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State Board Esthetician Exam

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1. Tinea manis
2nd most deady - caused by Cumulative sun exposure. Raised - crusty - warty looking. appears as ulcers or nodular bumps may bleed easily
Widely used skin typing classification applied today to predict scarring and pigmentary problems from various treatments
Blood and tissue cells secrete substances to create inflammation
Ringworm of the hands

2. Talogen
The term for immunity to a certain disease built by antibodies the body produces when you get sick
Special chemicals that are manufactured or secreted by glands within the body
Pledge that physicians make in order to become licensed
Resting

3. Salicylic Benefits
Couperose skin - fragile - thin skin - patients taking Accutane
Very large nodule
Stratum corneum - stratum granulosum
Antibacterial - antiseptic - ant-inflammatory - keratolytic - kills p.acne

4. Chemical Exfoliation
Bone between eye sockets
Stratum Corneum - Stratum Lucidum - Stratum Granulosum - Stratum Spinosum - Basal Layer or Stratum Germinitavim
Dissolving dead skin cells
Pain - Swelling -redness - gever - throbbing - pus

5. 4 procedures an esthetician performs where they may come in contact with infected body fluid
Breathing - provides oxygen to the blood
Guard Cells that Constantly Patrol the Epidermis
Basis of consciousness and creativity
Extractions - microderm - mani/pedi - waxing

6. Cleaning and disinfecting process
Breaks down food and secretes waste
Process of purifying water
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
Ascrobic Acid - helps to protect the body from many forms of oxidation

7. Black
8
Get keloids easily - hyperpigmentation easily - can be sensitive - age slowly
Lack of lipids (lack of fat/oil)
Worst enemy of the langerhans cells

8. Proton
Chemical exfoliant that works from the inside out. Glycoloic - lactic - malic - and tartaric acids -- best for aging - dry/dehydrated - wrinkle and hyperpigmentation
Tendency of topical substances to cause the development of comedones
Aging due to things we cant control - hereditary - genetic factors
Particles that make up the nucleus of an atom - positive charge

9. Retin A and AHA prepare for microderm
Technical name for fat
Inert - acts as a sunscreen - camouglages imperfections - light and all purpose - skin friendly
Generally manufactured without the use of certain ingredients that are known to frequently cause allergic reactions
Helps break down the stratum corneum which allows fora better result

10. Vehicle
Substance that allows ingredients to be delivered in the body
Inflammation of the skin caused by direct contact with an irritating or allergy-causing substance (irrant or allergen)
Papillary layer - Reticular Dermis - Subcutaneous
Very thin like glaze - spreadin the direction ofhair growth at a 45 degree angle toward you - better for large areas

11. Tinea pedis
Type of tissue that the cells control the brain and nerves
Every 2 weeks
Mildest acne that's often just a minor pimple that appear occasionally in small numbers and small bumps that can disapper without being treated
Ringworm of the feet

12. Anhydrous
Health - Insurance - Portability - Accountability - Act
Movement
Forms side and top of cranium
Products are treatments that do not contain water

13. What is pustule and what is it made up of?
A clump of white blood cells that have formed and risen to the surface of the skin
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.
Helps break down the stratum corneum which allows fora better result
Pathogenic is disease causing while non-pathogenic is non disease causing.

14. OPIM
Ascrobic Acid - helps to protect the body from many forms of oxidation
Other Potential Infections Material
White spots appearing on the nail
An element that will easily pass and electrical current or flow of negatively charged electrons

15. Thickness of Skin
Antibacterial - antiseptic - ant-inflammatory - keratolytic - kills p.acne
What the number of passes are based upon
Bond between atoms sharing electrons
The impaction is neither red nor inflammed

16. Vesicles
Body's defense
Blisters
Primary catalyst a chronic stress - high level of stress throws adrenal glands in over drive. Setting the stage for acne in 30s and 40s
A condition in which a person picks at their acne lesions

17. Reactios to a Chemical Peel
White spots appearing on the nail
Severe itching - swelling - severe redness
(hair growth phase)- transition or shrieveling phase
Chemical exfoliant that works from the inside out. Glycoloic - lactic - malic - and tartaric acids -- best for aging - dry/dehydrated - wrinkle and hyperpigmentation

18. Corrugator Supercili
Estheticians must wear gloves to perform in-office treatments in order to protect them from microorganisms
Known as the botox place - stops the forehead from scowling
Injury - nutrition deficiency - hereditary
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

19. Sugaring
Growing
Form the forehead
Water solube - clean to work with - uses only natural ingredients - it grips the coarse facial hair leaving the fine hairs - it can be used at very low temps - sticks to hair not skin - less stick to work without waxing
Mixing and matching treatments

20. Lasers for Skin Resurfacing
(phase of hair growth) - growth phase
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
Erbium - CO2 - Carbon Dioxide
Common - benign -superficial cutaneous fungal infection usually characterized by hypopigmented or hyperpigmented macules and patches on the chest and the back

21. Keloids
Raised scar
A clump of white blood cells that have formed and risen to the surface of the skin
Microorganisms that cover almost every surface - including the skin of the human body.
Removes the entire epidermis

22. AHA
The immune system commicates with each cell and releases hormones
Scab and scar tissue build to protect and induce healing
Chemical exfoliant that works from the inside out. Glycoloic - lactic - malic - and tartaric acids -- best for aging - dry/dehydrated - wrinkle and hyperpigmentation
Freckle smaller than 1 cm

