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State Board Esthetician Exam

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1. Cellulitis
Includes how to safely clean up after an accidental spill
Papaya=derivative of enzyme
Fairly common skin growths that vary in size. Can occur almost anywhere on the body but usually develop on the trunk
Infection of the skin that may affect any part of the body. Usually appears on the lower legs or face

2. Vitamin E
Improves product penetration - helps clear away dead skin cells and debris from the pore openings; making extractions easier - remove uneven buildup
1:10 with water 4 disposable materials that prevent cross- contamination 1. cotton swabs 2. paper towels 3.Disposable staptulas 4. Gloves
Smooth -pinkish - translucent
Tocopherol - serves as an antioxidant to the body

3. Rhinoplasty
Special chemicals that are manufactured or secreted by glands within the body
Nose job
14% Salicylic - 14% Lactic - 14% resorcinol
Ringworm of the hands

4. Hippocratic oath
Treats eye diseases and performs eye related surgeries
This tissue is the primary concern for the esthetician
Pledge that physicians make in order to become licensed
(phase of hair growth) - growth phase

5. Dermatitis
The impaction is neither red nor inflammed
Inflammation of the skin
Chemical within the drug that causes physiological changes
Ascrobic Acid - helps to protect the body from many forms of oxidation

6. Biologically Inert Ingredients
Ingredients that do not react to normal chemical reactions within the skin; making it unlikely to produce allergic or irritant reactions
Found on the cheeks - jaw line - and chin
An element that will easily pass and electrical current or flow of negatively charged electrons
Forms eye sockets

7. AIDS
Removal of dead skin cells
Freckle smaller than 1 cm
Autoimmune deficiency syndrome
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

8. Corrugator Supercili
Nose job
Client is face up
Forms lower back of cranium
Known as the botox place - stops the forehead from scowling

9. Xanthomas
Raised scar
Tinea versicolor- yeast infection that affects the ability of the skin to produce melanin
Fatty pockets found on eyelids
Tocopherol - serves as an antioxidant to the body

10. Skin
The largest organ of the body
Quicker than hot wax - larger areas can be waxed at once - suitable for most hair types - hair re-growth is finer
Improves product penetration - helps clear away dead skin cells and debris from the pore openings; making extractions easier - remove uneven buildup
Reduce strength

11. Cleaning and disinfecting process
Blood and tissue cells secrete substances to create inflammation
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
Forms eye sockets
1 in 250 people

12. Stances in massage
Any mark on the skin that is not normal
Antibacterial - antiseptic - ant-inflammatory - keratolytic - kills p.acne
Clotting of blood
Horse - archer

13. Active ingredient
The opening of a follicle
Chemical within the drug that causes physiological changes
Antibacterial - antiseptic - ant-inflammatory - keratolytic - kills p.acne
Federal agency that regulates the cosmetic industry

14. Food and Drug Administration
Period of time between exposure and the time anitbodies are made
Inflammation of the skin
Smooth -pinkish - translucent
Federal agency that regulates the cosmetic industry

15. Rhodophyta
Despressed scar
Contains highly balancing emollient algae
Substance that allows ingredients to be delivered in the body
In normal adults they makeup 22-28% of the total number of Leukocytes in the circulating blood

16. Statistics
Aging due to things we cant control - hereditary - genetic factors
Very small threadlike growing
Measurement of mathematical changed in the experiment
Papaya=derivative of enzyme

17. Carcinogenic
A nodule is a raised lesion that is larger and deeper in the skin than a papule
Cancer causing
Red yellow blue
Measurement of mathematical changed in the experiment

18. Supine
Most common form of skin cancer - orginateds in the basal layer. Pearl like fleshy bumps on the face - flesh or pink in color- painless
Regulates hormone producing glands
Client is face up
Physical bumping of the skin

19. Vaccines
A popular treatment - therapeutic use of plants for beauty and health purposes
Artificial way of tricking the immune system into making anitbodies
1 in 250 people
(phase of hair growth) - growth phase

20. Virus
Stress relief - relaxes and refreshes muscles - improves detox - keeps skin healthy - increases metabolic function - pain management - prevent cramp or strained muscles - reduces tension - headaches
Burning ray - less intense - penetrate to the basal layer
Clotting of blood
Tiny particle that must live on a host cell.Capable of infesting almost all plants and animals -including bacteria

21. Seborrheic Dermatits
Common - inflammatory skin condition that causes flaky - white to yellowish scales to form an oily areas such as the scalpor inside of the ear
Skin is dry and scaly like a fish; build up of keratinous cells
Bond between two ions that have opposite charges
0.1 mm-3mm per month

22. Acne Cosmetica
Lower jawbone
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
Primary catalyst a chronic stress - high level of stress throws adrenal glands in over drive. Setting the stage for acne in 30s and 40s
Acne caused by cosmetics

23. Ostium
The opening of a follicle
Ascrobic Acid - helps to protect the body from many forms of oxidation
Protein nails are made of
Pain - Swelling -redness - gever - throbbing - pus

24. Scientific Method
Makes up the bones of the body
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
Development of an idea based on available information
Aging - longer more intense ray - penetrates the reticular dermis

25. What implements or materials cannot be used in an autoclave?
Glass
Mixing and matching treatments
Any mark on the skin that is not normal
Not enough thyroid hormone

