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What is anagen?
1. third stage of hair growth
2. first stage of hair growth
3. fourth stage of hair growth
4. second stage of hair growth
first stage of hair growth
What does the acronym IPL stand for?
1. intermittent phased light
2. intense pulsed light
3. integumentary patterned lesions
4. intermediate power light
intense pulsed light
What is not true of laser hair removal?
1. it involves pulsing a laser on skin
2. it is a type of hair reduction
3. it is considered a permanent hair removal method
4. hair growth is impaired by this method
it is considered a permanent hair removal method
When waxing the lip, where are there often nuisance hairs that bother the client?
1. the glabella
2. the candelilla
3. the carnauba
4. the vermillion border
the vermillion border
What is the final stage of hair growth?
1. latent
2. telogen
3. anagen
4. catagen
telogen
What is not a contraindication for facial waxing?
1. recent reconstructive surgery
2. recent laser treatments
3. recent cosmetic surgery.
4. recent steam treatments
recent steam treatments
What is the term for excessive hair growth where hair does not normally grow?
1. hypertrichosis
2. hypopigmentation
3. lanugo
4. hirsutism
hypertrichosis
What can lead to the production of new terminal hairs?
1. applying heat to areas not covered by terminal hairs
2. applying moisture to areas not covered by terminal hairs
3. removing fine (vellus) hair on areas not covered by terminal hairs
4. conditioning fine (vellus) hairs on areas not covered by terminal hairs
removing fine (vellus) hair on areas not covered by terminal hairs
What is trichology?
1. scientific study of hair and its diseases
2. scientific study of hair-removal techniques
3. technical term for mechanically removing hair
4. technical term for artificially coloring hair
scientific study of hair and its diseases
What is lanugo hair?
1. fine, soft, downy hair
2. hair found on the back and shoulders
3. heavy, thick, strong hair
4. short, coarse, shaved hair
fine, soft, downy hair
What direction is product applied during the hand method of sugaring?
1. with the hair growth
2. away from the center of the torso
3. toward the center of the torso
4. against the hair growth
against the hair growth
What is not contained within the pilosebaceous unit?
1. hair bulb
2. sebaceous gland
3. lanugo
4. hair root
lanugo
What should clients avoid for at least 24 to 48 hours after waxing?
1. excessive heat
2. moisture
3. exercise
4. salty foods
excessive heat
What shape does a hair follicle take?
1. small sphere
2. small tube
3. perfect square
4. elongated triangle
small tube
What type of skin might benefit from sugaring as an alternative form of epilation?
1. sensitive
2. oily
3. pale
4. dark
sensitive
What happens to lanugo hair shortly after birth?
1. replaced exclusively by vellus hairs
2. replaced exclusively by terminal hairs
3. replaced either by vellus hairs or by terminal hairs
4. falls off, leaving those parts of the skin perfectly smooth
replaced either by vellus hairs or by terminal hairs
Removing _____ hair will cause the hair to lose its softness and uniformity.
1. coarse
2. vellus
3. eyebrow
4. terminal
vellus
What direction is product applied during the spatula method of sugaring?
1. with the hair growth
2. away from the center of the torso
3. against the hair growth
4. toward the center of the torso
with the hair growth
What is removing hair from the follicles via tweezing or waxing?
1. catagen
2. electrolysis
3. depilation
4. epilation
epilation
Why is it beneficial that each thread is discarded after use during the threading process?
1. reduces the amount of motions in threading
2. ensures more direct contact than with waxing
3. allows you to charge clients more for additional thread
4. makes threading hygienic
makes threading hygienic
What is considered to be the only true method of permanent hair removal?
1. electrolysis
2. depilation
3. IPL
4. laser hair removal
electrolysis
When happens during puberty?
1. Lanugo hairs are lost by the body.
2. Lanugo hairs emerge on the body.
3. Follicles switch from producing terminal hairs to vellus hairs.
4. Follicles switch from producing vellus hairs to terminal hairs.
Follicles switch from producing vellus hairs to terminal hairs.
Where is the hair bulb located?
1. exterior shaft of the follicle
2. interior shaft of the follicle
3. outermost tip of the follicle
4. base of the follicle
base of the follicle
What is not a form in which hard waxes are available?
1. strips
2. pellets
3. blocks
4. beads
strips
What is the acronym ACT used to help estheticians remember?
1. stages of hair growth
2. procedural steps for a basic facial
3. layers of the skin from outermost to innermost
4. safety steps for mechanical hair removal
stages of hair growth
What is the removal of hair by means of an electric current that destroys the hair root?
1. electrolysis
2. catagen
3. anagen
4. epilation
electrolysis
How long must virgin hair be in order to remove it with waxing?
1. 1/4 inch
2. 2/3 inch
3. 3/4 inch
4. 1/2 inch
1/4 inch
What is true of soft wax?
1. must always be applied thickly
2. has a higher melting point than hard wax
3. available only in tins
4. has a lower melting point than hard wax
has a lower melting point than hard wax
What is the function of a depilatory?
1. temporarily removing hair by dissolving it at skin level
2. temporarily removing hair by extracting the root
3. permanently removing hair by dissolving it at skin level
4. permanently removing hair by extracting the root
temporarily removing hair by dissolving it at skin level
What function does the hair root perform?
1. anchoring the hair to the skin cells
2. feeding nutrients to the hair
3. infusing color into the hair
4. connecting hair to the bones
anchoring the hair to the skin cells
What is the shape of the hair papilla?
1. triangle
2. tube
3. cone
4. box
cone
What effect does galvanic electrolysis have?
1. quickly yanking the entire hair shaft out by the root
2. chemically altering the skin pH in the area near the follicle
3. chemically decomposing the hair follicle
4. sealing the hair follicle shut through severe burning
chemically decomposing the hair follicle
What describes the arrector pili muscle?
1. muscle that moves the nostrils
2. appendage of the hair follicle
3. muscle that moves the lips
4. appendage of the sweat glands
appendage of the hair follicle
What is pellon used to make?
1. dermal fillers
2. wax strips
3. enzyme peel ingredients
4. paraffin masks
wax strips
What is true of stainless steel slant-tipped tweezers?
1. They are best for removing ingrown hairs.
2. They are a wax treatment essential.
3. They break down easily..
4. They will corrode when disinfected in solution.
They are a wax treatment essential.
What is the second stage of hair growth?
1. catagen
2. latent
3. telogen
4. anagen
catagen
What is rosacea a contraindication for?
1. tweezing
2. waxing
3. hair removal
4. acne treatments
waxing
What is hirsutism?
1. unusual hair growth on body parts due to hormonal imbalance
2. outgrowths of downy hair on body parts usually bearing terminal hair
3. unusual hair loss on body parts normally bearing downy hair
4. outgrowths of ingrown downy hairs causing skin irritation
unusual hair growth on body parts due to hormonal imbalance
How does thermolysis destroy hair follicles?
1. shattering them with sound
2. clogging them with sebum
3. destroying them with alternating current
4. sealing them with light
destroying them with alternating current
What is an ancient method of hair removal?
1. waxing
2. lasering
3. tweezing
4. sugaring
sugaring
What is another name for threading?
1. attaching
2. stitching
3. weaving
4. banding
banding