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State Board Esthetician Exam

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1. Ionic bonds
Bond between two ions that have opposite charges
Agents that remove dead skin cells
Gentle tapping movements
Products are treatments that do not contain water

2. Pancreatin
Skin condition in which white bumps appear on the upper arms - thighs - and cheeks
Main function of the nail
Allergies - rosacea - acne - psoriasis - cancer
Bovine (pig or cow) derivative of enzyme

3. Cellulitis Symptoms/Signs
Temporarily sensitive due tosomething causing irritation - by environment or applied. Such as windburn - sunburn -or chemicals
Smallest possible unit of an element
Colors that are opposite one another on the color wheel
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

4. Symptoms of Impetigo
Important when doing a massage
Energy
Artificial way of tricking the immune system into making anitbodies
Small blisters that expand and rupture within 24 hrs. Yellow fluid that drains and forms a honey colored crust

5. Friction
Massage movements is usuallyused to stimulate cellulite areas
Mixture of different chemicals evenly dispersed through the mixture
Falling out
Aids in firmness and skin renewal

6. Ichthyosis
Skin is dry and scaly like a fish; build up of keratinous cells
Athlete's foot
Regulates hormone producing glands
Injury - nutrition deficiency - hereditary

7. Hormone
Bone between eye sockets
Generally used in body massage
Special chemicals that are manufactured or secreted by glands within the body
Potential hydrogen

8. Squamous Cell Carcinoma
2nd most deady - caused by Cumulative sun exposure. Raised - crusty - warty looking. appears as ulcers or nodular bumps may bleed easily
What the number of passes are based upon
Heavy large molecule that sits on the top of the skin and prevents moisture loss
Mildest acne that's often just a minor pimple that appear occasionally in small numbers and small bumps that can disapper without being treated

9. Vesicles
Freckle smaller than 1 cm
Blisters
Shaving - abrasives - tweezing - chemical depilatories - electrolysis - hard wax - cold wax - soft wax - laser
Inner tissues

10. Conductor
Uses methods of physical contact to literally scrape or bump cells off the skin
The opening of a follicle
An element that will easily pass and electrical current or flow of negatively charged electrons
Cell membrane can let certain substances "in" the body for example food - water and oxygen. It can also let "out" certain substances such as carbon dioxude and waste materials

11. Comedogenicity
Couperose skin - fragile - thin skin - patients taking Accutane
Found on the cheeks - jaw line - and chin
Product designed for appearance improvement and has positive physiological effects
Tendency of topical substances to cause the development of comedones

12. Lack of Estrogen can cause...
increase sensitivity of the skin - dehydration - possible hyperpigmentation - fluctuation in blood flow
Articles other than food intendedto affect the structure of any function of the body
Ingredients that lubricate skin and give cosmetics a soft smooth feeling
Gives a product a gel like consistency

13. Bones in the head
Pink eye - impetigo - herpes
Smallest measurable unit of an element
Antibacterial - antiseptic - ant-inflammatory - keratolytic - kills p.acne
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14. What is the ratio you can dilute household bleach for a disinfectant?
1:10 with water 4 disposable materials that prevent cross- contamination 1. cotton swabs 2. paper towels 3.Disposable staptulas 4. Gloves
Weaker form of disinfectant
Papaya=derivative of enzyme
Mole

15. Maxilla
Same as magnifying glass
Upper jawbone
Chemical within the drug that causes physiological changes
Gives the cell structure and shape- posses a function known as selective permeability

16. Tapotement
Widely used skin typing classification applied today to predict scarring and pigmentary problems from various treatments
Forms side and top of cranium
2nd most deady - caused by Cumulative sun exposure. Raised - crusty - warty looking. appears as ulcers or nodular bumps may bleed easily
Gentle tapping movements

17. Common factors that trigger acne
Product designed for appearance improvement and has positive physiological effects
Hyluronic acid - humectants
Stress - Overactive Sebaceous Glands - Dead Skin cell accummulation - Bacteria and Inflammation - Comedogenic ingredients
(Eczema) is inflammation of the upper layers of the skin - causing itching - blisters - redness - swelling - and often oozing - scabbing - and scaling

18. Pustule
Two or more elements joined together to produce an entirely different substance
Injury - diseases - medical procedures - aging - malnutrition - infection - picking
A clump of white blood cells that have formed and risen to the surface of the skin
Center for Disease Control

19. Proliferative Phase
Scab and scar tissue build to protect and induce healing
Pink eye - impetigo - herpes
Process of purifying water
Widely used skin typing classification applied today to predict scarring and pigmentary problems from various treatments

20. Keratin
Burning ray - less intense - penetrate to the basal layer
Protein nails are made of
Couperose skin - fragile - thin skin - patients taking Accutane
Autoclave

21. Melanin Suppressants
Hydroquinone - kojic acid - mulberry
Measure of the amount of current flowing into a circuit
Bones - structures - protect organs
Thickeness of the stratum corneum - large buildup of dead skin cells - excessively oily skin - temperature of the skin

22. Cellulitis
50% concentration (or below) or 1.0 pH of exfoliation products
Special chemicals that are manufactured or secreted by glands within the body
Hyperpigmentation - aging - acne
Infection of the skin that may affect any part of the body. Usually appears on the lower legs or face

23. Keratosis
Two different elements or compounds that are mixed together
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
Build up of cells
(Eczema) is inflammation of the upper layers of the skin - causing itching - blisters - redness - swelling - and often oozing - scabbing - and scaling

24. Papain
Mole
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
Papaya=derivative of enzyme
Aids in firmness and skin renewal

