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State Board Esthetician Exam

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1. Hypothyroidism
Nail
Ingredients that lubricate skin and give cosmetics a soft smooth feeling
Not enough thyroid hormone
Applied thicker - should have lip to pullm spread in the directionof hair growth - sets in seconds - good for smaller arears

2. Plaque
Raised growths on the skin. Means greasy and keratosis means thickening of the skin
A raised area on the skin that is generally smaller than 1 centimeter
Raised lesion with a flat surface
Steam does to enhance discrustation

3. Cytoplasm
Process of purifying water
Several different types of skin swelling. Also called Dermatitis. Red - Swollen and itchy skin
Allows other structures to move around inside the cell
Hives due to allergies

4. Urinary System
A form of eczema that primarily affects oily areas of the face
Secrets waste and water control
Anything that prevents you from doing a treatment
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

5. 4 procedures an esthetician performs where they may come in contact with infected body fluid
Gives a product a gel like consistency
Primary catalyst a chronic stress - high level of stress throws adrenal glands in over drive. Setting the stage for acne in 30s and 40s
Facelift
Extractions - microderm - mani/pedi - waxing

6. Two disinfectants used in esthetics
1. Sodium Hydrochloride(household bleach) 2. Formaldehyde
Regulates hormone producing glands
Particles that make up the nucleus of an atom- no charge
Type of crystals that can be used for microderm- benefits: less irritation - stable - hard - inert

7. Temporal
Caused by scraped or scratches
Most sensitive - hyperpigmentation easily with use of aggressive substance - age slowly
Aging due to things we cant control - hereditary - genetic factors
Forms the side of head by ear

8. lymphocytes
Center for Disease Control
Very large nodule
In normal adults they makeup 22-28% of the total number of Leukocytes in the circulating blood
Genetically inherited disease-excess oil secreted by trhe sebaceous glands. Cells that clog the pores - trapping oil in the follicle

9. Corrugator Supercili
Known as the botox place - stops the forehead from scowling
Body's defense
Gives a product a gel like consistency
A viral infection of the skin

10. Melanin Suppressants
14% Salicylic - 14% Lactic - 14% resorcinol
Hydroquinone - kojic acid - mulberry
Scientific name for acne vulgaris
Oil serums - petoleum based products - lip balms - silicone serums

11. Microderm Machines
Scientific use of water as a treatment of injuries - diseases - or mental well being
Measure of how much a material resists a flowing current
Important when doing a massage
Most modern machines are closed systems that do not allow particulate emission

12. General Plastic Surgeons
Glass
Controllable factors that contribute to the aging of skin - ex- sun exposure
Fairly common skin growths that vary in size. Can occur almost anywhere on the body but usually develop on the trunk
Perform all types of reconstructive and cosmetic surgery

13. Inflammatory Phase
What the esthetician specializes in
Pink eye - impetigo - herpes
Blood and tissue cells secrete substances to create inflammation
Artificial way of tricking the immune system into making anitbodies

14. Pustule
Burning ray - less intense - penetrate to the basal layer
A clump of white blood cells that have formed and risen to the surface of the skin
Client is laying face down
Gentle tapping movements

15. Mandible
Hives due to allergies
Most sensitive - hyperpigmentation easily with use of aggressive substance - age slowly
Lower jawbone
Temperature regulator - sensory - healing - immunity - protection

16. Universal and Standard Precautions
Pore opening
Antibacterial - antiseptic - ant-inflammatory - keratolytic - kills p.acne
Infection of the skin that may affect any part of the body. Usually appears on the lower legs or face
Treat all body fluids as they were/are contagious

17. Lunula
Forms the side of head by ear
Crescent-shaped whitish area of the bed of a fingernail or toenail
Bodys mechanism for fighting disease
Sun damage; pre cancerous( can become squamous cell carcinoma). Sharp - rough and prickly

18. Warm colors
Bright - attention getting reds - orange - pink - yellow - coral - brown
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
AHA exfoliant - melanin suppressant - Retin A
Aids in the coagulation of blood

19. Basal Cell Carcinoma
Most common form of skin cancer - orginateds in the basal layer. Pearl like fleshy bumps on the face - flesh or pink in color- painless
Hydroquinone
Potential hydrogen
1:10 with water 4 disposable materials that prevent cross- contamination 1. cotton swabs 2. paper towels 3.Disposable staptulas 4. Gloves

20. What is the ratio you can dilute household bleach for a disinfectant?
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.
Any sort of mechanically or manual manipulation of soft tissue
1:10 with water 4 disposable materials that prevent cross- contamination 1. cotton swabs 2. paper towels 3.Disposable staptulas 4. Gloves
Pathogenic is disease causing while non-pathogenic is non disease causing.