23. Tinea Pedis

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24. Cyanophyta
Melasma - and Chloasma
Effects the epidermis (stratum corneum)
Chemical exfoliant that works from the inside out. Glycoloic - lactic - malic - and tartaric acids -- best for aging - dry/dehydrated - wrinkle and hyperpigmentation
Rich in vitamins - stimulates metabolic rate

25. Cellulitis Symptoms/Signs
(Eczema) is inflammation of the upper layers of the skin - causing itching - blisters - redness - swelling - and often oozing - scabbing - and scaling
Pledge that physicians make in order to become licensed
Effects the epidermis (stratum corneum)
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

26. Papules
Cherry angioma raised red bump - easily felt
Most sensitive - hyperpigmentation easily with use of aggressive substance - age slowly
Bond between atoms sharing electrons
Type of crystals that can be used for microderm- benefits: less irritation - stable - hard - inert

27. The 3 basic types of bacteria and their shape
Heart - pumps blood
Allergies - rosacea - acne - psoriasis - cancer
Bacilli-rod - Cocci-round - Spirilla (spiral)
Body sculpting Ex: breast implants - liposuction

28. Carcinogenic
Constantly bathes the various tissues of the body.removes the waste/toxins in the body
Smallest possible unit of an element
Cancer causing
Nerves that allow you to feel pain - heat and cold - pressure and touch

29. Scale
Breaks down food and secretes waste
Flaky skin cell
Injury - nutrition deficiency - hereditary
Includes how to safely clean up after an accidental spill

30. Grade 3 Acne
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
Severe itching - swelling - severe redness
Forms side and top of cranium
A sprayer that sprays a cool - fine mist - food for sensitive skin and hydration for all skin types

31. Statistics
Measurement of mathematical changed in the experiment
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
Softening - antibacterial and anti inflammatory
Inert - acts as a sunscreen - camouglages imperfections - light and all purpose - skin friendly

32. Removing Surface Cells impove or help the skin
Type of crystals that can be used for microderm- benefits: less irritation - stable - hard - inert
Depsion or depression
Improves product penetration - helps clear away dead skin cells and debris from the pore openings; making extractions easier - remove uneven buildup
Found on the cheeks - jaw line - and chin

33. Complimentary colors
Most modern machines are closed systems that do not allow particulate emission
Nose job
Common - inflammatory skin condition that causes flaky - white to yellowish scales to form an oily areas such as the scalpor inside of the ear
Colors that are opposite one another on the color wheel

34. Erosion
Despressed scar
A lower pH will make a peel more active
Non inflammatory acne lesions usually called whiteheads
Build up of cells

35. Skin Tags
Common - acquired - benign skin growths that look like a small piece of soft - hanging skin.
Pledge that physicians make in order to become licensed
Ingredients that do not react to normal chemical reactions within the skin; making it unlikely to produce allergic or irritant reactions
Very large vesicles (blister)

36. Aesthikos
Creates a chemical reaction that acts to emulsify or liquefy sebum- 2 reactions disincrustation and iontophoresis
Drugs that are made from extracts of living organisms that simply kill bacteria
Greek word for "perceptible of the senses"
Occupational Safety and Health Administration

37. Zygomatic arch
Mildest acne that's often just a minor pimple that appear occasionally in small numbers and small bumps that can disapper without being treated
Cheek bones
Ingredients that lubricate skin and give cosmetics a soft smooth feeling
Chemicals that kill a majority of pathogenic microorganisms

38. Onychorcryptosis
Tinea versicolor- yeast infection that affects the ability of the skin to produce melanin
Contains highly balancing emollient algae
Ingrown nail
Removal of dead skin cells

39. AIDS
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Stress - Overactive Sebaceous Glands - Dead Skin cell accummulation - Bacteria and Inflammation - Comedogenic ingredients
Known as the botox place - stops the forehead from scowling
Autoimmune deficiency syndrome

40. Non-inflammatory
Mixing and matching treatments
Same as magnifying glass
Regulates hormone producing glands
The impaction is neither red nor inflammed

41. Vitamin D

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42. OHM
Resurfacing technique
Hydroquinone
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
Measure of how much a material resists a flowing current

43. Psoriasis
A viral infection of the skin
Scaly red patched on the scalp - lower back and chest
Stiches
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

44. Matter
The path a current takes as it moves thru a system
Anything that takes up space and has substance
Bones - structures - protect organs
Ringworm of the feet

45. hair removal methods
Lower jawbone
Shaving - abrasives - tweezing - chemical depilatories - electrolysis - hard wax - cold wax - soft wax - laser
A clump of white blood cells that have formed and risen to the surface of the skin
Cleansing milks made mostly of water for sensitive and dry skin

46. Aluminum Oxide
More aggressive kneading
Type of crystals that can be used for microderm- benefits: less irritation - stable - hard - inert
Couperose skin - fragile - thin skin - patients taking Accutane
Bacteria that does n ot need oxygen to grow or survive

47. Keratosis Pilaris
Autoimmune deficiency syndrome
Artificial way of tricking the immune system into making anitbodies
Body sculpting Ex: breast implants - liposuction
Skin condition in which white bumps appear on the upper arms - thighs - and cheeks

48. Actinic Keratosis
Wasting away
Elisa - western blot test
Cancer causing
Sun damage; pre cancerous( can become squamous cell carcinoma). Sharp - rough and prickly

49. Lymph
Constantly bathes the various tissues of the body.removes the waste/toxins in the body
Oil gland
Products are treatments that do not contain water
Movement should come from this part of the body

50. Pinpoint bleeding in microderm
Pineapple-derivative of enzyme
Back - cellulite - hand - arm - foot
0.1 mm-3mm per month
The layer of the skin that has been affected is the papillary dermis