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State Board Esthetician Exam

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1. Tapotement
Get keloids easily - hyperpigmentation easily - can be sensitive - age slowly
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
Gentle tapping movements
Severe itching - swelling - severe redness

2. Bed epithelium
Split or brittle nail
Deepest type of chemical peeling performed by a esthetician
Thin layer of tissue- this is how the nail plate and nail bed are attached
Inner tissues

3. Closed comedones
1. Sodium Hydrochloride(household bleach) 2. Formaldehyde
Found on the cheeks - jaw line - and chin
Dried body serum (pus or blood)
Burning ray - less intense - penetrate to the basal layer

4. Catagen
Hydroquinone
Fairly common skin growths that vary in size. Can occur almost anywhere on the body but usually develop on the trunk
Tiny particle that must live on a host cell.Capable of infesting almost all plants and animals -including bacteria
Falling out

5. Lasers for Skin Resurfacing
Aids in the coagulation of blood
Energy
Very large nodule
Erbium - CO2 - Carbon Dioxide

6. Medium Peeling
Removes the entire epidermis
Elisa - western blot test
Itching tingly feeling of the skin experienced by some woman during menopause
Controllable factors that contribute to the aging of skin - ex- sun exposure

7. Gellant
Bones - structures - protect organs
Gives a product a gel like consistency
Refreshed appearance - reduction of t-zone oiliness - temporary pore reduction - tighter skin
Removes the entire epidermis

8. Proliferative Phase
Scab and scar tissue build to protect and induce healing
A nodule is a raised lesion that is larger and deeper in the skin than a papule
Aging - longer more intense ray - penetrates the reticular dermis
Applied thicker - should have lip to pullm spread in the directionof hair growth - sets in seconds - good for smaller arears

9. Microencapsulation
Process of using barrier and intercellular compatible materials like lipids to better penetrate ingredients
Most sensitive - hyperpigmentation easily with use of aggressive substance - age slowly
The immune system commicates with each cell and releases hormones
Steam does to enhance discrustation

10. Signs of Infection
Pain - Swelling -redness - gever - throbbing - pus
Breaks down food and secretes waste
Negative charges of electricity that resolve around the nucleus of an atom
A condition in which a person picks at their acne lesions

11. Motor Nerves
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
Nerves repsonsible for movement such as smiling facial expressions
Warts are growths on your skin caused by an infection with human papilloma virus - or HPV
Articles other than food intendedto affect the structure of any function of the body

12. Wheal
Breaks down food and secretes waste
Eyelift
Back - cellulite - hand - arm - foot
Hive histamines are released in the body

13. 10 pints
Surgical procedures used for cosmetic purposes only ex: eye lift - face lift - forehead lifts - liposuction - collagen injections
How many pints of bloodare in the human body
Facelift
Chemical exfoliant htta works from the outside in. salisylic and citric acid- best for acne - rosacea - telangectasia

14. Closed Comedones
The impaction is neither red nor inflammed
Bodys mechanism for fighting disease
Non inflammatory acne lesions usually called whiteheads
Any sort of mechanically or manual manipulation of soft tissue

15. Swedish massage movements
14% Salicylic - 14% Lactic - 14% resorcinol
Heavy large molecule that sits on the top of the skin and prevents moisture loss
Fatty pockets found on eyelids
Generally used in body massage

16. Erosion
Despressed scar
Negative charges of electricity that resolve around the nucleus of an atom
Constantly bathes the various tissues of the body.removes the waste/toxins in the body
1:10 with water 4 disposable materials that prevent cross- contamination 1. cotton swabs 2. paper towels 3.Disposable staptulas 4. Gloves

17. General Plastic Surgeons
Any mark on the skin that is not normal
When a wax soultion is applied to the skin as it bounds with the hairs. A cloth is then pressed into the solution and then pulled sharply back against the direction of the hair growth.
What the number of passes are based upon
Perform all types of reconstructive and cosmetic surgery

18. Anaerobic Bacteria
Fatty pockets found on eyelids
Measure of the amount of current flowing into a circuit
Bacteria that does not need oxygen to grow or survive
Melasma - and Chloasma

19. Distillation
Main method of extracting essential oils. Egyptians were the first to use this
Gommage - granular scrubs - microderm - luffa
Aging due to things we cant control - hereditary - genetic factors
Used in a body treatment for stimulating and detoxifying

20. Vitamin E
Tocopherol - serves as an antioxidant to the body
(phase of hair growth) - growth phase
Layer of lipids and sweat secretions that help kill bacteria
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21. Crust
White blood cells formed in the lymphatic tissue thru out the body
Dried body serum (pus or blood)
Scab and scar tissue build to protect and induce healing
Drugs that are made from extracts of living organisms that simply kill bacteria

22. Hummetiant
Measurement of mathematical changed in the experiment
Ingredient that attracts water
It works by dissolving surface lipids that hold the cells of the corneum together
Improves the efficiency of preservatives by breaking down the cell wall

23. Blepharoplasty
Articles intended to be rubbed - poured or sprinkled to the human body for cleansing - beautifying or promotion attractiveness
Eyelift
The immune system commicates with each cell and releases hormones
Depsion or depression

24. Patch
Layer of lipids and sweat secretions that help kill bacteria
Nose job
Ingredient that attracts water
Freckle larger than 1 cm

25. Seaweed and Mud
A sprayer that sprays a cool - fine mist - food for sensitive skin and hydration for all skin types
Used in a body treatment for stimulating and detoxifying
Hydroquinone
Measure of the amount of current flowing into a circuit

