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State Board Esthetician Exam

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1. Rhinoplasty
Bacilli-rod - Cocci-round - Spirilla (spiral)
Most serious- the condition is medically referred to as nodulocystic - or cystic acne where the skin displays numerous pustules - papules - pustules with large cysts
Nose job
Measure of the amount of current flowing into a circuit

2. Blepharoplasty
Effects the epidermis (stratum corneum)
Regulates hormone producing glands
Improves product penetration - helps clear away dead skin cells and debris from the pore openings; making extractions easier - remove uneven buildup
Eyelift

3. MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheets)
Several different types of skin swelling. Also called Dermatitis. Red - Swollen and itchy skin
Most common form of skin cancer - orginateds in the basal layer. Pearl like fleshy bumps on the face - flesh or pink in color- painless
Caused by scraped or scratches
Includes how to safely clean up after an accidental spill

4. Eczema
Technical name for fat
Lower jawbone
Several different types of skin swelling. Also called Dermatitis. Red - Swollen and itchy skin
30% concentration (or below) or 3.0 pH of exfoliation products

5. AMP
Measure of the amount of current flowing into a circuit
Itching tingly feeling of the skin experienced by some woman during menopause
Uses dark color to minimize or hide feature - illusion that the feature is corrected
1. Sodium Hydrochloride(household bleach) 2. Formaldehyde

6. Zygomatic arch
Anything that takes up space and has substance
A viral infection of the skin
Cheek bones
Chemical within the drug that causes physiological changes

7. Vitamin D

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8. Bed epithelium
Thin layer of tissue- this is how the nail plate and nail bed are attached
Smallest measurable unit of an element
Stress - Overactive Sebaceous Glands - Dead Skin cell accummulation - Bacteria and Inflammation - Comedogenic ingredients
The opening of a follicle

9. Sun exposure
Worst enemy of the langerhans cells
Inflammation of the hair follicle due to an infection
White spots appearing on the nail
Gommage - granular scrubs - microderm - luffa

10. Anaerobix bacteria
Skin infected caused by bacteria. Usually the cause is staphylococcal(staph) but sometimes streptococcus(strep).
What the esthetician specializes in
Cheek bones
Bacteria that does n ot need oxygen to grow or survive

11. Immune System
Ringworm of the feet
Type of tissue that the cells control the brain and nerves
Bodys mechanism for fighting disease
Important when doing a massage

12. Deep Peeling
Red yellow blue
Effects the epidermis- papillary layer
Burning ray - less intense - penetrate to the basal layer
What the esthetician specializes in

13. How often should i client have enzyme treatments?
0.1 mm-3mm per month
Measure of how much a material resists a flowing current
Every 2 weeks
Inflammation of the skin

14. What is a papule?
A lower pH will make a peel more active
Elisa - western blot test
Name of a group of diseases caused by a fungus- ringworm - athlete's foot and jock itch
A raised area of the skin that is generally smaller than 1 centimeter

15. Endocrine system
Ingredients that lubricate skin and give cosmetics a soft smooth feeling
Skin infected caused by bacteria. Usually the cause is staphylococcal(staph) but sometimes streptococcus(strep).
Cell membrane can let certain substances "in" the body for example food - water and oxygen. It can also let "out" certain substances such as carbon dioxude and waste materials
Regulates hormone producing glands

16. Skin Tags
Common - acquired - benign skin growths that look like a small piece of soft - hanging skin.
The immune system commicates with each cell and releases hormones
Client is laying face down
Form the forehead

17. Buffering
Reduce strength
Freckles
Scientific use of water as a treatment of injuries - diseases - or mental well being
Eyelift

18. Face Shapes
Oval - round - square - rectangle - triangle - inverted triangle -heart - diamond
Thickening of the tissue
Athlete's foot
Movement should come from this part of the body

19. Conductor
Cell membrane can let certain substances "in" the body for example food - water and oxygen. It can also let "out" certain substances such as carbon dioxude and waste materials
An element that will easily pass and electrical current or flow of negatively charged electrons
Steam does to enhance discrustation
Ringworm of the hands

20. Mandible
Subjective - Objective - Assessment - Plan
Lower jawbone
Injury - nutrition deficiency - hereditary
Prevents most americans from getting body treatments

21. Grade 4 Acne
A condition in which a person picks at their acne lesions
HIV - Hepatitis - Syphilis
Generally used in body massage
Most serious- the condition is medically referred to as nodulocystic - or cystic acne where the skin displays numerous pustules - papules - pustules with large cysts

22. Lightening Ingredients
Horse - archer
Hydroquinone
Pocket full of infection under the skin
Guard Cells that Constantly Patrol the Epidermis

23. Cleaning and disinfecting process
Cuticle that splits around the nail
Very large vesicles (blister)
Common - acquired - benign skin growths that look like a small piece of soft - hanging skin.
Metal tweezers- clean with soap - Suction attachments- use 70% alcohol then soak for 20 min in a disinfectant - Extractors- clean with soap and water then spray with cavaside - Galvanic rollers- spray with alcohol

24. Virus
Inner tissues
Hyluronic acid - humectants
Common acne- inflammatory condition of the sebaceous glands of the skin. Consits of red - elevated areas on the skin that may develop into pustules and even futher into cyst that can cause scarring
Tiny particle that must live on a host cell.Capable of infesting almost all plants and animals -including bacteria

25. Skincare
Anything that takes up space and has substance
Form the forehead
What the esthetician specializes in
Ringworm of the hands

26. Alipidic
Common - acquired - benign skin growths that look like a small piece of soft - hanging skin.
Deeper faster effleurage - increases blood circulation
Lack of lipids (lack of fat/oil)
Colors that are opposite one another on the color wheel

