CA Esthetician State Board Practice Exam

What type of bacteria is in the pulse of blemishes

How are the cells from the epidermis nourished

What direction do you remove cleanser from a man's face

What massage technique do you use to spread moisturizer

What is the role of silicone in a product

How does titanium dioxide work to protect from the sun

What causes the most allergic reactions

Where is the adipose tissue found

They help protect the body from infection

The layer located below the stratum lucidum

Natural aging

Aging caused by the sun alcohol smoking

A group of boils

The ethnicity that age is the least

Muscle that connects the shoulder to the chin

Eyelash hair

Helps to set the foundation

The client holds this electrode during disincrustation

Hyperpigmentation is likely to occur on predispose skin during this treatment

Lancets should be held at this angle

Enlarged blood vessels

Inflamed pustules and papules

Where you begin removing cleanser from on the face

An ingredient that is both calming and antiseptic

EPA registered products clean at this level

Is removed when it is set

These glands excrete lactic acid urea and water

The pH that is considered acid balanced

An adverse reaction to leaving a glycolic peel on the face more than the maximum time allowed

You should apply this before waxing eyebrow

Should be removed before creating an arch in the eyebrow

A person may experience these after having lymphatic drainage

An ingredient in moisturizer good for clients with dry skin

And anti-microbial ingredient in a skin mask

Highlight between and around the eyes

The term for the study of the hair and its functions

How much more acidic is nine then seven on the pH scale

Scratches and punctures of the surface of the epidermis

A crack in the dermis

A condition that would not be indicated for reflexology

A result of waxing on black skin

Disincrustation solution is

Apocrine glands are found here

Skin cancer that is described as tiny pearls like a lesions

Pull in three or more small areas against hair growth

Anaphoresis should NOT be used

A paper towel on top of a terrycloth towel

This treatment relaxes and softens and opens the pores

Overuse of alkaline products can cause this

Read dry skin patches that are flaky are a sign of this

Apply a cold compress or immersed in Coldwater

A skin condition that you can still perform services on

If a client has one you may continue the service by avoiding the area

How must containers be stored

Quaternary Ammonium Compound Bactericidal Fungicidal Virucidal

Skin condition associated with lesions and dark spots which should be referred to a physician

Used excessive we can make skin flaking and dry

If a client has an adverse reaction to a product what should you check first

Frequent washing with alkaline products does this

A caustic peel that removes the epidermis and the dermis

Help draw moisture to the skin

Calming and soothing effect on the skin

When you perform a skin analysis and see the client has inflamed skin prior to a chemical peel

If the client has a neck injury you should avoid this

When doing a dermal light treatment

The fingers must be wrapped in tissue or moist cotton for this procedure

Eye lift surgery

Needed to perform any service on a client that has had reconstructive surgery

Used on oily skin

Neutral on the pH scale

Balances the skins pH

Wax can be applied over this

Allow for an easier grip

Used on oily skin

The distance at which infrared light should be placed away from the skin

Should be done after you cleanse the face

Characterized with dry or moist lesions

Broken capillaries papules and pustules are associated with the skin condition

Reflexology should not be done in a diabetic client due to

Stimulation of the sebaceous glands give this affect

This type of skin tends to make keloids

You should never massage on this skin

Any wax used on the face and body must be checked for temperature to

Equal amounts of secondary color and its neighboring primary colors

Is found in the Dermis

Melanin gives skin this

Dermatitis Venenata

Glass, rubber and silk

High frequency treatment should start here

Used with Galvanic

Do not use a suction machine if skin has this condition

Might raise that are considered germicidal

Has A thermal and germicidal purpose when using on the skin

How far a facial steamer must be from the client

Also known as Telangiectasia

Lightening Brightening Astringent

Lymphatic drainage massage is used to

Insertion to origin

Type of massage done on acne skin

How laundry must be washed in the salon

The term for the scientific study of the skin

Antiseptic reaches this level of decontamination

Also called the Basal Level

The Anagen phase of hair growth

Melanocytes that are more active will produce

Additional function of facial steamer

Energy in food is measured by this unit

The science that studies relationships between people and their work environment

Making a client a future appointment

NOT an example of products features

Not considered to be a part of an individual's total assets

Type of business owned by shareholders

Reserve of cash to meet operating expenses when slow

Tissue that supports and holds the body together

Type of muscle that responds to conscious commands

System that controls the blood and lymph through the body

The system that coordinates and controls the overall operation of the human body

Carry messages to the brain and spinal cord

Carry messages from the brain to the muscle

Constant direct current of low voltage and high amperage that produces an electrochemical effect

A light that normally produces red tones or warm casts and is produced by the ordinary light bulb

Can produce both positive and negative effects to skin based on exposure time

The longest and most frequently used in tanning beds

When positive and negative ions join, they are held together by

Materials dissolve and break down large molecules into smaller ones

Formed when two or more non mixable substances are united with a small droplets of a binder

Touch receptors or sensory cells that are only found in the thick skin in the stratum Germinativum

Effects surface muscle tissue

Achieves increased blood circulation

Affects only the epidermis

Therapeutic use of marine plants on the skin

Uses the strongest solution of phenol

Type of laser that penetrates the epidermis without affecting it to treat the papillary dermis below

Negative ionic charge

Positive ionic charge

Open and expands the skin

Pushes close the pores