The Purchasing Process
This must be checked before using ANY advanced device to avoid practicing medicine illegally.
State regulations
These devices help estheticians better evaluate skin and teach clients about their skin condition.
Skin analysis devices
Photorejuvenation is considered what type of treatment?
Nonablative
This type of laser light has one wavelength and is known as "single color."
Monochromatic light
Also called photomodulation, this light-based approach stimulates ATP and collagen without heat or tissue damage.
LED therapy
Before purchasing a device, you must check if it fits into what?
The business plan
This magnifying device is standard for professional skin analysis.
Mag lamp
This physician found over 90% improvement in pigment, vessels, and texture after four IPL treatments spaced three weeks apart.
Patrick Bitter, M.D.
Unlike lasers, this hair-removal device uses polychromatic, broadband light filtered for targets.
IPL (Intense Pulsed Light)
Skin needling is also known by this name meaning collagen stimulation through injury.
Collagen induction therapy (CIT) or percutaneous collagen induction (PCI)
The calculation that includes equipment cost, consumables, labor, and rent.
Cost analysis
These systems may include a camera that displays skin concerns on a computer screen.
Digital skin analysis technology
The wavelength range of IPL pulses used for rejuvenation treatments.
500–1,200 nanometers
Laser and IPL both remove hair by using this principle: destroying targets based on color absorption.
Selective photothermolysis
This device uses vibration and sound waves to loosen debris, exfoliate, and enhance product penetration.
Ultrasonic technology
Before buying equipment, you must call this provider to confirm liability coverage.
Insurance
This lamp reveals pigmentation, bacteria, and dehydration under violet light.
Wood’s lamp
This term describes abnormal skin coloration reduced long-term in IPL follow-up studies.
Dyschromia
This type of light ranges roughly between 400–1,000 nm and targets hair, pigment, or vessels.
Filtered IPL wavelength
Known as a “non-surgical facelift,” this technology uses low-level electrical current to tone and re-educate facial muscles.
Microcurrent
Researching lawsuits, product stability, and reputation helps confirm the company’s ________
Credibility or stability
This device allows clients to see their own skin condition, increasing awareness and motivation.
Visual skin imaging
Enlarged pores, rough texture, fine lines, redness, and broken capillaries are all examples of what?
Photodamage
One advantage of IPL and laser hair removal compared to electrolysis is that it treats __________.
Multiple hairs at once
Electrodesiccation causes blanching or coagulation of small lesions by evaporating what?
Cellular fluid or moisture