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State Board Esthetician Exam

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1. Urticaria
Deep infection caused by a deep massive invasion of white blood cells
Hives due to allergies
Makes up the bones of the body
1. Sodium Hydrochloride(household bleach) 2. Formaldehyde

2. Element
Avoiding malpractice through avoiding potential risk
The immune system commicates with each cell and releases hormones
Technical name for fat
A chemical in its simplest form

3. Hummetiant
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
Reproduction and continuation of species
Ingredient that attracts water
Smallest possible unit of an element

4. What is a cyst
Generally manufactured without the use of certain ingredients that are known to frequently cause allergic reactions
This tissue is the primary concern for the esthetician
Anything that prevents you from doing a treatment
Deep infection caused by a deep massive invasion of white blood cells

5. Apply hard wax
Deep infection caused by a deep massive invasion of white blood cells
Bacteria that does n ot need oxygen to grow or survive
Applied thicker - should have lip to pullm spread in the directionof hair growth - sets in seconds - good for smaller arears
Despressed scar

6. Circuit
The path a current takes as it moves thru a system
Deepest type of chemical peeling performed by a esthetician
Technical name for fat
Process of using barrier and intercellular compatible materials like lipids to better penetrate ingredients

7. hair removal methods
A raised area on the skin that is generally smaller than 1 centimeter
Most modern machines are closed systems that do not allow particulate emission
Facelift
Shaving - abrasives - tweezing - chemical depilatories - electrolysis - hard wax - cold wax - soft wax - laser

8. lymphocytes
In normal adults they makeup 22-28% of the total number of Leukocytes in the circulating blood
Bone between eye sockets
1. Sodium Hydrochloride(household bleach) 2. Formaldehyde
Small blisters that expand and rupture within 24 hrs. Yellow fluid that drains and forms a honey colored crust

9. Cellulitis Symptoms/Signs
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
Clotting of blood
Base of formula - percentage - pH
Not enough thyroid hormone

10. Sensory nerves
Scar tissue formed during healing
Nerves that allow you to feel pain - heat and cold - pressure and touch
Chemical within the drug that causes physiological changes
Rich in vitamins - stimulates metabolic rate

11. Tinea pedis
Temperature regulator - sensory - healing - immunity - protection
Reduce strength
Ringworm of the feet
Mole

12. Psoriasis
Scaly red patched on the scalp - lower back and chest
Tocopherol - serves as an antioxidant to the body
Negative charges of electricity that resolve around the nucleus of an atom
Effects the epidermis (stratum corneum)

13. Lentigines
Loss of cells that give color to the skin(melanocytes) results in smooth - white patches in the midst of normally pigemented skin
Freckles
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
Cleansing milks made mostly of water for sensitive and dry skin

14. Pustule
For an esthetician - highest earned title in the world
A clump of white blood cells that have formed and risen to the surface of the skin
Not enough thyroid hormone
Center for Disease Control

15. OPIM
Procedures used for accidental injuries orother physcial deformities ex: skin cancer removal - nose job
Other Potential Infections Material
Nerves repsonsible for movement such as smiling facial expressions
Mixing and matching treatments

16. Universal and Standard Precautions
Treat all body fluids as they were/are contagious
Regulates hormone producing glands
Worst enemy of the langerhans cells
Genetically inherited disease-excess oil secreted by trhe sebaceous glands. Cells that clog the pores - trapping oil in the follicle

17. Antibiotics
Two or more elements joined together to produce an entirely different substance
Every 2 weeks
Type of crystals that can be used for microderm- benefits: less irritation - stable - hard - inert
Drugs that are made from extracts of living organisms that simply kill bacteria

18. Mechanical Exfoliation
Bond between atoms sharing electrons
Bacilli-rod - Cocci-round - Spirilla (spiral)
Estheticians must wear gloves to perform in-office treatments in order to protect them from microorganisms
Gommage - granular scrubs - microderm - luffa

19. Electricity
The term for immunity to a certain disease built by antibodies the body produces when you get sick
Elisa - western blot test
Energy
Outer tissue

20. Loupe
Most serious- the condition is medically referred to as nodulocystic - or cystic acne where the skin displays numerous pustules - papules - pustules with large cysts
Same as magnifying glass
A raised area of the skin that is generally smaller than 1 centimeter
Bacteria that does not need oxygen to grow or survive

21. 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
Injury - which can cause hyperpigmentation - cold sore reactivating
Effects the epidermis- papillary layer
Used in a body treatment for stimulating and detoxifying

22. CDC
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
What the esthetician specializes in
Center for Disease Control
Scientific name for acne vulgaris

23. Aromatherapy
Vitiligo and albinism
Common - benign -superficial cutaneous fungal infection usually characterized by hypopigmented or hyperpigmented macules and patches on the chest and the back
A popular treatment - therapeutic use of plants for beauty and health purposes
Important when doing a massage

24. Cellulitis
Infection of the skin that may affect any part of the body. Usually appears on the lower legs or face
Consists of lymphb flowing thru the lymphatic spaces - cleansing wastes and toxins out of the body
Very large vesicles (blister)
Medium pressure should be used when holding the hand piece against the skin

25. Vitamin K
Blood and metabolic stimulation
Clotting of blood
Bearberry extract - licorice extract - azeliac acid - kojic acid -mulberry extractg - asafetida - magnesium ascorbyl phosphate - ascorbyl glucosamine - arbutin
An experiment that does not change behavior