26. Grade 2 Acne
Moderate acne- blackheads and milia can break out in the greater numbers.
This tissue is the primary concern for the esthetician
Gives a product a gel like consistency
Agents that remove dead skin cells

27. Contraindications for massage
Systemic disease - clients undergoing chemo - vascular problems - pregnancy - daibetic - swelling - infection - lumps - bumps - any unstable health condition
Most frequently autoimmunity disease you will encounter as an esthetician
Eyelift
It works by dissolving surface lipids that hold the cells of the corneum together

28. Alipidic
Lack of lipids (lack of fat/oil)
Drugs that are made from extracts of living organisms that simply kill bacteria
Type of tissue that the cells control the brain and nerves
Scientific name for acne vulgaris

29. Cytoplasm
Allows other structures to move around inside the cell
Back - cellulite - hand - arm - foot
Bone between eye sockets
Bond between two ions that have opposite charges

30. Swedish massage movements
Generally used in body massage
Allergies - rosacea - acne - psoriasis - cancer
Uses dark color to minimize or hide feature - illusion that the feature is corrected
Period of time between exposure and the time anitbodies are made

31. Bones in the face
White blood cells formed in the lymphatic tissue thru out the body
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Inflammation of the skin
Guard Cells that Constantly Patrol the Epidermis

32. Fitzpatrick Skin Typing
Same as magnifying glass
Couperose skin - fragile - thin skin - patients taking Accutane
Crack in skin
Widely used skin typing classification applied today to predict scarring and pigmentary problems from various treatments

33. Secondary colors
Orange green violet
Protein nails are made of
Worst enemy of the langerhans cells
1 in 250 people

34. Protection
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Main function of the nail
Tiny particle that must live on a host cell.Capable of infesting almost all plants and animals -including bacteria
Guard Cells that Constantly Patrol the Epidermis

35. Friction
Blisters
Massage movements is usuallyused to stimulate cellulite areas
Allows other structures to move around inside the cell
Bodys mechanism for fighting disease

36. Frosting
Viral skin infection that causes raised - pearl-like papules or nodules on the skin
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
A white appearence of the skin that appears after applying a strong exfoliation peeling substance
Facelift

37. Remodeling Phase
Common - inflammatory skin condition that causes flaky - white to yellowish scales to form an oily areas such as the scalpor inside of the ear
Process of using barrier and intercellular compatible materials like lipids to better penetrate ingredients
Scar tissue formed during healing
Product designed for appearance improvement and has positive physiological effects

38. Universal and Standard Precautions
The path a current takes as it moves thru a system
Deeper faster effleurage - increases blood circulation
Treat all body fluids as they were/are contagious
Falling out

39. General Plastic Surgeons
Main method of extracting essential oils. Egyptians were the first to use this
Prevents most americans from getting body treatments
Nail
Perform all types of reconstructive and cosmetic surgery

40. Warts
Mildest acne that's often just a minor pimple that appear occasionally in small numbers and small bumps that can disapper without being treated
Warts are growths on your skin caused by an infection with human papilloma virus - or HPV
Upper jawbone
Widely used skin typing classification applied today to predict scarring and pigmentary problems from various treatments

41. Onyx
Constantly bathes the various tissues of the body.removes the waste/toxins in the body
Nail
Crescent-shaped whitish area of the bed of a fingernail or toenail
Two or more elements joined together to produce an entirely different substance

42. Circulatory system
Heart - pumps blood
Eyelift
(hair growth phase)- transition or shrieveling phase
Itching tingly feeling of the skin experienced by some woman during menopause

43. Tinea Corporis

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44. Causes of Leukonchia
2nd most deady - caused by Cumulative sun exposure. Raised - crusty - warty looking. appears as ulcers or nodular bumps may bleed easily
Process of killing ALL microorganisms
Same as magnifying glass
Injury - nutrition deficiency - hereditary

45. Preservatives
A raised area on the skin that is generally smaller than 1 centimeter
Lack of lipids (lack of fat/oil)
Medium pressure should be used when holding the hand piece against the skin
Chemical agents that inhibit the growth of microorganisms in cosmetics

46. Cherry Angioma
Fairly common skin growths that vary in size. Can occur almost anywhere on the body but usually develop on the trunk
Stratum Corneum - Stratum Lucidum - Stratum Granulosum - Stratum Spinosum - Basal Layer or Stratum Germinitavim
Athlete's foot
Removes the entire epidermis

47. What causes adult acne?
Primary catalyst a chronic stress - high level of stress throws adrenal glands in over drive. Setting the stage for acne in 30s and 40s
Breathing - provides oxygen to the blood
Used in a body treatment for stimulating and detoxifying
Split or brittle nail

48. The most important indicator in the treatment room of skin type?
Generally manufactured without the use of certain ingredients that are known to frequently cause allergic reactions
Horse - archer
Evaluating skin response to UV light
Same as magnifying glass

49. Hot Wax
Gives skin its strength and found in the reticular dermis
Pore opening
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
In normal adults they makeup 22-28% of the total number of Leukocytes in the circulating blood

50. Endothelial Tissue
Ringworm of the hands
Bright - attention getting reds - orange - pink - yellow - coral - brown
Development of an idea based on available information
Inner tissues