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State Board Esthetician Exam

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1. Respiratory system
Breathing - provides oxygen to the blood
Steam does to enhance discrustation
Colors that are opposite one another on the color wheel
Cancer causing short ray - penetrates to the stratum corneum

2. Catagen
Massage movements is usuallyused to stimulate cellulite areas
The sharing of electrons between two atoms
Burning ray - less intense - penetrate to the basal layer
(hair growth phase)- transition or shrieveling phase

3. Two disinfectants used in esthetics
1. Sodium Hydrochloride(household bleach) 2. Formaldehyde
50% concentration (or below) or 1.0 pH of exfoliation products
Scar tissue formed during healing
Deep infection caused by a deep massive invasion of white blood cells

4. Onychrorrhexis
Split or brittle nail
Guard Cells that Constantly Patrol the Epidermis
Causes free radicals - depletion of Vit. C in the body - decreases circulation - makes skin sallow - and causes extrinsic aging around the mouth
Caused by scraped or scratches

5. Keratosis Pilaris
Reduce strength
Skin condition in which white bumps appear on the upper arms - thighs - and cheeks
Area of skin redness or swelling that gets larger - tight glossy look to the skin - pain or tenderness - skin rash that happens suddenly and grows quickly -signs of infection include: fever - chills - and muscle aches
Cancer causing short ray - penetrates to the stratum corneum

6. P.Acne
Scientific name for acne vulgaris
Facelift
Dried body serum (pus or blood)
Articles intended to be rubbed - poured or sprinkled to the human body for cleansing - beautifying or promotion attractiveness

7. Onyx
Oil serums - petoleum based products - lip balms - silicone serums
Couperose skin - fragile - thin skin - patients taking Accutane
Nail
Most common form of skin cancer - orginateds in the basal layer. Pearl like fleshy bumps on the face - flesh or pink in color- painless

8. Universal and Standard Precautions
Aids in the coagulation of blood
Treat all body fluids as they were/are contagious
Acne caused by cosmetics
Shingles is a painful - blistering skin rash due to the varicella-zoster virus - the virus that causes chickenpox

9. Warm Wax
Area of skin redness or swelling that gets larger - tight glossy look to the skin - pain or tenderness - skin rash that happens suddenly and grows quickly -signs of infection include: fever - chills - and muscle aches
Physical bumping of the skin
Perform all types of reconstructive and cosmetic surgery
Quicker than hot wax - larger areas can be waxed at once - suitable for most hair types - hair re-growth is finer

10. Acquired Immunity
The term for immunity to a certain disease built by antibodies the body produces when you get sick
Deeper faster effleurage - increases blood circulation
Measure of how much a material resists a flowing current
A condition in which a person picks at their acne lesions

11. Skincare
Generally manufactured without the use of certain ingredients that are known to frequently cause allergic reactions
Removal of dead skin cells
Every 2 weeks
What the esthetician specializes in

12. Aging Classification Systems
The structure in which the hair growsthat are commonly knownas "pores" - the hair follicle
Glogau - Rubin
Gives skin its strength and found in the reticular dermis
Injury - nutrition deficiency - hereditary

13. Sensitive
Consists of lymphb flowing thru the lymphatic spaces - cleansing wastes and toxins out of the body
Deepest type of chemical peeling performed by a esthetician
Mostly thin - small pores - pink to red in color. Flushes easily - can be uncomfortable/painful when touched
First stage of comedo formation; a comedoso small that it can be seen only with a microscope

14. Wheal
Prevents most americans from getting body treatments
Ingredients that lubricate skin and give cosmetics a soft smooth feeling
A popular treatment - therapeutic use of plants for beauty and health purposes
Hive histamines are released in the body

15. Benefits of exfoliation
Stimulates cell renewal - better product absorption - improves fine lines and wrinkles - improve skin texture - removes flakey patches - helps during extractions - clear congestion - improves hyperpigmentation and color
Skin condition that produces more dead skin cells than is normal - skin cells are not being shed properly. These dead cells sick to the surface of the skin and inside the follicles - mixing with excess oil and creating a comedo
Nerves repsonsible for movement such as smiling facial expressions
A lower pH will make a peel more active

