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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. To properly massage the face - your hands must be...
Blanket
Never
Soft and sanitary
3-6

2. Contraindication for facial massage include...
Rosacea; inflamed acne; sunburn
3-6
Essential oil
Petrissage

3. Lymph drainage massage help to...
Essential oil
Percussion
The jawbone
Removes waste materials from the body

4. When performing the tapping component of the facial massage - you should avoid...
The jawbone
Pinching the skin with a light - firm pressure
Removes waste materials from the body
Petrissage

5. What does the rhythmic flow promote?
Petrissage
10-15 minutes
Relaxation
Mechanical manipulation; manual manipulation; stimulates metabolism and circulation

6. The areas of the body that an aesthetician can massage include...
Blanket
The jawbone
Face - neck - shoulders and dacolleta
Muscles; nerves and blood vessels; connective tissue

7. When stopping massage do what?
Reduces puffiness and sinus congestion; aids in product absorption; improves overall metabolism and activates slugging skin
Feather off hands
Insertion point toward origin of the muscle
Petrissage

8. A basic male facial massage _____ involves movements that go against the growth of the beard.
Relaxation
Pinching the skin with a light - firm pressure
Kneeding like petrasage
Never

9. A basic facial massage is performed for approximately...
10-15 minutes
Petrissage
Feather off hands
3 to 6

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

11. Wringing and rolling are ______ movements.
Feather off hands
Petrissage
Mechanical manipulation; manual manipulation; stimulates metabolism and circulation
3 to 6

12. Which of these items will you need for a typical facial massage service?
Essential oil
Soft - stroking movements
Blanket
3 to 6

13. Effleurage involves...
Soft - stroking movements
Client preference
Tempo and flow
Chin; dacolleta; forehead

14. Your touch should be adjusted according to...
Client preference
3 to 6
To specific points of the body
Face - neck - shoulders and dacolleta

15. Tapotement is also called _____.
Friction
Percussion
Tempo and flow
The jawbone

16. What is the Dr. Jacquet massage similar to?
3 to 6
Soft - stroking movements
Soft and sanitary
Kneeding like petrasage

17. 'Fulling' is a form of...
Petrissage
3 to 6
3-6
Vibration

18. Which of the following are classical massage movements?
Effleurage and tapotement; chucking and rolling; petrissage and vibration
Mechanical manipulation; manual manipulation; stimulates metabolism and circulation
Petrissage
Blanket

19. Petrissage includes...
Pinching the skin with a light - firm pressure
Soft and sanitary
Effleurage and tapotement; chucking and rolling; petrissage and vibration
Client preference

20. _____ is the key component of an aromatherapy.
Petrissage
Reduces puffiness and sinus congestion; aids in product absorption; improves overall metabolism and activates slugging skin
To specific points of the body
Essential oil

21. You can start a facial massage on the...
Chin; dacolleta; forehead
Mechanical manipulation; manual manipulation; stimulates metabolism and circulation
Removes waste materials from the body
To specific points of the body

22. Acupressure involves applying pressure...
The jawbone
Reduces puffiness and sinus congestion; aids in product absorption; improves overall metabolism and activates slugging skin
Petrissage
To specific points of the body

23. What also helps promote relaxation
Client preference
Percussion
Tempo and flow
Relaxation

24. Massage benefits include...
Petrissage
Friction
Reduces puffiness and sinus congestion; aids in product absorption; improves overall metabolism and activates slugging skin
Soft - stroking movements

25. Massage involving a rubbing movement is called...
Client preference
Friction
Soft and sanitary
Tempo and flow

26. Consecutively repeating all movements _____ times is a good rule of thumb.
Kneeding like petrasage
Petrissage
3-6
Removes waste materials from the body

27. Massage movements are directed from the ______ to avoid muscle damage.
Effleurage and tapotement; chucking and rolling; petrissage and vibration
Percussion
Insertion point toward origin of the muscle
Chin; dacolleta; forehead

28. The therapist's body and shoulders are used to perform...
Petrissage
Percussion
Essential oil
Vibration

29. To maintain soft skin - you should...
Soft - stroking movements
Soft and sanitary
Blanket
Keep your hands ex foliated

30. Which of the following describes massage?
3-6
Soft - stroking movements
To specific points of the body
Mechanical manipulation; manual manipulation; stimulates metabolism and circulation

31. Most movements are repeated how many times
10-15 minutes
Petrissage
Never
3 to 6