21. Frontal
The structure in which the hair growsthat are commonly knownas "pores" - the hair follicle
Cancer causing short ray - penetrates to the stratum corneum
Form the forehead
White spots appearing on the nail

22. Lower pH Level
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
Mole
Scaly red patched on the scalp - lower back and chest
A lower pH will make a peel more active

23. Collagen
Pathogenic is disease causing while non-pathogenic is non disease causing.
Chemicals that kill a majority of pathogenic microorganisms
Gives skin its strength and found in the reticular dermis
Too much thryroid hormone

24. Active ingredient
A raised area on the skin that is generally smaller than 1 centimeter
Lack of lipids (lack of fat/oil)
Freckles
Chemical within the drug that causes physiological changes

25. Acne Cosmetica
Freckles
Acne caused by cosmetics
Soild bump 1 centimeter can be felt
Removes the entire epidermis

26. Formication
Most common form of skin cancer - orginateds in the basal layer. Pearl like fleshy bumps on the face - flesh or pink in color- painless
Itching tingly feeling of the skin experienced by some woman during menopause
Systemic disease - clients undergoing chemo - vascular problems - pregnancy - daibetic - swelling - infection - lumps - bumps - any unstable health condition
Inflammatory disease of the skin that is painful and causing itching

27. Aging Classification Systems
Stiches
Blisters
An experiment that does not change behavior
Glogau - Rubin

28. Aromatherapy
A popular treatment - therapeutic use of plants for beauty and health purposes
Mixing and matching treatments
A white appearence of the skin that appears after applying a strong exfoliation peeling substance
Ingredients that do not react to normal chemical reactions within the skin; making it unlikely to produce allergic or irritant reactions

29. Reactios to a Chemical Peel
Uses dark color to minimize or hide feature - illusion that the feature is corrected
Base of formula - percentage - pH
Severe itching - swelling - severe redness
Caused by scraped or scratches

30. Causes of Leukonchia
Process of using barrier and intercellular compatible materials like lipids to better penetrate ingredients
Pore opening
Growing
Injury - nutrition deficiency - hereditary

31. Pressure in microderm
Medium pressure should be used when holding the hand piece against the skin
Smallest possible unit of an element
Open lesions/skin cancers - cold sores/herpes - windburn - sunburn - active rosacea - pregnancy
Articles other than food intendedto affect the structure of any function of the body

32. Tinea manis
Ringworm of the hands
The term for immunity to a certain disease built by antibodies the body produces when you get sick
Sunshine Vitamin - Skin synthesis' Vit D From Cholesterol when exposed to sunlight
Hyperpigmentation - aging - acne

33. Carcinogenic
Type of wound is unclean with jagged edges and can be of varying depths
Substance that allows ingredients to be delivered in 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
Cancer causing

34. Shingles
Massage movements is usuallyused to stimulate cellulite areas
Herpes zoster
AHA exfoliant - melanin suppressant - Retin A
Guard Cells that Constantly Patrol the Epidermis

35. Tumor
Very large nodule
Not enough thyroid hormone
Used in a body treatment for stimulating and detoxifying
Blood and tissue cells secrete substances to create inflammation

36. Effleurage
A clump of white blood cells that have formed and risen to the surface of the skin
Gentle - but firm stroking and sliding over the body
Horse - archer
Client is laying face down

37. intrinsic aging
Basis of consciousness and creativity
Freckle smaller than 1 cm
Relaxing and calm- blue - green - violet - grey
Aging due to things we cant control - hereditary - genetic factors

38. sudiferous gland
Uses methods of physical contact to literally scrape or bump cells off the skin
Sweat gland
Depsion or depression
Main function of the nail

39. Signs of Infection
Product designed for appearance improvement and has positive physiological effects
Deeper faster effleurage - increases blood circulation
Pain - Swelling -redness - gever - throbbing - pus
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40. 3 diseases a client may have that would contraindicate in-office treatments?
Ingredients that lubricate skin and give cosmetics a soft smooth feeling
Pink eye - impetigo - herpes
Mildest acne that's often just a minor pimple that appear occasionally in small numbers and small bumps that can disapper without being treated
Thickening of the tissue

41. Ingredients that attract water to the skin
Antibacterial - antiseptic - ant-inflammatory - keratolytic - kills p.acne
More aggressive kneading
Hyluronic acid - humectants
Breathing - provides oxygen to the blood

42. Seborrheic Keratosis
Thickening of the tissue
Mole
Raised growths on the skin. Means greasy and keratosis means thickening of the skin
Softening - antibacterial and anti inflammatory

43. Vitamin E
Tocopherol - serves as an antioxidant to the body
Most serious- the condition is medically referred to as nodulocystic - or cystic acne where the skin displays numerous pustules - papules - pustules with large cysts
Forms eye sockets
Articles intended to be rubbed - poured or sprinkled to the human body for cleansing - beautifying or promotion attractiveness

44. Skin
Client is face up
The largest organ of the body
A nodule is a raised lesion that is larger and deeper in the skin than a papule
Outer tissue

45. Warts
Warts are growths on your skin caused by an infection with human papilloma virus - or HPV
Deep infection caused by a deep massive invasion of white blood cells
How many pints of bloodare in the human body
Vitiligo and albinism

46. Antibiotics
Center for Disease Control
Nerves repsonsible for movement such as smiling facial expressions
Drugs that are made from extracts of living organisms that simply kill bacteria
Quicker than hot wax - larger areas can be waxed at once - suitable for most hair types - hair re-growth is finer

47. Psoriasis
A condition in which a person picks at their acne lesions
Herpes zoster
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
Mildest acne that's often just a minor pimple that appear occasionally in small numbers and small bumps that can disapper without being treated

48. Covalent bonds
The sharing of electrons between two atoms
Temperature regulator - sensory - healing - immunity - protection
This tissue is the primary concern for the esthetician
Scar tissue formed during healing

49. Bones in the face
Systemic disease - clients undergoing chemo - vascular problems - pregnancy - daibetic - swelling - infection - lumps - bumps - any unstable health condition
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Upper jawbone
Bond between atoms sharing electrons

50. Lack of Estrogen can cause...
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.
Forms side and top of cranium
A nodule is a raised lesion that is larger and deeper in the skin than a papule
increase sensitivity of the skin - dehydration - possible hyperpigmentation - fluctuation in blood flow