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State Board Esthetician Exam

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1. Papule
Breathing - provides oxygen to the blood
Pathogenic is disease causing while non-pathogenic is non disease causing.
Injury - diseases - medical procedures - aging - malnutrition - infection - picking
A raised area on the skin that is generally smaller than 1 centimeter

2. Leukonchia
Horse - archer
White spots appearing on the nail
Articles intended to be rubbed - poured or sprinkled to the human body for cleansing - beautifying or promotion attractiveness
Bodys mechanism for fighting disease

3. Immune System
Most seriously and deadliest skin cancer. Moles that are dark in color
The sharing of electrons between two atoms
Regulates hormone producing glands
Bodys mechanism for fighting disease

4. Sterilization
Process of killing ALL microorganisms
Crack in skin
Forms the side of head by ear
Breaks down food and secretes waste

5. Toner use
Bring pH level back - neutralize skin - clean debris
Two different elements or compounds that are mixed together
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
In normal adults they makeup 22-28% of the total number of Leukocytes in the circulating blood

6. Anaerobix bacteria
Extractions - microderm - mani/pedi - waxing
Bacteria that does n ot need oxygen to grow or survive
Ingredient that attracts water
Hydroquinone

7. Vitiligo
Movement
Loss of cells that give color to the skin(melanocytes) results in smooth - white patches in the midst of normally pigemented skin
Bodys mechanism for fighting disease
Process of killing ALL microorganisms

8. Cosmetic Surgery
Surgical procedures used for cosmetic purposes only ex: eye lift - face lift - forehead lifts - liposuction - collagen injections
Generally manufactured without the use of certain ingredients that are known to frequently cause allergic reactions
Thickening of the tissue
Period of time between exposure and the time anitbodies are made

9. Anti-oxidants
Chemicals added to products to prevent oxidation
The largest organ of the body
Anything that prevents you from doing a treatment
Upper jawbone

10. Papain
Raised lesion with a flat surface
Papaya=derivative of enzyme
A raised area of the skin that is generally smaller than 1 centimeter
Injury - diseases - medical procedures - aging - malnutrition - infection - picking

11. Petrissage
Back - cellulite - hand - arm - foot
More aggressive kneading
Energy
Body sculpting Ex: breast implants - liposuction

12. Non-Inflammatory Acne
Blackheads - Whiteheads
Burning ray - less intense - penetrate to the basal layer
Main method of extracting essential oils. Egyptians were the first to use this
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13. Ethmoid
Bone between eye sockets
AHA exfoliant - melanin suppressant - Retin A
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The immune system commicates with each cell and releases hormones

14. Vehicle
Extractions - microderm - mani/pedi - waxing
Pineapple-derivative of enzyme
Substance that allows ingredients to be delivered in the body
increase sensitivity of the skin - dehydration - possible hyperpigmentation - fluctuation in blood flow

15. Covalent bond
Raised lesion with a flat surface
Bond between atoms sharing electrons
Evaluating skin response to UV light
Any sort of mechanically or manual manipulation of soft tissue

16. Active ingredient
Chemical within the drug that causes physiological changes
Freckle smaller than 1 cm
A popular treatment - therapeutic use of plants for beauty and health purposes
Anything that takes up space and has substance

17. Hormone
Improves the efficiency of preservatives by breaking down the cell wall
Oval - round - square - rectangle - triangle - inverted triangle -heart - diamond
Split or brittle nail
Special chemicals that are manufactured or secreted by glands within the body

18. Pancreatin
Uses dark color to minimize or hide feature - illusion that the feature is corrected
Bovine (pig or cow) derivative of enzyme
Perform all types of reconstructive and cosmetic surgery
Mixing and matching treatments

19. Vitamin K
Layer of lipids and sweat secretions that help kill bacteria
Clotting of blood
Temperature regulator - sensory - healing - immunity - protection
Pathogenic is disease causing while non-pathogenic is non disease causing.

20. Cherry Angioma
Special chemicals that are manufactured or secreted by glands within the body
Ringworm of the hands
Fairly common skin growths that vary in size. Can occur almost anywhere on the body but usually develop on the trunk
Stratum corneum - stratum granulosum

21. Basic Esthetician
Blisters
30% concentration (or below) or 3.0 pH of exfoliation products
Basis of consciousness and creativity
Hyperpigmentation - aging - acne

22. Frosting
Bacteria that does n ot need oxygen to grow or survive
Bearberry extract - licorice extract - azeliac acid - kojic acid -mulberry extractg - asafetida - magnesium ascorbyl phosphate - ascorbyl glucosamine - arbutin
A white appearence of the skin that appears after applying a strong exfoliation peeling substance
Elisa - western blot test

23. Pilosebaceous Unit
Aging - longer more intense ray - penetrates the reticular dermis
The structure in which the hair growsthat are commonly knownas "pores" - the hair follicle
A viral infection of the skin
Stratum corneum - stratum granulosum

24. pterygium
Cancer causing
Temporarily sensitive due tosomething causing irritation - by environment or applied. Such as windburn - sunburn -or chemicals
Cuticle that splits around the nail
Dead buildup - bacteria and fatty acids from sebum

25. Dermatitis
Uses dark color to minimize or hide feature - illusion that the feature is corrected
Extractions - microderm - mani/pedi - waxing
(Eczema) is inflammation of the upper layers of the skin - causing itching - blisters - redness - swelling - and often oozing - scabbing - and scaling
Ringworm of the hands

