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State Board Esthetician Exam

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1. Accutane
Common - acquired - benign skin growths that look like a small piece of soft - hanging skin.
Horse - archer
Rx name-isotretinoi - oral acne medication used for severe cases of acne
Small blisters that expand and rupture within 24 hrs. Yellow fluid that drains and forms a honey colored crust

2. Pilosebaceous Unit
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The structure in which the hair growsthat are commonly knownas "pores" - the hair follicle
Steam does to enhance discrustation
Layer of lipids and sweat secretions that help kill bacteria

3. Why must an esthetician wear gloves?
Pledge that physicians make in order to become licensed
Estheticians must wear gloves to perform in-office treatments in order to protect them from microorganisms
Despressed scar
Allergies - rosacea - acne - psoriasis - cancer

4. Considerations with use of Hydroxy Acid
Base of formula - percentage - pH
Measure of how much a material resists a flowing current
Health - Insurance - Portability - Accountability - Act
Falling out

5. Onychorcryptosis
Quicker than hot wax - larger areas can be waxed at once - suitable for most hair types - hair re-growth is finer
Gives skin its strength and found in the reticular dermis
Freckles
Ingrown nail

6. Wheal
Potential hydrogen
Inflammation of the skin caused by direct contact with an irritating or allergy-causing substance (irrant or allergen)
Hive histamines are released in the body
Center for Disease Control

7. Pustule
Stress relief - relaxes and refreshes muscles - improves detox - keeps skin healthy - increases metabolic function - pain management - prevent cramp or strained muscles - reduces tension - headaches
Forms eye sockets
Loss of cells that give color to the skin(melanocytes) results in smooth - white patches in the midst of normally pigemented skin
A clump of white blood cells that have formed and risen to the surface of the skin

8. Hydrotherapy
Scientific use of water as a treatment of injuries - diseases - or mental well being
(phase of hair growth) - growth phase
A fungus caused when moisture seeps between an artifical nail and the free edge of the nail
Tocopherol - serves as an antioxidant to the body

9. Apply hard wax
A fungus caused when moisture seeps between an artifical nail and the free edge of the nail
Microorganisms that cover almost every surface - including the skin of the human body.
Blackheads - Whiteheads
Applied thicker - should have lip to pullm spread in the directionof hair growth - sets in seconds - good for smaller arears

10. Sebaceous gland
(Eczema) is inflammation of the upper layers of the skin - causing itching - blisters - redness - swelling - and often oozing - scabbing - and scaling
Infection of the skin that may affect any part of the body. Usually appears on the lower legs or face
Oil gland
Aging due to things we cant control - hereditary - genetic factors

11. Anagen
Sweat gland
Negative charges of electricity that resolve around the nucleus of an atom
Most serious- the condition is medically referred to as nodulocystic - or cystic acne where the skin displays numerous pustules - papules - pustules with large cysts
Growing

12. Vaccines
Treats eye diseases and performs eye related surgeries
Ingredient that attracts water
What the esthetician specializes in
Artificial way of tricking the immune system into making anitbodies

13. Fitzpatrick Skin Typing
Wound that is a bruise
The largest organ of the body
An experiment that does not change behavior
Widely used skin typing classification applied today to predict scarring and pigmentary problems from various treatments

14. Contridications to Hydroxy Acid Treatments
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
Resurfacing technique
Open lesions/skin cancers - cold sores/herpes - windburn - sunburn - active rosacea - pregnancy
Generally used in body massage

15. Hormone
Shingles is a painful - blistering skin rash due to the varicella-zoster virus - the virus that causes chickenpox
Relaxing and calm- blue - green - violet - grey
Special chemicals that are manufactured or secreted by glands within the body
Back - cellulite - hand - arm - foot

16. Solution
Ringworm of the hands
Back - cellulite - hand - arm - foot
Mixture of different chemicals evenly dispersed through the mixture
Horse - archer

17. Scars result in...
Any sort of mechanically or manual manipulation of soft tissue
Hydroquinone
Injury - diseases - medical procedures - aging - malnutrition - infection - picking
Forms side and top of cranium

18. Highlighting
Uses light color to enhance features making it appear larger
Breaks down food and secretes waste
Non inflammatory acne lesions usually called blackheads
A nodule is a raised lesion that is larger and deeper in the skin than a papule

19. Sensitized
Treat all body fluids as they were/are contagious
Most frequently autoimmunity disease you will encounter as an esthetician
Temporarily sensitive due tosomething causing irritation - by environment or applied. Such as windburn - sunburn -or chemicals
Greek word for "perceptible of the senses"

20. Grade 2 Acne
Moderate acne- blackheads and milia can break out in the greater numbers.
Genetically inherited disease-excess oil secreted by trhe sebaceous glands. Cells that clog the pores - trapping oil in the follicle
Pineapple-derivative of enzyme
Skin infected caused by bacteria. Usually the cause is staphylococcal(staph) but sometimes streptococcus(strep).

