Skin Anatomy
This is the outermost layer of the skin, acting as our primary waterproof barrier.
What is the Epidermis?
On the pH scale, healthy skin typically sits at this numerical range.
What is 4.5 to 5.5?
This common chronic inflammatory condition is characterized by redness, telangiectasia (spider veins), and sometimes papules.
What is Rosacea?
This device uses a glass electrode to create an ozone effect that germicidal to the skin.
What is a High Frequency Machine?
This is the most important document to have a client fill out before their first service to identify allergies and medical history.
What is the Intake Form (or Client Consultation Card)?
Often called the "true skin," this layer contains blood vessels, nerves, and collagen.
What is the Dermis?
These "water-loving" ingredients, like Glycerin or Hyaluronic Acid, attract moisture to the skin.
What are Humectants?
This is the technical term for a "blackhead," caused by a mass of hardened sebum in a hair follicle.
What is an Open Comedo?
This filtered black light is used to illuminate skin fungi, bacterial disorders, and deeper pigmentation.
What is a Wood’s Lamp?
This term refers to a condition or factor that serves as a reason to withhold a certain treatment due to the harm it would cause the client.
What is a Contraindication?
These cells, found in the Stratum Germinativum, produce the pigment that protects us from UV rays.
What are Melanocytes?
This type of exfoliant uses high-acidity chemicals or enzymes to dissolve the "glue" between dead skin cells.
What is a Chemical Exfoliant?
Estheticians must never perform a service on a client with this highly contagious bacterial infection characterized by honey-colored crusts.
What is Impetigo?
This process uses Galvanic current to soften and emulsify sebum and debris in the follicles.
What is Desincrustation?
This set of guidelines published by the CDC requires the employer and employee to assume that all human blood and body fluids are potentially infectious.
What are Standard Precautions?
This complex fluid, composed of oil and sweat, creates the "acid mantle" to protect the skin from bacteria.
What is the Hydrolipidic Film?
These molecules have a "head" that loves water and a "tail" that loves oil, allowing them to mix the two.
What are Surfactants?
This is the most serious form of skin cancer, often characterized by dark, asymmetrical patches.
What is Malignant Melanoma?
In a facial treatment, the steamer should be placed approximately this many inches away from the client's face.
What is 15 to 18 inches?
This legal document, signed by the client, ensures they understand the risks and benefits of a specific treatment before it begins.
What is an Informed Consent form?
This protein, found in the dermis, gives the skin its strength and structure; it makes up about 70% of the dermis
What is Collagen?
This term refers to ingredients that are likely to clog pores and cause breakouts.
What is Comedogenic?
This "mask of pregnancy" appears as hyperpigmentation on the face due to hormonal changes.
What is Chloasma (or Melasma)?
This is the term for the infusion of a water-soluble product into the skin using electric current.
What is Iontophoresis?
These are the three levels of decontamination in order from weakest to strongest.
What are Sanitation, Disinfection, and Sterilization?