26. Pustule
Flat surface raised above the skin
Greek word for "perceptible of the senses"
Gentle tapping movements
Tiny particle that must live on a host cell.Capable of infesting almost all plants and animals -including bacteria

27. Ulcer
Depsion or depression
Papaya=derivative of enzyme
Injury - nutrition deficiency - hereditary
Any sort of mechanically or manual manipulation of soft tissue

28. Mechanical exfoliation
Bovine (pig or cow) derivative of enzyme
Non inflammatory acne lesions usually called whiteheads
Uses methods of physical contact to literally scrape or bump cells off the skin
Raised lesion with a flat surface

29. Electricity
Fatty pockets found on eyelids
Inflammation of the skin
HIV - Hepatitis - Syphilis
Energy

30. Hydrotherapy
Scientific use of water as a treatment of injuries - diseases - or mental well being
Oil serums - petoleum based products - lip balms - silicone serums
Ingrown nail
Ingredients that do not react to normal chemical reactions within the skin; making it unlikely to produce allergic or irritant reactions

31. Psoriasis
Measure of how much a material resists a flowing current
Tendency of topical substances to cause the development of comedones
Scaly red patched on the scalp - lower back and chest
Granular scrubs - brush machine - luffa

32. Endothelial Tissue
Elisa - western blot test
Inner tissues
Crack in skin
Other Potential Infections Material

33. Statistics
Measurement of mathematical changed in the experiment
Chemicals added to products to prevent oxidation
Blisters
Prevents most americans from getting body treatments

34. Microcomedo
Measure of how much a material resists a flowing current
Tinea versicolor- yeast infection that affects the ability of the skin to produce melanin
Raised scar
First stage of comedo formation; a comedoso small that it can be seen only with a microscope

35. hair removal methods
A clump of white blood cells that have formed and risen to the surface of the skin
Common - acquired - benign skin growths that look like a small piece of soft - hanging skin.
Inflammation of the skin
Shaving - abrasives - tweezing - chemical depilatories - electrolysis - hard wax - cold wax - soft wax - laser

36. Cytoplasm
In normal adults they makeup 22-28% of the total number of Leukocytes in the circulating blood
Found on the cheeks - jaw line - and chin
Other Potential Infections Material
Allows other structures to move around inside the cell

37. AIDS
Ingredients that lubricate skin and give cosmetics a soft smooth feeling
Shaving - abrasives - tweezing - chemical depilatories - electrolysis - hard wax - cold wax - soft wax - laser
Eyelift
Autoimmune deficiency syndrome

38. Chlorophyta
Type of wound is unclean with jagged edges and can be of varying depths
Heart - pumps blood
Softening - antibacterial and anti inflammatory
Form the forehead

39. Element
Outer tissue
Client is face up
Severe itching - swelling - severe redness
A chemical in its simplest form

40. Complimentary colors
Colors that are opposite one another on the color wheel
Horse - archer
Blisters
Sun damage; pre cancerous( can become squamous cell carcinoma). Sharp - rough and prickly

41. Nerve Tissue
Eyelift
Type of tissue that the cells control the brain and nerves
A white appearence of the skin that appears after applying a strong exfoliation peeling substance
Pineapple-derivative of enzyme

42. Emulsion cleansers
The opening of a follicle
Movement should come from this part of the body
Cleansing milks made mostly of water for sensitive and dry skin
An element that will easily pass and electrical current or flow of negatively charged electrons

43. Catagen
Protein that makes up 70% of the weight of the skin
Evaluating skin response to UV light
Widely used skin typing classification applied today to predict scarring and pigmentary problems from various treatments
(hair growth phase)- transition or shrieveling phase

44. Cellulitis Symptoms/Signs
Uses light color to enhance features making it appear larger
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
Thin layer of tissue- this is how the nail plate and nail bed are attached
Freckle larger than 1 cm

45. Proliferative Phase
Freckles
Scab and scar tissue build to protect and induce healing
Skin condition in which white bumps appear on the upper arms - thighs - and cheeks
Greek word for "perceptible of the senses"

46. Laceration
Open lesions/skin cancers - cold sores/herpes - windburn - sunburn - active rosacea - pregnancy
14% Salicylic - 14% Lactic - 14% resorcinol
Shingles is a painful - blistering skin rash due to the varicella-zoster virus - the virus that causes chickenpox
Type of wound is unclean with jagged edges and can be of varying depths

47. Bullae
Extractions - microderm - mani/pedi - waxing
Very large vesicles (blister)
Systemic disease - clients undergoing chemo - vascular problems - pregnancy - daibetic - swelling - infection - lumps - bumps - any unstable health condition
What the number of passes are based upon

48. Anhydrous products
Oil serums - petoleum based products - lip balms - silicone serums
2nd most deady - caused by Cumulative sun exposure. Raised - crusty - warty looking. appears as ulcers or nodular bumps may bleed easily
Freckle smaller than 1 cm
The structure in which the hair growsthat are commonly knownas "pores" - the hair follicle

49. Phaeophyta
Blood and metabolic stimulation
Follicle Wall - Sebaceous Glands - Intercellular - Transcelluar
Freckle smaller than 1 cm
Allows other structures to move around inside the cell

50. Electron
Depsion or depression
Negative charges of electricity that resolve around the nucleus of an atom
The layer of the skin that has been affected is the papillary dermis
Anything that takes up space and has substance