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State Board Esthetician Exam

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1. Tapotement
Any mark on the skin that is not normal
Fairly common skin growths that vary in size. Can occur almost anywhere on the body but usually develop on the trunk
Elisa - western blot test
Gentle tapping movements

2. Distillation
Eyelift
Chemical exfoliant htta works from the outside in. salisylic and citric acid- best for acne - rosacea - telangectasia
Papaya=derivative of enzyme
Process of purifying water

3. Remodeling Phase
Scar tissue formed during healing
Nerves repsonsible for movement such as smiling facial expressions
Measure of how much a material resists a flowing current
A clump of white blood cells that have formed and risen to the surface of the skin

4. Comedogenicity
Non inflammatory acne lesions usually called whiteheads
Ringworm of the feet
1-2 min
Tendency of topical substances to cause the development of comedones

5. Circulatory system
Type of tissue that the cells control the brain and nerves
Heart - pumps blood
Chemical exfoliant htta works from the outside in. salisylic and citric acid- best for acne - rosacea - telangectasia
Uses dark color to minimize or hide feature - illusion that the feature is corrected

6. Black
Melasma - and Chloasma
Ascrobic Acid - helps to protect the body from many forms of oxidation
Get keloids easily - hyperpigmentation easily - can be sensitive - age slowly
1:10 with water 4 disposable materials that prevent cross- contamination 1. cotton swabs 2. paper towels 3.Disposable staptulas 4. Gloves

7. Warm colors
Bright - attention getting reds - orange - pink - yellow - coral - brown
Chemical exfoliant that works from the inside out. Glycoloic - lactic - malic - and tartaric acids -- best for aging - dry/dehydrated - wrinkle and hyperpigmentation
Two different elements or compounds that are mixed together
The path a current takes as it moves thru a system

8. Accutane
Raised lesion with a flat surface
A fungus caused when moisture seeps between an artifical nail and the free edge of the nail
(Hair growh phase)- resting phase-the old hair falls out and the growth phase begins again
Rx name-isotretinoi - oral acne medication used for severe cases of acne

9. Urinary System
Freckle larger than 1 cm
Movement should come from this part of the body
Secrets waste and water control
Stratum Corneum - Stratum Lucidum - Stratum Granulosum - Stratum Spinosum - Basal Layer or Stratum Germinitavim

10. Acquired Immunity
Fatty pockets found on eyelids
The term for immunity to a certain disease built by antibodies the body produces when you get sick
Hyperpigmentation - aging - acne
To better communicate with clients about better skincare and cosmetics

11. Functions of the skin
Consists of lymphb flowing thru the lymphatic spaces - cleansing wastes and toxins out of the body
Temperature regulator - sensory - healing - immunity - protection
Injury - diseases - medical procedures - aging - malnutrition - infection - picking
Red yellow blue

12. Anagen
Split or brittle nail
(phase of hair growth) - growth phase
Resting
Injury - diseases - medical procedures - aging - malnutrition - infection - picking

13. Hormone
Smallest measurable unit of an element
Avoiding malpractice through avoiding potential risk
Special chemicals that are manufactured or secreted by glands within the body
Drugs that are made from extracts of living organisms that simply kill bacteria

14. Anhydrous products
Hydroquinone - kojic acid - mulberry
Measurement of mathematical changed in the experiment
Oil serums - petoleum based products - lip balms - silicone serums
Injury - which can cause hyperpigmentation - cold sore reactivating

15. Stances in massage
Horse - archer
Hive histamines are released in the body
Deepest type of chemical peeling performed by a esthetician
Ringworm of the feet

16. Mechanical/Manual Exfoliation
Thickening of the tissue
Client is face up
Physical bumping of the skin
(phase of hair growth) - growth phase

17. Ionic bonds
Get keloids easily - hyperpigmentation easily - can be sensitive - age slowly
Products are treatments that do not contain water
Bodys mechanism for fighting disease
Bond between two ions that have opposite charges

18. Reconstructive Surgery
Gommage - granular scrubs - microderm - luffa
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
Client is face up
Procedures used for accidental injuries orother physcial deformities ex: skin cancer removal - nose job

19. Alipidic
Contains highly balancing emollient algae
Removal of dead skin cells
Lack of lipids (lack of fat/oil)
Resting

20. Tinea Pedis

21. Tinea pedis
Guard Cells that Constantly Patrol the Epidermis
Most common form of skin cancer - orginateds in the basal layer. Pearl like fleshy bumps on the face - flesh or pink in color- painless
Substance that allows ingredients to be delivered in the body
Ringworm of the feet

22. Langerhans Cells
Fairly common skin growths that vary in size. Can occur almost anywhere on the body but usually develop on the trunk
Generally manufactured without the use of certain ingredients that are known to frequently cause allergic reactions
Guard Cells that Constantly Patrol the Epidermis
Aids in the coagulation of blood

23. OPIM
Other Potential Infections Material
Despressed scar
Provide proper skin care - emotional support - health edu - controlling and medicating erythema
Primary catalyst a chronic stress - high level of stress throws adrenal glands in over drive. Setting the stage for acne in 30s and 40s

24. Electron
Tinea versicolor- yeast infection that affects the ability of the skin to produce melanin
Allergies - rosacea - acne - psoriasis - cancer
Lower jawbone
Negative charges of electricity that resolve around the nucleus of an atom

25. Grade 2 Acne
Special chemicals that are manufactured or secreted by glands within the body
Measure of the amount of current flowing into a circuit
Injury - which can cause hyperpigmentation - cold sore reactivating
Moderate acne- blackheads and milia can break out in the greater numbers.

