Skin Diseases and Disorders
Secondary lesions may require this
What is a doctor's attention?
This is the medical term for fungal infections in the feet
What is tinea pedis?
This is the outermost and thinnest layer of the skin
What is the epidermis?
When a nail is nail is firm, flexible, shiny, and slightly pink in color, it is considered to be this
What is a normal, healthy nail?
This is the process of removing dead cells from the skin’s surface and can be done mechanically/physically or chemically
What is exfoliation?
This type of hypertrophy can be spread to others
What is a verruca (wart)?
This is the technical term for an ingrown toenail
What is onychocryptosis?
This is the function of the stratum corneum
What is protecting the tissue beneath it from infection, dehydration, and other possible negative effects?
The nail plate is constructed of about this many layers of nail cells
What is 100 layers?
The skin undertone is this
What is the color below the skin’s outer layer
Leukoderma is a type of this
What is hypopigmentation?
This is the definition of onycholysis
What is separation and falling off of the nail plate?
These is the tiny grains of pigment deposited into cells of the epidermis and dermis
What is melanin?
This is the visible part of the matrix that extends from underneath the living skin
What is the lunula?
Filing the product off the natural nail is how you remove these types of gel nail products
What are hard UV and LED gels?
This type of hyperpigmentation occurs during pregnancy or while taking birth control pills
What is melasma?
This is a condition in which the living skin around the nail splits and tears
What is a hangnail?
This protects the skin from both UVA and UVB radiation from the sun
What is a broad spectrum sunscreen?
This is a tough band of fibrous tissue that connects bones or holds an organ in place
What is a ligament?
The mix ratio for a wet bead is this
What is twice as much monomer liquid as polymer powder (2 to 1)?
Repetitive facial expressions would be an example of this type of aging
What is intrinsic aging?
Onychosis is defined as this
What is a general term for any deformity or disease of the nails?
A reaction to temperature is exhibiting this function of the skin
What is the sensation function?
The cuticle’s job is to form a seal between these two things—preventing infectious organisms from getting underneath the skin and infecting the matrix or bone
What are the proximal nail fold (PNF) and nail plate?
This method of hair removal is most suitable and least irritating for sensitive skin
What is sugaring?