16. Lower pH Level
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
A lower pH will make a peel more active
14% Salicylic - 14% Lactic - 14% resorcinol
Wound that is a bruise

17. Melanin Suppressants
AHA exfoliant - melanin suppressant - Retin A
Injury - which can cause hyperpigmentation - cold sore reactivating
Hydroquinone - kojic acid - mulberry
Freckle smaller than 1 cm

18. Reproductive system
Reproduction and continuation of species
Skin is dry and scaly like a fish; build up of keratinous cells
Erbium - CO2 - Carbon Dioxide
Tiny particle that must live on a host cell.Capable of infesting almost all plants and animals -including bacteria

19. Warm colors
Aging - longer more intense ray - penetrates the reticular dermis
Raised growths on the skin. Means greasy and keratosis means thickening of the skin
Name of a group of diseases caused by a fungus- ringworm - athlete's foot and jock itch
Bright - attention getting reds - orange - pink - yellow - coral - brown

20. Leukonchia
White spots appearing on the nail
A raised area on the skin that is generally smaller than 1 centimeter
Sunshine Vitamin - Skin synthesis' Vit D From Cholesterol when exposed to sunlight
increase sensitivity of the skin - dehydration - possible hyperpigmentation - fluctuation in blood flow

21. Food and drug act of 1938-COSMETIC
Severe itching - swelling - severe redness
Articles intended to be rubbed - poured or sprinkled to the human body for cleansing - beautifying or promotion attractiveness
Removes the entire epidermis
Widely used skin typing classification applied today to predict scarring and pigmentary problems from various treatments

22. Electricity
Worst enemy of the langerhans cells
Energy
Common - inflammatory skin condition that causes flaky - white to yellowish scales to form an oily areas such as the scalpor inside of the ear
Caused by scraped or scratches

23. Apply hard wax
Every 2 weeks
Applied thicker - should have lip to pullm spread in the directionof hair growth - sets in seconds - good for smaller arears
Most sensitive - hyperpigmentation easily with use of aggressive substance - age slowly
Basis of consciousness and creativity

24. Seaweed and Mud
It works by dissolving surface lipids that hold the cells of the corneum together
Very large nodule
Shingles is a painful - blistering skin rash due to the varicella-zoster virus - the virus that causes chickenpox
Used in a body treatment for stimulating and detoxifying

25. Acne
Genetically inherited disease-excess oil secreted by trhe sebaceous glands. Cells that clog the pores - trapping oil in the follicle
Acne caused by cosmetics
Layer of lipids and sweat secretions that help kill bacteria
Tiny particle that must live on a host cell.Capable of infesting almost all plants and animals -including bacteria

26. Pustule
Flat surface raised above the skin
The term for immunity to a certain disease built by antibodies the body produces when you get sick
Mostly thin - small pores - pink to red in color. Flushes easily - can be uncomfortable/painful when touched
Reproduction and continuation of species

27. Anhydrous products
Bring pH level back - neutralize skin - clean debris
Herpes zoster
An element that will easily pass and electrical current or flow of negatively charged electrons
Oil serums - petoleum based products - lip balms - silicone serums

28. Chelating Agent
Uses methods of physical contact to literally scrape or bump cells off the skin
Connects all bones
Articles intended to be rubbed - poured or sprinkled to the human body for cleansing - beautifying or promotion attractiveness
Improves the efficiency of preservatives by breaking down the cell wall

29. Urinary System
Small blisters that expand and rupture within 24 hrs. Yellow fluid that drains and forms a honey colored crust
Pledge that physicians make in order to become licensed
Secrets waste and water control
Form the forehead

30. Epithelial Tissue
Forms the side of head by ear
Outer tissue
For an esthetician - highest earned title in the world
A lower pH will make a peel more active

31. Mechanical/Manual Exfoliation
HIV - Hepatitis - Syphilis
Physical bumping of the skin
Base of formula - percentage - pH
Deepest type of chemical peeling performed by a esthetician

32. Psoriasis
Scaly red patched on the scalp - lower back and chest
1-2 min
Moderate acne- blackheads and milia can break out in the greater numbers.
What the number of passes are based upon

