Electricity !!

Vocab 1

100

The use of electricity for therapeutic purposes

Electrotherapy

200

Devices which improve the skins appearance by stimulation, product application enhancement and deep cleansing

Esthetic electrotherapy devices

300

Galvanic, Faradic and Pulsed DC are examples of this

Direct Current

400

Alternating current with sine waveforms and low frequency

Sinusoidal

500

Length of time that current is flowing

Pulse

Vocab 2

100

The production of beneficial effects such as reducing acne, through treatments using light

Light therapy (phototherapy)

200

Prolonged heating of the tissues with light to cause ablation

Photothermal

300

Reaction with light and molecules in the body that cause a chemical change or cellular stimulation

Photochemical

400

Short pulses of light and heat break up target molecules 

Photomechanical

500

Sensitivity to light based treatments

Photosensitivity

Vocab 3

100

The range of light that humans can see

Visible light

200

Casts cool tones of light

Fluorescent light

300

Balances out the tones of light in the spa

Incandescent light

400

This type of light helps the body produce vitamin D

Ultraviolet light

500

This type of light should be placed at least 30" away from the client's face or body

Infrared light