21. Removing Surface Cells impove or help the skin
Improves product penetration - helps clear away dead skin cells and debris from the pore openings; making extractions easier - remove uneven buildup
Pink eye - impetigo - herpes
Mole
Lower jawbone

22. Ratio of HIV
Removes the entire epidermis
Smallest possible unit of an element
1 in 250 people
Viral skin infection that causes raised - pearl-like papules or nodules on the skin

23. Mandible
Hyluronic acid - humectants
Lower jawbone
Health - Insurance - Portability - Accountability - Act
Raised scar

24. Sphenoid
Bond between atoms sharing electrons
Mole
Movement
Connects all bones

25. Scale
Same as magnifying glass
Erbium - CO2 - Carbon Dioxide
Flaky skin cell
Anything that takes up space and has substance

26. Immune System
Stiches
Drugs that are made from extracts of living organisms that simply kill bacteria
Crescent-shaped whitish area of the bed of a fingernail or toenail
Bodys mechanism for fighting disease

27. Adispose Tissue
Technical name for fat
Allergies - rosacea - acne - psoriasis - cancer
Tinea versicolor- yeast infection that affects the ability of the skin to produce melanin
Extractions - microderm - mani/pedi - waxing

28. sudiferous gland
Activates nerve and muscle tissue
Shingles is a painful - blistering skin rash due to the varicella-zoster virus - the virus that causes chickenpox
Sweat gland
Constantly bathes the various tissues of the body.removes the waste/toxins in the body

29. Helping the post operative patient
Cuticle that splits around the nail
Provide proper skin care - emotional support - health edu - controlling and medicating erythema
Microorganisms that cover almost every surface - including the skin of the human body.
Removal of dead skin cells

30. Excoriation scar
Caused by scraped or scratches
Smooth -pinkish - translucent
(Eczema) is inflammation of the upper layers of the skin - causing itching - blisters - redness - swelling - and often oozing - scabbing - and scaling
Particles that make up the nucleus of an atom - positive charge

31. Crust
Two or more elements joined together to produce an entirely different substance
Dried body serum (pus or blood)
Gentle - but firm stroking and sliding over the body
Refreshed appearance - reduction of t-zone oiliness - temporary pore reduction - tighter skin

32. Interleodion
Tiny particle that must live on a host cell.Capable of infesting almost all plants and animals -including bacteria
The immune system commicates with each cell and releases hormones
Ingredient that attracts water
Very large vesicles (blister)

33. Complimentary colors
Pore opening
Colors that are opposite one another on the color wheel
Medium pressure should be used when holding the hand piece against the skin
Movement

34. Friction
Bones - structures - protect organs
Deeper faster effleurage - increases blood circulation
Makes up the bones of the body
Massage movements is usuallyused to stimulate cellulite areas

35. Bromelain
Clotting of blood
Pineapple-derivative of enzyme
2nd most deady - caused by Cumulative sun exposure. Raised - crusty - warty looking. appears as ulcers or nodular bumps may bleed easily
The impaction is neither red nor inflammed

36. Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Warts are growths on your skin caused by an infection with human papilloma virus - or HPV
50% concentration (or below) or 1.0 pH of exfoliation products
Relaxing and calm- blue - green - violet - grey
2nd most deady - caused by Cumulative sun exposure. Raised - crusty - warty looking. appears as ulcers or nodular bumps may bleed easily

37. Asian
Most sensitive - hyperpigmentation easily with use of aggressive substance - age slowly
Get keloids easily - hyperpigmentation easily - can be sensitive - age slowly
Red yellow blue
Nose job

38. Microencapsulation
Process of using barrier and intercellular compatible materials like lipids to better penetrate ingredients
Important when doing a massage
Melasma - and Chloasma
Granular scrubs - brush machine - luffa

39. Closed comedones
Found on the cheeks - jaw line - and chin
Inflammation of the hair follicle due to an infection
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
Non inflammatory acne lesions usually called blackheads

40. Cherry Angioma
Controllable factors that contribute to the aging of skin - ex- sun exposure
Reproduction and continuation of species
Client is face up
Fairly common skin growths that vary in size. Can occur almost anywhere on the body but usually develop on the trunk

41. Superficial Peeling
AHA exfoliant - melanin suppressant - Retin A
A chemical in its simplest form
Inflammation of the skin caused by direct contact with an irritating or allergy-causing substance (irrant or allergen)
Effects the epidermis (stratum corneum)

42. Mixture
Two different elements or compounds that are mixed together
Injury - diseases - medical procedures - aging - malnutrition - infection - picking
Scab and scar tissue build to protect and induce healing
Aging due to things we cant control - hereditary - genetic factors

43. Frontal
Used in a body treatment for stimulating and detoxifying
Form the forehead
Dissolving dead skin cells
Raised lesion with a flat surface

44. Bones in the face
Tendency of topical substances to cause the development of comedones
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Inner tissues
A fungus caused when moisture seeps between an artifical nail and the free edge of the nail

45. Vitamin K
Consists of lymphb flowing thru the lymphatic spaces - cleansing wastes and toxins out of the body
HIV - Hepatitis - Syphilis
Aids in the coagulation of blood
Oil serums - petoleum based products - lip balms - silicone serums

46. Buffering
Guard Cells that Constantly Patrol the Epidermis
Reduce strength
Lower jawbone
Eyelift

47. Microcomedo
Deep infection caused by a deep massive invasion of white blood cells
Basis of consciousness and creativity
First stage of comedo formation; a comedoso small that it can be seen only with a microscope
HIV - Hepatitis - Syphilis

48. Ichthyosis
Skin is dry and scaly like a fish; build up of keratinous cells
Forms the side of head by ear
Very small threadlike growing
Stratum corneum - stratum granulosum

49. Comedogenicity
Aging - longer more intense ray - penetrates the reticular dermis
Melasma - and Chloasma
Tendency of topical substances to cause the development of comedones
This tissue is the primary concern for the esthetician

50. Endocrine system
Weaker form of disinfectant
Regulates hormone producing glands
Inner tissues
Used in a body treatment for stimulating and detoxifying