26. SOAP
Bovine (pig or cow) derivative of enzyme
Subjective - Objective - Assessment - Plan
Heart - pumps blood
AHA exfoliant - melanin suppressant - Retin A

27. Vitamin E
White spots appearing on the nail
Tocopherol - serves as an antioxidant to the body
Too much thryroid hormone
Papaya=derivative of enzyme

28. Face Shapes
Resting
Oval - round - square - rectangle - triangle - inverted triangle -heart - diamond
Weaker form of disinfectant
Raised lesion with a flat surface

29. Matter
(phase of hair growth) - growth phase
Pain - Swelling -redness - gever - throbbing - pus
Freckle smaller than 1 cm
Anything that takes up space and has substance

30. extrinsic aging
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
Flat surface raised above the skin
Controllable factors that contribute to the aging of skin - ex- sun exposure
The immune system commicates with each cell and releases hormones

31. Herpes Simplex
Aids in the coagulation of blood
Nerves that allow you to feel pain - heat and cold - pressure and touch
A viral infection of the skin
Worst enemy of the langerhans cells

32. Scars result in...
What the esthetician specializes in
Tendency of topical substances to cause the development of comedones
Injury - diseases - medical procedures - aging - malnutrition - infection - picking
Bacteria that does not need oxygen to grow or survive

33. Seborrheic Keratosis
Protein nails are made of
Thickening of the tissue
Important when doing a massage
Raised growths on the skin. Means greasy and keratosis means thickening of the skin

34. Cyst
Technical name for fat
Used in a body treatment for stimulating and detoxifying
Pocket full of infection under the skin
Creates a chemical reaction that acts to emulsify or liquefy sebum- 2 reactions disincrustation and iontophoresis

35. Hot Wax
Nail
Evaluating skin response to UV light
(Hair growh phase)- resting phase-the old hair falls out and the growth phase begins again
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

36. Milia
Physical bumping of the skin
A reciprocal measurement of hydrogen's in a substance
Caused by scraped or scratches
Snall deposits of sebum

37. Sutures
Stiches
A nodule is a raised lesion that is larger and deeper in the skin than a papule
Granular scrubs - brush machine - luffa
Depsion or depression

38. Temporal
(Eczema) is inflammation of the upper layers of the skin - causing itching - blisters - redness - swelling - and often oozing - scabbing - and scaling
Bacilli-rod - Cocci-round - Spirilla (spiral)
Shaving - abrasives - tweezing - chemical depilatories - electrolysis - hard wax - cold wax - soft wax - laser
Forms the side of head by ear

39. Melanin Suppressants
Heart - pumps blood
Stiches
Hydroquinone - kojic acid - mulberry
Resting

40. Covalent bond
Tocopherol - serves as an antioxidant to the body
Bond between atoms sharing electrons
Client is laying face down
Tinea versicolor- yeast infection that affects the ability of the skin to produce melanin

41. Reproductive system
Basis of consciousness and creativity
Gives a product a gel like consistency
Widely used skin typing classification applied today to predict scarring and pigmentary problems from various treatments
Reproduction and continuation of species

42. Catagen
Two different elements or compounds that are mixed together
Any mark on the skin that is not normal
Scab and scar tissue build to protect and induce healing
(hair growth phase)- transition or shrieveling phase

43. Ingredients that attract water to the skin
Prevents most americans from getting body treatments
Cleansing milks made mostly of water for sensitive and dry skin
Hyluronic acid - humectants
Get keloids easily - hyperpigmentation easily - can be sensitive - age slowly

44. Anagen
Growing
Cancer causing short ray - penetrates to the stratum corneum
Hives due to allergies
Chemical exfoliant that works from the inside out. Glycoloic - lactic - malic - and tartaric acids -- best for aging - dry/dehydrated - wrinkle and hyperpigmentation

45. Superficial Peeling
Very thin like glaze - spreadin the direction ofhair growth at a 45 degree angle toward you - better for large areas
A clump of white blood cells that have formed and risen to the surface of the skin
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
Effects the epidermis (stratum corneum)

46. Aging Classification Systems
The immune system commicates with each cell and releases hormones
1-2 min
Glogau - Rubin
Primary catalyst a chronic stress - high level of stress throws adrenal glands in over drive. Setting the stage for acne in 30s and 40s

47. 3 types of blood borne diseases
HIV - Hepatitis - Syphilis
Growing
Connects all bones
increase sensitivity of the skin - dehydration - possible hyperpigmentation - fluctuation in blood flow

48. Cyanophyta
Primary catalyst a chronic stress - high level of stress throws adrenal glands in over drive. Setting the stage for acne in 30s and 40s
Cuticle that splits around the nail
Reduce strength
Rich in vitamins - stimulates metabolic rate

49. Sphenoid
Connects all bones
Not enough thyroid hormone
Negative charges of electricity that resolve around the nucleus of an atom
Autoclave

50. Control Group
The opening of a follicle
Ingrown nail
Hyperpigmentation - aging - acne
An experiment that does not change behavior