31. To properly massage the face - your hands must be...
Vibration
Soft and sanitary
Mechanical manipulation; manual manipulation; stimulates metabolism and circulation
Removes waste materials from the body