26. Ingredients that attract water to the skin
Anything that takes up space and has substance
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
Hyluronic acid - humectants
Most sensitive - hyperpigmentation easily with use of aggressive substance - age slowly

27. Reactios to a Chemical Peel
Severe itching - swelling - severe redness
Mixture of different chemicals evenly dispersed through the mixture
Same as magnifying glass
Chemical exfoliant that works from the inside out. Glycoloic - lactic - malic - and tartaric acids -- best for aging - dry/dehydrated - wrinkle and hyperpigmentation

28. AMP
Name of a group of diseases caused by a fungus- ringworm - athlete's foot and jock itch
A sprayer that sprays a cool - fine mist - food for sensitive skin and hydration for all skin types
Measure of the amount of current flowing into a circuit
Breathing - provides oxygen to the blood

29. Dermatitis
Autoclave
Stratum Corneum - Stratum Lucidum - Stratum Granulosum - Stratum Spinosum - Basal Layer or Stratum Germinitavim
(Eczema) is inflammation of the upper layers of the skin - causing itching - blisters - redness - swelling - and often oozing - scabbing - and scaling
Dissolving dead skin cells

30. Antibiotics
Base of formula - percentage - pH
Drugs that are made from extracts of living organisms that simply kill bacteria
Build up of cells
Chemical within the drug that causes physiological changes

31. Hippocratic oath
A chemical in its simplest form
Pledge that physicians make in order to become licensed
Effects the epidermis (stratum corneum)
An experiment that does not change behavior

32. What are Germs?
Microorganisms that cover almost every surface - including the skin of the human body.
Freckle larger than 1 cm
The term for immunity to a certain disease built by antibodies the body produces when you get sick
Particles that make up the nucleus of an atom- no charge

33. Mandible
Scientific use of water as a treatment of injuries - diseases - or mental well being
Dissolving dead skin cells
Contains highly balancing emollient algae
Lower jawbone

34. Sebaceous gland
Oil gland
Heavy large molecule that sits on the top of the skin and prevents moisture loss
Regulates hormone producing glands
Layer of lipids and sweat secretions that help kill bacteria

35. Dr. Lucas
A condition in which a person picks at their acne lesions
Upper jawbone
Skin is dry and scaly like a fish; build up of keratinous cells
A sprayer that sprays a cool - fine mist - food for sensitive skin and hydration for all skin types

36. Protection
Inflammation of the skin caused by direct contact with an irritating or allergy-causing substance (irrant or allergen)
Main function of the nail
Energy
Anything that takes up space and has substance

37. Natural Immunity

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38. Maxilla
(phase of hair growth) - growth phase
Upper jawbone
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Products are treatments that do not contain water

39. Electricity
Energy
Most frequently autoimmunity disease you will encounter as an esthetician
Scab and scar tissue build to protect and induce healing
Heavy large molecule that sits on the top of the skin and prevents moisture loss

40. Cool Colors
Type of wound is unclean with jagged edges and can be of varying depths
Massage movements is usuallyused to stimulate cellulite areas
Ingredients that lubricate skin and give cosmetics a soft smooth feeling
Relaxing and calm- blue - green - violet - grey

41. Contused
Wound that is a bruise
To better communicate with clients about better skincare and cosmetics
Type of crystals that can be used for microderm- benefits: less irritation - stable - hard - inert
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

42. SOAP
Cherry angioma raised red bump - easily felt
1. Sodium Hydrochloride(household bleach) 2. Formaldehyde
Subjective - Objective - Assessment - Plan
Thickeness of the stratum corneum - large buildup of dead skin cells - excessively oily skin - temperature of the skin

43. Hydrotherapy
Uses dark color to minimize or hide feature - illusion that the feature is corrected
Allergies - rosacea - acne - psoriasis - cancer
Controllable factors that contribute to the aging of skin - ex- sun exposure
Scientific use of water as a treatment of injuries - diseases - or mental well being

44. Skincare
Bearberry extract - licorice extract - azeliac acid - kojic acid -mulberry extractg - asafetida - magnesium ascorbyl phosphate - ascorbyl glucosamine - arbutin
Temporarily sensitive due tosomething causing irritation - by environment or applied. Such as windburn - sunburn -or chemicals
A popular treatment - therapeutic use of plants for beauty and health purposes
What the esthetician specializes in

45. Apply hard wax
Breathing - provides oxygen to the blood
Applied thicker - should have lip to pullm spread in the directionof hair growth - sets in seconds - good for smaller arears
This tissue is the primary concern for the esthetician
Pocket full of infection under the skin

46. Chlorophyta
Pledge that physicians make in order to become licensed
Clotting of blood
Softening - antibacterial and anti inflammatory
increase sensitivity of the skin - dehydration - possible hyperpigmentation - fluctuation in blood flow

47. Ostia
Particles that make up the nucleus of an atom - positive charge
Pore opening
Procedures used for accidental injuries orother physcial deformities ex: skin cancer removal - nose job
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

48. intrinsic aging
Dried body serum (pus or blood)
Aging due to things we cant control - hereditary - genetic factors
Ringworm of the hands
Wasting away

49. Alpha Hydroxy Aci
It works by dissolving surface lipids that hold the cells of the corneum together
Known as the botox place - stops the forehead from scowling
Primary catalyst a chronic stress - high level of stress throws adrenal glands in over drive. Setting the stage for acne in 30s and 40s
Athlete's foot

50. Helping the post operative patient
Drugs that are made from extracts of living organisms that simply kill bacteria
The path a current takes as it moves thru a system
Provide proper skin care - emotional support - health edu - controlling and medicating erythema
To better communicate with clients about better skincare and cosmetics