25. Zygomatic arch
Hydroquinone - kojic acid - mulberry
Client is laying face down
A viral infection of the skin
Cheek bones

26. Langerhans Cells
Blood and tissue cells secrete substances to create inflammation
Falling out
Any sort of mechanically or manual manipulation of soft tissue
Guard Cells that Constantly Patrol the Epidermis

27. Vesicle
Mostly thin - small pores - pink to red in color. Flushes easily - can be uncomfortable/painful when touched
Blisters
Hive histamines are released in the body
Eyelift

28. Keratosis Pilaris
Heart - pumps blood
Pathogenic is disease causing while non-pathogenic is non disease causing.
Dermatologist who perform plastic and cosmetic surgery
Skin condition in which white bumps appear on the upper arms - thighs - and cheeks

29. Sebaceous gland
Substance that allows ingredients to be delivered in the body
Client is face up
Oil gland
Shingles is a painful - blistering skin rash due to the varicella-zoster virus - the virus that causes chickenpox

30. Molluscum Contagiosum
Removal of dead skin cells
Main function of the nail
Viral skin infection that causes raised - pearl-like papules or nodules on the skin
Fatty pockets found on eyelids

31. Common Complications with chemical peels
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
Injury - which can cause hyperpigmentation - cold sore reactivating
Pink eye - impetigo - herpes
Cuticle that splits around the nail

32. Massage
Papaya=derivative of enzyme
Ingredients that do not react to normal chemical reactions within the skin; making it unlikely to produce allergic or irritant reactions
Melasma - and Chloasma
Any sort of mechanically or manual manipulation of soft tissue

33. Non-inflammatory
Deep infection caused by a deep massive invasion of white blood cells
The structure in which the hair growsthat are commonly knownas "pores" - the hair follicle
The impaction is neither red nor inflammed
Center for Disease Control

34. Tests that detect HIV
In normal adults they makeup 22-28% of the total number of Leukocytes in the circulating blood
Anything that prevents you from doing a treatment
Elisa - western blot test
The structure in which the hair growsthat are commonly knownas "pores" - the hair follicle

35. Carcinogenic
Temperature regulator - sensory - healing - immunity - protection
Bacteria that does not need oxygen to grow or survive
Massage movements is usuallyused to stimulate cellulite areas
Cancer causing

36. Contused
Ascrobic Acid - helps to protect the body from many forms of oxidation
Bacteria that does not need oxygen to grow or survive
Wound that is a bruise
A fungus caused when moisture seeps between an artifical nail and the free edge of the nail

37. Algae
1:10 with water 4 disposable materials that prevent cross- contamination 1. cotton swabs 2. paper towels 3.Disposable staptulas 4. Gloves
Connects all bones
Aids in firmness and skin renewal
Gommage - granular scrubs - microderm - luffa

38. Grade 4 Acne
Extractions - microderm - mani/pedi - waxing
Most serious- the condition is medically referred to as nodulocystic - or cystic acne where the skin displays numerous pustules - papules - pustules with large cysts
Skin infected caused by bacteria. Usually the cause is staphylococcal(staph) but sometimes streptococcus(strep).
Type of wound is unclean with jagged edges and can be of varying depths

39. Bullae
Very large vesicles (blister)
Form the forehead
Bone between eye sockets
Injury - diseases - medical procedures - aging - malnutrition - infection - picking

40. Laceration
Follicle Wall - Sebaceous Glands - Intercellular - Transcelluar
Type of wound is unclean with jagged edges and can be of varying depths
Center for Disease Control
Federal agency that regulates the cosmetic industry

41. Keloids
50% concentration (or below) or 1.0 pH of exfoliation products
Gommage - granular scrubs - microderm - luffa
Pathogenic is disease causing while non-pathogenic is non disease causing.
Raised scar

42. Control Group
Facelift
Used in a body treatment for stimulating and detoxifying
A condition in which a person picks at their acne lesions
An experiment that does not change behavior

43. lymphocytes
Breaks down food and secretes waste
White blood cells formed in the lymphatic tissue thru out the body
Bond between atoms sharing electrons
Any sort of mechanically or manual manipulation of soft tissue

44. Tinea Pedis

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45. Lower pH Level
Ingredient that attracts water
A lower pH will make a peel more active
Inflammatory disease of the skin that is painful and causing itching
Procedures used for accidental injuries orother physcial deformities ex: skin cancer removal - nose job

46. Collagen
Aging due to things we cant control - hereditary - genetic factors
Non inflammatory acne lesions usually called blackheads
Gives skin its strength and found in the reticular dermis
Inflammation of the skin caused by direct contact with an irritating or allergy-causing substance (irrant or allergen)

47. Dermatological surgeon
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Important when doing a massage
Dermatologist who perform plastic and cosmetic surgery
Uses light color to enhance features making it appear larger

48. Basal Cell Carcinoma
Physical bumping of the skin
Most common form of skin cancer - orginateds in the basal layer. Pearl like fleshy bumps on the face - flesh or pink in color- painless
Constantly bathes the various tissues of the body.removes the waste/toxins in the body
Hyluronic acid - humectants

49. Emollients
Helps break down the stratum corneum which allows fora better result
Chemicals added to products to prevent oxidation
Crescent-shaped whitish area of the bed of a fingernail or toenail
Ingredients that lubricate skin and give cosmetics a soft smooth feeling

50. Temporal
Other Potential Infections Material
Forms the side of head by ear
1-2 min
Artificial way of tricking the immune system into making anitbodies