Stages of Hair Growth
What is the acronym ACT used to help estheticians remember?
Stages of hair growth
What is not a form in which hard waxes are available?
Strips, pellets, blocks, or beads
Strips
The shape that a follicle takes
small tube
Removing _______ hair will cause the hair to lose its softness and uniformity
Vellus
The first stage of hair growth
Anagen
The term for removing the hair from the follicles via tweezing or waxing
Epilation
When waxing the lip, where are there often nuisance hairs that bother the client?
The vermillion border
What direction is product applied during the spatula method of sugaring?
With the hair growth
The final stage of hair growth
Telogen
What does the acronym IPL stand for?
intense pulsed light
The scientific study of hair and its diseases
Trichology
What direction is product applied during the hand method of sugaring?
Lanugo hair is replaced by either _________ or _________ shortly after birth.
Vellus; terminal
Laser hair removal is considered a method of permanent hair reduction, however it is not considered a permanent method of _____________.
Hair removal
What is the term for excessive hair growth where hair does not normally grow?
Hypertrichosis
Why is it beneficial that each thread is discarded after use during the threading process?
Makes threading hygienic
Follicles switch from producing vellus to terminal hairs during ________.
Puberty
Electrolysis
Changing hormone levels, such as during puberty, may cause the production of new _______________.
Terminal hairs
How long must virgin hair be in order to remove it with waxing?
1/4 inch
What is the second stage of hair growth?
Catagen
The removal of hair by means of an electric current that destroys the hair root
Electrolysis
What is lanugo hair?
The soft, downy hair found on a fetus
What is pellon used for?
Wax strips
__________ wax has a lower melting point than _______ wax.
Soft; hard
Where is the hair bulb located in relation to the follicle?
At the base
Which tool is a wax treatment essential?
Stainless steel slant-tipped tweezers
Product that temporarily removes hair by dissolving it at skin level
Depilatory
The hair ________ anchors the hair to the skin cells
Root
What is rosacea a contraindication for?
Waxing
What effect does galvanic electrolysis have?
Chemically decomposes the hair follicle
What shape does the hair papilla take?
Cone
What type of skin may benefit from sugaring as an alternative form of epilation?
Sensitive
The hair removal method that destroys hair follicles using an alternating current
Thermolysis
Which muscle is an appendage of the hair follicle?
Arrector pili
Besides sun exposure/tanning, exfoliation, and creams containing fragrance, what should clients avoid for at least 24 to 48 hours after waxing?
Excessive heat (e.g. hot tubs, saunas)
An ancient method of hair removal
Sugaring
Unusual hair growth on body parts due to hormonal imbalance
Hirsutism
True or false, recent steam treatments are a contraindication for waxing.
False
Another term for threading
Banding