26. Open Comedones
Non inflammatory acne lesions usually called blackheads
Forms eye sockets
Relaxing and calm- blue - green - violet - grey
Blisters

27. OHM
White spots appearing on the nail
Hyluronic acid - humectants
Measure of how much a material resists a flowing current
Hydroquinone

28. Preservatives
Chemicals that kill a majority of pathogenic microorganisms
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.
Chemical agents that inhibit the growth of microorganisms in cosmetics
Allows other structures to move around inside the cell

29. Gellant
Perform all types of reconstructive and cosmetic surgery
Mixture of different chemicals evenly dispersed through the mixture
Gives a product a gel like consistency
Cleansing milks made mostly of water for sensitive and dry skin

30. Papain
Snall deposits of sebum
Common - benign -superficial cutaneous fungal infection usually characterized by hypopigmented or hyperpigmented macules and patches on the chest and the back
Temporarily sensitive due tosomething causing irritation - by environment or applied. Such as windburn - sunburn -or chemicals
Papaya=derivative of enzyme

31. Medium Peeling
Thickening of the tissue
Removes the entire epidermis
Autoclave
A sprayer that sprays a cool - fine mist - food for sensitive skin and hydration for all skin types

32. Why do estheticians need to understand basic chemistry?
To better communicate with clients about better skincare and cosmetics
30% concentration (or below) or 3.0 pH of exfoliation products
The term for immunity to a certain disease built by antibodies the body produces when you get sick
Very large vesicles (blister)

33. Fitzpatrick Skin Typing
Smallest measurable unit of an element
Breaks down food and secretes waste
Widely used skin typing classification applied today to predict scarring and pigmentary problems from various treatments
Bone between eye sockets

34. Skeletal Tissue
Makes up the bones of the body
Chemicals added to products to prevent oxidation
Eyelift
Measure of the amount of current flowing into a circuit

35. Anti-oxidants
Chemicals added to products to prevent oxidation
How many pints of bloodare in the human body
Autoclave
Bone between eye sockets

36. 3 types of blood borne diseases
Most modern machines are closed systems that do not allow particulate emission
Gentle - but firm stroking and sliding over the body
Blood and metabolic stimulation
HIV - Hepatitis - Syphilis

37. Skeletal system
Itching tingly feeling of the skin experienced by some woman during menopause
Despressed scar
Systemic disease - clients undergoing chemo - vascular problems - pregnancy - daibetic - swelling - infection - lumps - bumps - any unstable health condition
Bones - structures - protect organs

38. Crust
Dried body serum (pus or blood)
Injury - diseases - medical procedures - aging - malnutrition - infection - picking
Aids in the coagulation of blood
Freckles

39. Toner use
Bring pH level back - neutralize skin - clean debris
Dried body serum (pus or blood)
Upper jawbone
Main function of the nail

40. Papules
A reciprocal measurement of hydrogen's in a substance
Cherry angioma raised red bump - easily felt
Shingles is a painful - blistering skin rash due to the varicella-zoster virus - the virus that causes chickenpox
1 in 250 people

41. Ichthyosis
Skin is dry and scaly like a fish; build up of keratinous cells
Wound that is a bruise
Inflammation of the skin
Primary catalyst a chronic stress - high level of stress throws adrenal glands in over drive. Setting the stage for acne in 30s and 40s

42. Hypoallergenic Cosmetics
Generally manufactured without the use of certain ingredients that are known to frequently cause allergic reactions
Several different types of skin swelling. Also called Dermatitis. Red - Swollen and itchy skin
Nerves that allow you to feel pain - heat and cold - pressure and touch
Bovine (pig or cow) derivative of enzyme

43. Food and drug act of 1938-DRUG
Hyperpigmentation - aging - acne
An experiment that does not change behavior
Articles other than food intendedto affect the structure of any function of the body
Dried body serum (pus or blood)

44. Contraindication
Anything that prevents you from doing a treatment
Common - acquired - benign skin growths that look like a small piece of soft - hanging skin.
Soild bump 1 centimeter can be felt
Caused by scraped or scratches

45. Laceration
Worst enemy of the langerhans cells
Perform all types of reconstructive and cosmetic surgery
Gentle - but firm stroking and sliding over the body
Type of wound is unclean with jagged edges and can be of varying depths

46. Hydrotherapy
Pathogenic is disease causing while non-pathogenic is non disease causing.
Scientific use of water as a treatment of injuries - diseases - or mental well being
Non inflammatory acne lesions usually called whiteheads
Stiches

47. Collagen
Gives skin its strength and found in the reticular dermis
Lack of lipids (lack of fat/oil)
Eyelift
Aids in the coagulation of blood

48. Vitamin K
Aids in the coagulation of blood
Bone between eye sockets
Ingrown nail
Tendency of topical substances to cause the development of comedones

49. Aging Classification Systems
Pore opening
Glogau - Rubin
Effects the epidermis- papillary layer
Applied thicker - should have lip to pullm spread in the directionof hair growth - sets in seconds - good for smaller arears

50. Effleurage
Thin layer of tissue- this is how the nail plate and nail bed are attached
Skin condition in which white bumps appear on the upper arms - thighs - and cheeks
Gentle - but firm stroking and sliding over the body
Heavy large molecule that sits on the top of the skin and prevents moisture loss