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What are some things a client might experience when dealing with hair loss?

•Lack of assertiveness, personality changes, look much older, (intense shame, embarrassment, social anxiety or discomfort)

100

What disorder causes women to have light mustaches, beards, or extreme facial hair?

  • hypertrichosis
100

The outmost layer of the skin that continuously sheds and replaces dead skin cells

  • epidermis 
100

What the percentage of African American women that have relaxed their hair at some point in their life?

  • 90%
100

Tinea is the technical term for what infection?

  • ringworm
200

What chemical causes clients to suffer from sever skin abrasions, burning, and inflammation 

•Relaxers

200

What is the technical term for split ends

  • trichoptilosis 
200

Fungal yeast that cause dandruff

  • Pityriasis 
  • malassezia 
  • Cradle cap
200

What is the neutral pH level for the hair?

  • 7
200

Minoxidil is a topical medication proven to do what?

  • stimulate hair growth
300

If your client had hair loss within the last 3 to 12 months. What are the 4 possible causes of the hair loss

•chemical, physical, mechanical, or emotional effects 

300

Tight hairstyles or heavy weaves on thin pieces of hair can cause what over time? 

  • Traction alopecia 
300

Selenium is effective in a shampoo that contains what? 

  • sulfur 
300

Sodium Hydroxide relaxers have a pH of what?

  • 12 to 14
300

How is pediculosis capitis transmitted from person to person?

  • it can spread through sharing personal items like combs, brushes or hats
400

If this is destroyed the hair loss will be permanent. 


  • Follicle 
  • Cortex 
  • Papilla
  • Sebaceous gland



Papilla

400

What’s the technical term for graying hair? 

  • canities 
400

What is the skin condition caused by inflammation of the sebaceous gland? 

This condition is a form of eczema 

  • seborrheic dermatitis 
400

What is the active ingredient in a Jheri curl?

  • Ammonium thyoglycolate

400

Perifolliculitis keloidalis occipital (PFKO) is commonly known as what? 

  • razor bumps
500

List at least 5 things that can be a result of hair loss. 

Aging, emotional stress, sudden weight loss, poor nutrition, hormonal changes, medications/drugs, surgery, endocrine disorders, viral diseases, autoimmune diseases, infections, excessive heat and chemical hair treatments

500

Trichorrexis nodosa causes what to happen to the hair? 

Trichorrexis has what characteristics? 

  • (knotting and nodules)a common hair shaft defect that causes weak points or nodules to form along the hair, making it break easier 
  • by weak, fragile points on the hair shaft where it easily breaks
500

What are the 5 types of alopecia 

Alopecia Totalis 

Alopecia Universalis 

Androgenetic Alopecia

Alopecia Areata 

Postpartum Alopecia

500

Name some factors that affect the amount of breakage from relaxers? 

Strength of relaxer

Application time

Effective removal (neutralizing shampoo) 

Hair texture, phenotype 

Desired finished look

500

List 5 stimulating oils that can help with clients who have Alopecia 

Peppermint 

Rosehip seed 

Lavender

Eucalyptus’s

Rosemary

Black seed

Clover

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