27. Loupe
Same as magnifying glass
Anything that takes up space and has substance
Bones - structures - protect organs
Found on the cheeks - jaw line - and chin

28. Sensitive
Very large vesicles (blister)
Stress relief - relaxes and refreshes muscles - improves detox - keeps skin healthy - increases metabolic function - pain management - prevent cramp or strained muscles - reduces tension - headaches
Autoclave
Mostly thin - small pores - pink to red in color. Flushes easily - can be uncomfortable/painful when touched

29. Seborrheic Keratosis
(phase of hair growth) - growth phase
Stratum Corneum - Stratum Lucidum - Stratum Granulosum - Stratum Spinosum - Basal Layer or Stratum Germinitavim
Raised growths on the skin. Means greasy and keratosis means thickening of the skin
The sharing of electrons between two atoms

30. Antibiotics
Non inflammatory acne lesions usually called whiteheads
Several different types of skin swelling. Also called Dermatitis. Red - Swollen and itchy skin
Drugs that are made from extracts of living organisms that simply kill bacteria
Stiches

31. Emulsion cleansers
1-2 min
Allergies - rosacea - acne - psoriasis - cancer
Base of formula - percentage - pH
Cleansing milks made mostly of water for sensitive and dry skin

32. Circulatory system
Heart - pumps blood
Build up of cells
Base of formula - percentage - pH
What the esthetician specializes in

33. Supine
Products are treatments that do not contain water
Open lesions/skin cancers - cold sores/herpes - windburn - sunburn - active rosacea - pregnancy
Client is face up
Crack in skin

34. Vitamin K
Aids in the coagulation of blood
Antibacterial - antiseptic - ant-inflammatory - keratolytic - kills p.acne
0.1 mm-3mm per month
Bearberry extract - licorice extract - azeliac acid - kojic acid -mulberry extractg - asafetida - magnesium ascorbyl phosphate - ascorbyl glucosamine - arbutin

35. Softening the skin
Steam does to enhance discrustation
Chemical agents that inhibit the growth of microorganisms in cosmetics
Includes how to safely clean up after an accidental spill
Microorganisms that cover almost every surface - including the skin of the human body.

36. Statistics
(hair growth phase)- transition or shrieveling phase
2nd most deady - caused by Cumulative sun exposure. Raised - crusty - warty looking. appears as ulcers or nodular bumps may bleed easily
Red yellow blue
Measurement of mathematical changed in the experiment

37. What are Germs?
Inflammatory disease of the skin that is painful and causing itching
Cleansing milks made mostly of water for sensitive and dry skin
Microorganisms that cover almost every surface - including the skin of the human body.
Several different types of skin swelling. Also called Dermatitis. Red - Swollen and itchy skin

38. Effleurage
Found on the cheeks - jaw line - and chin
Mole
Gentle - but firm stroking and sliding over the body
Gives skin its strength and found in the reticular dermis

39. What is the difference between a papule and a nodule?
Heavy large molecule that sits on the top of the skin and prevents moisture loss
Treats eye diseases and performs eye related surgeries
A nodule is a raised lesion that is larger and deeper in the skin than a papule
Deepest type of chemical peeling performed by a esthetician

40. Contact Dermatitis
Aids in the coagulation of blood
Inflammation of the skin caused by direct contact with an irritating or allergy-causing substance (irrant or allergen)
Considered severe and is often grade 2 left untreated and madeto worsen by squeezing the pimples and maintaining the oily dirty face that attracted those bacteria at the onset
Protein nails are made of

41. Granular scrubs- how long should you scrub the face?
Measure of how much a material resists a flowing current
The path a current takes as it moves thru a system
White spots appearing on the nail
1-2 min

42. Benefits of massage
Stress relief - relaxes and refreshes muscles - improves detox - keeps skin healthy - increases metabolic function - pain management - prevent cramp or strained muscles - reduces tension - headaches
Treat all body fluids as they were/are contagious
A reciprocal measurement of hydrogen's in a substance
Oval - round - square - rectangle - triangle - inverted triangle -heart - diamond

43. Non-Inflammatory Acne
Athlete's foot
Thin layer of tissue- this is how the nail plate and nail bed are attached
Rich in vitamins - stimulates metabolic rate
Blackheads - Whiteheads

44. Leukonchia
Split or brittle nail
increase sensitivity of the skin - dehydration - possible hyperpigmentation - fluctuation in blood flow
White spots appearing on the nail
Very large vesicles (blister)

45. Examples of Mechanical Exfoliation
More aggressive kneading
Improves the efficiency of preservatives by breaking down the cell wall
Granular scrubs - brush machine - luffa
A popular treatment - therapeutic use of plants for beauty and health purposes

46. Preservatives
Genetically inherited disease-excess oil secreted by trhe sebaceous glands. Cells that clog the pores - trapping oil in the follicle
Blisters
Several different types of skin swelling. Also called Dermatitis. Red - Swollen and itchy skin
Chemical agents that inhibit the growth of microorganisms in cosmetics

47. Anhydrous
Products are treatments that do not contain water
Process of purifying water
Relaxing and calm- blue - green - violet - grey
Crack in skin

48. Papule
Red yellow blue
Pain - Swelling -redness - gever - throbbing - pus
The opening of a follicle
A raised area on the skin that is generally smaller than 1 centimeter

49. Nervous System
Nail
Basis of consciousness and creativity
Athlete's foot
1 in 250 people

50. 4 procedures an esthetician performs where they may come in contact with infected body fluid
Extractions - microderm - mani/pedi - waxing
Base of formula - percentage - pH
Common - inflammatory skin condition that causes flaky - white to yellowish scales to form an oily areas such as the scalpor inside of the ear
Agents that remove dead skin cells