Fire Within 🔥
This is the body’s first response to injury.
Inflammation
A patch test is used to prevent what?
An adverse reaction or sensitivity
What is the most common type of skin cancer?
Basal cell carcinoma
Acne begins when these become clogged with oil and dead skin.
Hair follicles or pore
Estheticians must refer clients out when they suspect what type of lesion?
Suspicious mole or skin cancer
Redness, heat, swelling, and pain are known as what?
The cardinal signs of inflammation
Hyperpigmentation or hypopigmentation are examples of what complication?
Post-inflammatory pigment changes
The second most common skin cancer, linked to cumulative sun exposure is what?
Squamous cell carcinoma
Common triggers for rosacea include heat, alcohol, and what?
Spicy food, sun exposure, exercise, saunas and steam baths, hot beverages, citrus fruits or juices, caffeine, stress
Clients with uncontrolled diabetes should be referred out for this type of issue
Wounds or poor healing
Wounds heal in how many basic phases.
4
Cold packs and soothing topicals are used to treat what short-term effect after treatments?
Erythema or Edema
The deadliest form of skin cancer.
Melanoma
This type of rosacea is characterized by diffuse facial redness, patchy redness in the nose and cheeks and a tendency to turn red extremely easy.
Erythematotelangiectatic rosacea
Anytime a client’s condition is outside an esthetician’s legal ability to treat, they must do what?
Refer to a physician or dermatologist
The main structural protein deposited during wound healing.
Collagen
The most common skin injury from improper laser settings
Burns
What is the ABCDE rule of Melanoma?
Asymmetry, Border, Color, Diameter, Evolving
Severe rosacea can lead to thickened skin on the nose, called what?
Rhinophyma
Estheticians must never diagnose but can refer clients if they notice what?
Skin diseases or medical conditions
When a cell is inflamed it releases special chemicals called what?
Inflammatory mediators
This type of scar may form after aggressive or repeated injury.
Keloid
Precancerous rough patches caused by sun exposure.
Actinic keratoses
Blackheads are also called what?
Open comedones
Clients with active herpes simplex (cold sores) must postpone treatment and may need what?
Antiviral medication