Grades of Acne
There are this many grades of acne on the scale the esthetician uses to assess acne intensity.
What are the four grades of acne?
A freckle, also known as ...
What is a macule?
Described as an abnormal growth of the skin.
What is a hypertrophy?
Contraindications are ...
reason to not perform/stop a service.
This grade of acne is defined by cysts, comedones, papules, pustules, and inflammation. Scar formation from tissue damage is also common. What grade am I?
What is Grade IV Acne?
Thick raised scar formed from an excess of collagen.
What is a keloid?
Chicken Skin is also known as ...
What is keratosis pilaris?
A client comes in with a fresh sunburn. Your best course of action is to ...
Avoid or refuse service on the affected area
A client comes in with red, inflamed pustules and many comedones. Name this grade of acne.
What is grade III acne?
This small blister-like lesion that contains clear fluid.
What is a vesicle?
This hypertrophy is described as yellowish soft bumps are caused by enlarged oil glands.
What is sebaceous hyperplasia?
Your client arrives with bloodshot, teary, itchy eyes. They say it's only allergies, but you notice some yellow fluid leaking from the eyes. Contraindicated or not? If contraindicated, name it.
Client is contraindicated. Conjunctivitis or Pink eye.
This grade is defined by minor breakouts, open comedones, some closed and a few papules on the skin.
What is grade I acne?
Described as piles of material on the skin's surface such as a scab or crust.
What is a secondary lesion?
Described as a thickening of the skin caused by a mass of keratinocytes.
What is hyperkeratosis?
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Name the contraindication.
Impetigo.
A common medicated acne treatment that contraindicates a client for waxing services.
What is IsoTretinoin or Retinol?
Described as a large blister containing a watery fluid that requires medical referral. List an example.
What is Bulla? Examples are contact dermatitis, large second degree burns, bulbous impetigo, and pemphigus.
Characterized by red patches covered with white-silver scales. Caused by the over proliferation of skin cells that replicate too quickly.
What is Psoriasis?
A client comes in for a service and as you are doing a skin analysis you notice a red scaley circular rash on her neck. What does the client have on their neck?
Ring worm/ tinea corporis.