33. Ophthalmic Surgeon
Effects the epidermis (stratum corneum)
A nodule is a raised lesion that is larger and deeper in the skin than a papule
Bodys mechanism for fighting disease
Treats eye diseases and performs eye related surgeries

34. Collagen
The path a current takes as it moves thru a system
Energy
Quicker than hot wax - larger areas can be waxed at once - suitable for most hair types - hair re-growth is finer
Protein that makes up 70% of the weight of the skin

35. Onychorcryptosis
Moderate acne- blackheads and milia can break out in the greater numbers.
Ringworm of the feet
Body's defense
Ingrown nail

36. Mechanical exfoliation
Physical bumping of the skin
Water solube - clean to work with - uses only natural ingredients - it grips the coarse facial hair leaving the fine hairs - it can be used at very low temps - sticks to hair not skin - less stick to work without waxing
Uses methods of physical contact to literally scrape or bump cells off the skin
Guard Cells that Constantly Patrol the Epidermis

37. What implements or materials cannot be used in an autoclave?
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
Bright - attention getting reds - orange - pink - yellow - coral - brown
Dermatologist who perform plastic and cosmetic surgery
Glass

38. Distillation
0.1 mm-3mm per month
Body sculpting Ex: breast implants - liposuction
Process of purifying water
Name of a group of diseases caused by a fungus- ringworm - athlete's foot and jock itch

39. Epidermis
Period of time between exposure and the time anitbodies are made
Development of an idea based on available information
This tissue is the primary concern for the esthetician
Ingredients that do not react to normal chemical reactions within the skin; making it unlikely to produce allergic or irritant reactions

40. 3 substances that can contribute to the slowing of the immune function
Movement
Allows other structures to move around inside the cell
Mildest acne that's often just a minor pimple that appear occasionally in small numbers and small bumps that can disapper without being treated
Improper diet - excessive alcohol intake - lacking exercise

41. What is the difference between pathogenic and non-pathogenic bacteria?
Genetically inherited disease-excess oil secreted by trhe sebaceous glands. Cells that clog the pores - trapping oil in the follicle
Thin layer of tissue- this is how the nail plate and nail bed are attached
Pathogenic is disease causing while non-pathogenic is non disease causing.
Effects the epidermis (stratum corneum)

42. Vitamin K
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
Aids in the coagulation of blood
Technical name for fat
Oval - round - square - rectangle - triangle - inverted triangle -heart - diamond

43. Contused
Wound that is a bruise
Raised growths on the skin. Means greasy and keratosis means thickening of the skin
Occurs when skin cells grow too quickly.Faulty signals in the immune system cause new skin cells to form in days rather than weeks.--Patches of thick - scaly skin that may be white - silvery or red
Tendency of topical substances to cause the development of comedones

44. Hot Wax
First stage of comedo formation; a comedoso small that it can be seen only with a microscope
Heart - pumps blood
Works well onto small patches of strong coarse hair - the wax gets a better grip of the hair than warm wax - it does not leave a sticky residue like warm wax - it is good for removing shorter hairs - possibly more suited for sensitive skin - less red
Bovine (pig or cow) derivative of enzyme

45. Reactios to a Chemical Peel
Severe itching - swelling - severe redness
Forms side and top of cranium
Period of time between exposure and the time anitbodies are made
Activates nerve and muscle tissue

46. Sun Fungus
Melasma - and Chloasma
Heavy large molecule that sits on the top of the skin and prevents moisture loss
Tinea versicolor- yeast infection that affects the ability of the skin to produce melanin
What the number of passes are based upon

47. Occipital
Forms lower back of cranium
Other Potential Infections Material
Bring pH level back - neutralize skin - clean debris
Tocopherol - serves as an antioxidant to the body

48. Dermabrasion
Measure of how much a material resists a flowing current
Connects all bones
Resurfacing technique
Same as magnifying glass

49. Vibration
Activates nerve and muscle tissue
Dissolving dead skin cells
Most serious- the condition is medically referred to as nodulocystic - or cystic acne where the skin displays numerous pustules - papules - pustules with large cysts
Two or more elements joined together to produce an entirely different substance

50. Layering
Forms lower back of cranium
Protein that makes up 70% of the weight of the skin
Deep infection caused by a deep massive invasion of white blood cells
Mixing and matching treatments