OHIO COSMETOLOGY LATEST 2026 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Acid-balanced perms - ✔✔Main active ingredient glyceryl monothioglycolate
PH 4.5-6.5
Softer curls color treated hair.
✔✔Cells - ✔✔Basic unit of all living things including bacteria animals and plants
✔✔Cytoplasm - ✔✔Found outside of nucleus contains food materials necessary for
growth reproduction and self repair of cell
✔✔Integumentary system - ✔✔skin, hair, nails
✔✔Blunt cut - ✔✔Cutting hair straight across 0o
✔✔Elevation - ✔✔Angle at which hair os held away from the head
✔✔Macule - ✔✔freckle
✔✔anhidrosis - ✔✔Lack of perspiration
✔✔A whitehead is also called a _____. - ✔✔closed comedo
✔✔blackhead (comedo) - ✔✔open comedone
✔✔sebaceous glands - ✔✔oil glands, secrete sebum
✔✔melanin - ✔✔natural pigment in the skin
✔✔malignant melanoma - ✔✔Most serious form of skin cancer; often characterized by
black or dark brown patches on the skin that may appear uneven in texture, jagged, or
raised.
✔✔stratum germinativum - ✔✔deepest layer of epidermis
✔✔Alipidic - ✔✔Lack of moisture in the skin
✔✔eyelids - ✔✔Thinnest skin on the body
✔✔Friction - ✔✔wringing massage movement
✔✔Petrissage - ✔✔Kneading movement performed by lifting, squeezing, and pressing
the tissue with a light, firm pressure.
, ✔✔verruca - ✔✔wart
✔✔Melanocytes - ✔✔produce melanin
✔✔SPF - ✔✔sun protection factor
✔✔Anagen - ✔✔The period of active growth(3-5 years)
✔✔Catagen - ✔✔Transition stage of hair growth (1-2 weeks)
✔✔Telogen - ✔✔Resting phase of hair growth( 3-6 months)
✔✔whorl - ✔✔Circular growth pattern
✔✔Porosity - ✔✔The hairs ability to absorb moisture
✔✔Trichology - ✔✔Study of hair
✔✔cortex - ✔✔Middle layer of the hair where melanin is located
✔✔follicle - ✔✔tubelike depression in the skin that contains the hair root
✔✔Elasticity - ✔✔ability of the hair to stretch
✔✔Density - ✔✔number of hairs per square inch
✔✔hair shaft - ✔✔the portion of the hair that projects beyond the skin
✔✔Hair stream - ✔✔Hair flowing in the same direction
✔✔pediculosis capitis - ✔✔head lice
✔✔folliculitis barbae - ✔✔infection of hair follicles
✔✔Backcombing - ✔✔pushing hair towards scalp to create volume
✔✔Pear face shape - ✔✔Narrow forehead and wide jawline
✔✔Diffusers - ✔✔An attachment that disperses airflow more softly
✔✔convex - ✔✔receding forehead
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Acid-balanced perms - ✔✔Main active ingredient glyceryl monothioglycolate
PH 4.5-6.5
Softer curls color treated hair.
✔✔Cells - ✔✔Basic unit of all living things including bacteria animals and plants
✔✔Cytoplasm - ✔✔Found outside of nucleus contains food materials necessary for
growth reproduction and self repair of cell
✔✔Integumentary system - ✔✔skin, hair, nails
✔✔Blunt cut - ✔✔Cutting hair straight across 0o
✔✔Elevation - ✔✔Angle at which hair os held away from the head
✔✔Macule - ✔✔freckle
✔✔anhidrosis - ✔✔Lack of perspiration
✔✔A whitehead is also called a _____. - ✔✔closed comedo
✔✔blackhead (comedo) - ✔✔open comedone
✔✔sebaceous glands - ✔✔oil glands, secrete sebum
✔✔melanin - ✔✔natural pigment in the skin
✔✔malignant melanoma - ✔✔Most serious form of skin cancer; often characterized by
black or dark brown patches on the skin that may appear uneven in texture, jagged, or
raised.
✔✔stratum germinativum - ✔✔deepest layer of epidermis
✔✔Alipidic - ✔✔Lack of moisture in the skin
✔✔eyelids - ✔✔Thinnest skin on the body
✔✔Friction - ✔✔wringing massage movement
✔✔Petrissage - ✔✔Kneading movement performed by lifting, squeezing, and pressing
the tissue with a light, firm pressure.
, ✔✔verruca - ✔✔wart
✔✔Melanocytes - ✔✔produce melanin
✔✔SPF - ✔✔sun protection factor
✔✔Anagen - ✔✔The period of active growth(3-5 years)
✔✔Catagen - ✔✔Transition stage of hair growth (1-2 weeks)
✔✔Telogen - ✔✔Resting phase of hair growth( 3-6 months)
✔✔whorl - ✔✔Circular growth pattern
✔✔Porosity - ✔✔The hairs ability to absorb moisture
✔✔Trichology - ✔✔Study of hair
✔✔cortex - ✔✔Middle layer of the hair where melanin is located
✔✔follicle - ✔✔tubelike depression in the skin that contains the hair root
✔✔Elasticity - ✔✔ability of the hair to stretch
✔✔Density - ✔✔number of hairs per square inch
✔✔hair shaft - ✔✔the portion of the hair that projects beyond the skin
✔✔Hair stream - ✔✔Hair flowing in the same direction
✔✔pediculosis capitis - ✔✔head lice
✔✔folliculitis barbae - ✔✔infection of hair follicles
✔✔Backcombing - ✔✔pushing hair towards scalp to create volume
✔✔Pear face shape - ✔✔Narrow forehead and wide jawline
✔✔Diffusers - ✔✔An attachment that disperses airflow more softly
✔✔convex - ✔✔receding forehead
