FACIAL TREATMENTS
MANUAL REMOVAL OF IMPURITIES AND COMEDONES.
WHAT IS EXTRACTIONS?
A COMPRESSION TECHNIQUE THAT INCLUDES KNEADING, SQUEEZING, AND PINCHING.
WHAT IS PETRISSAGE?
PROCESS OF INFUSING AN ALKALINE (NEGATIVE) PRODUCT INTO THE TISSUES FROM THE NEGATIVE POLE TOWARD THE POSITIVE POLE.
WHAT IS ANAPHORESIS?
PHYSICIAN WHO SPECIALIZES IN DISORDERS AND DISEASES OF THE SKIN, HAIR AND NAILS.
WHAT IS A DERMATOLOGIST?
OIL OR FATTY INGREDIENTS THAT LUBRICATE, MOISTURIZE AND PREVENT WATER LOSS.
WHAT ARE EMOLLIENTS?
PROCESS USED TO SOFTEN AND EMULSIFY SEBUM AND COMEDONES.
WHAT IS DEINCRUSTATION?
AN INVIGORATING RUBBING TECHNIQUE THAT STIMULATES THE CIRCULATION AND GLANDULAR ACTIVITY OF THE SKIN.
WHAT IS FRICTION?
APPARATUS THAT UTILIZES ALTERNATING OR SINUSOIDAL CURRENT TO PRODUCE A MILD TO STRONG HEAT EFFECT; SOMETIMES CALLED "TESLA/VIOLET RAY".
WHAT IS HIGH FREQUENCY?
A FORM OF OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER IN WHICH THE PERSON PICKS AT THEIR SKIN TO THE POINT OF INJURY, INFECTION OR SCARRING.
WHAT IS DERMATILLOMANIA?
PROVIDE GENTLE EXFOLIATION AND DISSOLVE KERATIN PROTEINS WITHIN THE DEAD SKIN CELLS ON THE SURFACE.
WHAT ARE ENZYMES?
ALSO KNOWN AS "RAZOR BUMPS". RESEMBLES FOLLICULITIS WITHOUT THE INFECTION.
WHAT IS PSEUDOFOLLICULITIS?
USES GENTLE/RYTHMIC PRESSURE ON THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM TO DETOXIFY AND REMOVE WASTE MATERIALS FROM THE BODY MORE QUICKLY.
WHAT IS MANUAL LYMPH DRAINAGE (MLD).
ATOMS OR MOLECULES THAT CARRY AN ELECTRICAL CHARGE.
WHAT ARE IONS?
MOST COMMON AND LEAST SEVERE TYPE OF SKIN CANCER, WHICH OFTEN APPEARS AS LIGHT, PEARLY NODULES; CHARACTERISTICS INCLUDE SORES, REDDISH PATCHES, OR A SMOOTH GROWTH WITH AN ELEVATED BORDER.
WHAT IS BASAL CELL CARCINOMA?
TYPE OF SURFACTANT USED AS CLEANSERS IN SKIN CLEANSING PRODUCTS.
WHAT ARE DETERGENTS?
THE SKIN TISSUE'S ABILITY TO RETURN TO ITS NORMAL RESTING LENGTH AFTER A STRESSOR HAS BEEN REMOVED.
WHAT IS ELASTICITY?
THE PORTION OF THE MUSCLE AT THE MORE MOVABLE ATTATCHMENT. (WHERE IT IS ATTATCHED TO ANOTHER MUSCLE OR TO A MOVABLE BONE OR JOINT).
WHAT IS INSERTION?
CHEMICAL REACTION DURING DEINCRUSTATION DURING WHICH THE CURRENT TRANSFORMS THE SEBUM INTO SOAP.
DEFICIENCY IN PERSPIRATION, OFTEN A RESULT OF A FEVER OR SKIN DISEASE THAT REQUIRES MEDICAL ATTENTION.
WHAT IS ANHIDROSIS?
INGREDIENTS IN COSMETIC PRODUCTS THAT CAUSE THE ACTUAL CHANGES IN THE APPEARANCE OF THE SKIN.
WHAT ARE PERFORMANCE INGREDIENTS?
THE PROCESS OF REMOVING DEAD SKIN CELLS.
WHAT IS EXFOLIATION?
A FORM OF ACUPRESSURE AND IS THE JAPANESE TECHNIQUE OF USING ACUPRESSURE MASSAGE POINTS TO RELAX AND BALANCE THE BODY.
WHAT IS SHIATSU?
A HEAT EFFECT; A MODALITY OF ELECTROLYSIS UTILIZING ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC); USED FOR PERMANENT HAIR REMOVAL.
WHAT IS THERMOLYSIS?
SWELLING CAUSED BY A FLUID INBALANCE IN CELLS OR A RESPONSE TO INJURY OR INFECTION.
WHAT IS EDEMA?
"SMELL" RECEPTORS IN THE NOSE THAT COMMUNICATE WITH THE PARTS OF THE BRAIN THAT SERVE AS STOREHOUSES FOR EMOTIONS AND MEMORIES.
WHAT IS THE OLFACTORY NERVE?